It was never 'work stress', it's emotional abuse and you're going to get divorced because of it H! (part3)

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New thread!

As always I'm hopeless and can't link properly to my old thread Work stress? Err I don't think so mate'

Thank you everyone for finishing off the last thread- glad to be starting afresh actually! I did have a little chuckle about Greg the plumber (Phwoar!!) thanks H for the suggestion - us at Mumsnet ran with it and he sounds like my dream man haha!

Anyway - I'm upstairs as usual avoiding going down and seeing old King of the Castle in his throne. He came up half an hour ago in the hope of 'some action' but was told to bugger off - he's manageable at the moment because all of a sudden it's him who's 'scared to rock the boat' and keeps telling me how grateful if he is to have been allowed back - yack! (You didn't give me a lot of choice H though did you? You played every emotional card in your pack and then literally forced your way in!)

Anyway - I'm feeling strong, seeing the police tomorrow - and action plan will be in place!

Love to you all

it is no win for sure and if you can wing it then pull an illness out of your sleeve.

go the double whammy with the migraine and vomit at about 5 ish

there is no way I'd be going out with him even tho I know you are trying to keep him quiet until the arrest

man he sure is a piece of work you will be well rid of

xx

You could always say you'd like to spend the evening with the girls, too, then schedule the romantic meal for, er, sometime after 13th.

I second the idea of takeaway and film with dcs. Can you say you'd prefer that? Then if he argues you could suggest that you thought he'd changed and wasn't going to bully...aren't people allowed to do what they want on their birthdays etc etc

Brilliant - i like the takeaway and film idea - he would be suspicious and miserable if I became 'ill'.

Head down and focused, that's all I can be - thank you everyone

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Laxatives

Job done

Watch Frozen! From what I understand kids love it, drives Dads crazy! (Or in TCs case, crazier! )

Perhaps you could word it as if the girls would be disappointed if you weren't there (which presumably they would?). Having been at school all day, I'm sure they would like to spend the evening of your birthday with you.

That turns it around from saying "no", but if you try it from that perspective, as well as saying you would rather spend it with the whole family, then surely he can't really argue (well, he probably will, but thats another story!).

Makes you sound completely reasonable, you don't have to feign illness, plus I'm sure you would much rather be at home with the girls anyway!

Oh, and yes to Frozen, amazing film (my DD who is 15 has watched it 13 times, and even my DS at 16 has watched it more than once!!)!!

Haha! Good old Frozen!! Mine are obsessed with it - great idea generally as a repellant for unwanted male advances

Hi name

Bertie Bellend is just trying to get you into bed again. Romantic meal in lovely location, allowed to drink as much as you want without complaint, back home, boot out babysitting BiL - how could you resist? Also the 'have another drink, babe' might be a ploy to get you to cast off your inhibitions through drink, and talk about how you're really feeling.

I'm not sure that the illness card is one that you can't still pull, especially if it was a full-blown raging cystitis, complete with appointment with GP to get antibiotics (my GP writes a prescription for Trimethoprin at the mere mention of the word cystitis), actually taking pain killers and swigging gallons of water and Cystopurin in front of him, taking to your bed with your Winnie the Pooh hottie, etc etc.

Bit concerned about you at the moment sweetie. KOKO

I suggest a sudden case of that illness called 'Tactical Dysentery'. It's quite easy to fake vom. noises in the loo, added to sudden clutches of the stomach, going off your food ... oh, what a shame, and on your birthday too.

Not long to go, dearest name. You're almost there.

Thanks Brian, that's definitely what he's thinking unfortunately :(

Thanks Oldgrandmama - hope so! Good idea too x

manaboutthemaison above ^ suggests Ex-Lax. Now, that's real hard-ball, would certainly enhance the 'Tactical Dysentery' by way of real noises and smells. Also stomach cramps, possibly! Dulcolax would do the job too. But you may prefer to fake it - who wants to spend their birthday with the squits?

Or put the ex lax in his tea! don't suppose he'd want a romantic evening then!

Cocoa would be better - he'd probably notice a chocolatey-flavour to his cup of tea. Or make a lovely, gooey chocolate cake with that yummy Ex Lax chocolate butter icing filling.

Dulcolax capsules...can be pricked open......

......No, best not!

rolling up at the lax in his tea idea

have to say that would be so hilarious just so so hilarious to me after all that's gone on - he is the one with the squits sitting on the loo and so he can't go out and coerce/bully you on yr bday hahahaha

it's just a thought of course I mean you'd never do that of course

I know it's only joking but posts about putting drugs in the H's food and drink could be rather counterproductive if he somehow were to find this thread.

You're doing fantastically well OP. Good luck with managing over the next week.

Just remembered. To make the 'vom' more realistic, take a can of fruit cocktail into the loo with you. Makes the 'correct' sound if you pour in in the loo when you make sick sounds. (I really hated school, don't know how I managed to graduate).

I think the idea of takeaway & a movie is a good one. No dramatics and no waste of a good can of fruit cocktail.

He's got a degree and yet is sooo transparent isn't he? Any normal dude would sit you down and say something like, 'Dya know what? I don't blame you for wanting to divorce me, I have treated you like shit blah blah blah, I'm going to change my ways, get some councelling etc etc' , but he is so arrogant that he thinks he can just keep using the same old tactics in the face of a divorce petition - seriously! I am probably not alone in wondering how he will manage once he is a single man. I get the feeling he can only function if he is treating you like shit name and that particular little avenue of jolly will be sealed off from him forever soon. How will he fill those long evenings and weekends? - how will he cope?

Ive got a feeling he will move on to another woman (possibly a vulnerable one) complete with a sob story .

But this ISNT your problem Name. Its just that twunts like this cant seem to cope without someone to bully.

AcrossThePond55 - excellent idea. An extra refinement is some chopped up carrots. Dunno why, but vomit ALWAYS seems to contain bits of carrots. Even if you've never eaten the damn stuff.

Fruit and veg are hard to flush though...

(off topic but there's a Billy Connolly performance that includes that same reflection about diced carrots, Oldgrandmama)

Hmmm, it IS very strange - has there ever been any scientific explanation for the 'carrots in vom.' riddle? I remember when I had pneumonia, hadn't eaten anything for three or so days apart from nuclear strength antibiotics, drunk only water - but there were STILL bloody carrots in the stuff every time I threw up.

Anyway, OP, don't take any notice of these awful suggestions to lace twatchops's food - you are the Bigger Person (unlike some of us )