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Need to leave...and 6wks preggie

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bitbybitbybit · 01/02/2015 15:15

Hi all, this is quite some post! I need advice but most of all hugs and a bit of love. Have a read Smile

I'm newish on MN and i joined tonsee if i was the only one feeling the way I do on my situation.

Background info:
Met DH when i was 20 he was 35...im 27 now. Married 2 yrs and we have a 15months old DS. Found out im expecting 2weeks ago Shock

I'm not from.the UK originally i met DH a month after i came here. Have no family and no more true friends around.

He moved to the UK at the age of 10 to attend boarding school (so far away from home and so young) I soon began to realise and understand why he seemed so harsh and almost overly independent...he had no choice. He mentioned that for a good 5yrs he'd see his mum and dad (disfunctional family. His dad remarried 5 timesShock ) 3times a year at the most. Self made man extremely well educated and there i was...20 not confident to try Uni (which i attended eventually and graduated with a 2:1 BA hnrs in languages)

Every week we argued amd every week he said its over we can't stay together...I had no money saved (very irresponsible) so my whole world was shaken everytime....i thought my only choice to move back to my home country... I was very attached and thought i loved him.

3months in he asked me to move in and i started to see how harsh he really was...he started to see that i had some anger management issues. A recipe for disaster. Overtime my confidence got lower n lower i began to be more n more intimidated by his knowledge. He'd constantly say "You're not experienced luke i am you'll understand when you grow up..." or "you've got to see the damage you caused is beyond repair...I'm very disappointed in you..." One night after a heated argument i thought i needed to back of rather escalate so i walked out to get a bit of air and cool down. When i returned the car was gone and the door was locked. He'd parked the car in a street nearby and locked himself in to make me think he was gone. It was 2am, I had my keys and a phone with no credit. I was locked out until 9.30 in the morning! He then said to me "you push me to do things i dont want to do...i wanted u to see that iif it wasn't for me you have nobody here so you shouldnt take me for granted" He shed 1 miserable tear took me out for lunch and we were back on. Everytime i kept beating myself up thinking i went too far yet again. This was 5yrs ago now...
I've always said to him why do we always argue about my problems why do we never discuss how your issues impact on us? I can't eveb remember what he would say other than stop taking everything persaonally!!!!
When we had our son he was worst than ever before. Don't do this
Don't do that
You know nothing about hygiene, I studied microbiology so i know these things...
You're not bonding with him
Pump.some milk
Don't smoke Don't drink
What are you giving him?...etc But when the HV or friends and family woukd come to visit and see the bby he would ve the opposite. I'd get breakfast on a tray with tea and sweet words. On his best behaviour and then again when we were alone. One day we were talking and he was holding the bby. He huffed, loopked at DS (5wks old then) and said "Ummmnn i know....You're disappointed too aren't you?" My heart broke into pieces and its been like that always. He's managed to make me feel that:
all is my fault
om nothing without him
i can never manage on my own
i don't know anything etc...

Yet he says he wants me to have a career and be emancipated.

I got engaged and married amd preggie right after graduating so ive got nothing...I haven't got a penny to my name. We have no joint account and he says i have to ask him for money when i need to spend some etc...

It was when i read so many similar posts on here that i realised i should have left a lonnnng time ago. He's controling but nobody will believe me. He's too smart and manipulative.

I want to plan my exit well (no refuges or couch sleeping with DS) but sometimes i feel i cant wait another day. He's destroyed who i was i have no sense of self anymore

Please help!
Thank you for reading
xxx

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Quitelikely · 02/02/2015 09:52

It is always a good idea to plan carefully before you end things.

Some options would be to get a job and childcare organised so that you can support yourself financially.

Another option is, if you feel threatened in your own home you call the police who will remove him from the home. Then you do not let him back in. If he comes back, ask him calmly to leave and tell him you're seeking legal advice. If he refuses you call the police again.

Half of the equity I. The house belongs to you. He would need to pay maintenance and if you don't work you will be able to claim benefits.

Or you could save up and rent somewhere and leave one day whilst he is out.

It is highly unlikely that he will change and be the person you want him to be.

Do not be surprised if you tell people what he is truly like that they will believe you. He is nasty and vile.

They probably know this already.

Don't give up hope on getting out. Think of ways to make it possible. It's can be hard to take the first steps but it's up to you.

CogitoErgoSometimes · 02/02/2015 10:37

Does your feeling over the passport mean that you doubt ending it is the right thing to do? If you're going to make progress you have to be firm in your mind what the objective is. Too much flip-flop thinking and you'll achieve nothing except years more of the same.

bitbybitbybit · 02/02/2015 12:02

Vivacia that's a very positive way of looking at things! thanks

Cogito I'm certain i need to be awau from him to find myself and be happy like i deserve to be. Somedays i feel i haven't got the strength somedays i feel unstoppable....i guess it's part of it. Just felt very awkward this morning after all he said to me last night about leaving etc...

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bitbybitbybit · 02/02/2015 12:13

Vivacia i like your positive outlook. thanks
Cogito i definitely know and accept at this point that i need to be away from him tp find myself amd be happy. Somedays i feel unstoppable amd somedays i feel vulnerable...i guess it's all part of it.
Last night's outburst was most hurtful as i could tell he too has really had enough...even for a "water torturer" he let a lot slip with much anger. Im not used to that frankly. He slept on the couch and that was that.

I have no idea where i will live now. We were in the process of buying a huge family home. It never felt right Sad

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