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Some serious hand holding needed, what the fuck do I do now?

38 replies

Missmonkeypenny · 10/04/2015 19:14

Firstly, please no bashing. I don't need to be made to feel like any more of an idiot, I need a cuddle and some support.

DP and I have been together for 2 years, and have DD (4 months). He struggled a lot with my pregnancy and becoming a dad, and actually kissed someone else when DD was 10 days old when he went out for the evening. It wasn't just a kiss, as he was Facebook messaging her afterwards about how he wished it had gone further with some pretty explicit things he 'wanted to do to her' and I found out. After a long discussion ( more me reducing him to a crying mess and kicking him out for the night), we looked into the possibility of him having a man version of postnatal depression and worked on our relationship to resolve the issues he had - I also vowed that if he ever did anything like this again, then I'd be gone with DD in a shot.

Since having DD, we have been intimate but not had sex because I'm waiting on a revision after my episiotomy as I was stitched too tight Blush I know he's felt a little neglected as I'm so wrapped up in DD and I've tried to get the balance right but it's naturally a struggle because she really is my world. I've been co-sleeping but have started putting her back into her cot because I know he's not been keen on it, even though he'd never say anything in reference to my parenting choices.

I've recently started working Thursday nights to bring in a little extra money for us which means I stay at DM's house and she looks after DD while I'm at work. I've just got home from DM's and flicked on the TV to find adultsmiletv as the channel which was on last which I'm not annoyed about, if anything I find it a little funny. But being the slightly on edge new mum that I am, I looked at his Facebook and found a 'hello miss Wink' message to a girl, and then looked at his browsing history and saw that his Yahoo account had been used a lot so I looked.

There's a ton of explicit images sent by a variety of girls downloaded from his Whatsapp, including ones from last night while I was away, and also videos but I can't see those as I'd have to download them.

What the fuck do I do now? I am petrified and feel sick to my stomach. DD is so tiny and I feel completely at a loss. Part of me thinks that I care so little about myself that maybe I should just forget about it because he pays the rent and lump it. The other half of me wants to pack my stuff and go, leaving him to work out what he's done for me to leave. He's back from work at 8pm and I don't know what to do. Fuck. I'm a mess.

OP posts:
FloristryCommission · 10/04/2015 22:48

Yep, he could Smile

Vivacia · 11/04/2015 07:02

Floristry thank you Smile but was that the plan anyway?

OP thinking of you this morning.

FloristryCommission · 11/04/2015 07:26

Not sure Vivacia, but the OP mentions he pays the rent and she wants to pack up some stuff and get away for a few days. Perhaps she thinks he wouldn't leave as he pays the rent?
Prob better to be at her mum's as she'll have some support there.

Hope you're OK OP.

Ooothatsnice · 11/04/2015 07:26

Personally op I wouldn't be going back. You would be setting yourself up for a lifetime of watching your back and waiting for the next time he screws up and believe me that's no life at all. He will never change op, he's made that perfectly clear.
I'm sorry for you and your baby but you have your mum and sometime in the future you'll be able to look back and say "phew that was a lucky escape". Flowers

43percentburnt · 11/04/2015 08:13

As mentioned above this could be your lucky escape.

At 10 days my dh was too busy washing nappies and passing me lanisoh and cups of tea to go to the pub and snog a woman. If I had been away for a night he would have had a good rest!

You and your dd deserve better.

What's the saying 'once fool on you, twice fool on me'. He has shown you he cannot be trusted. Throw him back in the pond.

In the long run staying with this loser will stop you meeting a proper dp.

43percentburnt · 11/04/2015 08:27

Hello op

The nct has a list of postnatal depression signs, just in case he says it has returned. It says postnatal depression signs in men are similar to signs seen in women. Here's a few of them.

(Strangely contacting women on what's app, or snogging a stranger 10 days after baby is born isn't on there...)

Feel very low, or despondent, that life is a long, grey tunnel, and that there is no hope. Feel tired and very lethargic, or even quite numb. Not want to do anything or take an interest in the outside world.

Be unusually irritable, which makes their guilt worse.
Want to cry/cry a lot or even constantly.

Have obsessive and irrational thoughts which can be very scary.
Lose their appetite, which may go with feeling hungry all the time, but being unable to eat.
Have difficulty sleeping: either not getting to sleep, waking early, or having vivid nightmares

Have an overpowering anxiety, often about things that wouldn't normally bother them, such as being alone in the house

Have obsessive fears about the baby's health or wellbeing, or about themselves and other members of the family.
Have disturbing thoughts about harming themselves or their baby.
Have thoughts about death.

Did he seek professional help? How did he react to his anti depressant tablets?
Was he anxious? scared the baby was ill? Does he wake several times a night panicking baby may have stopped breathing? Call you when baby is with you at your mums concerned about her health? Did he have no hope? Couldn't stand to leave the home? No interest in anything around him?

Or did he go out drinking beer and contacting women? Socialising, having fun, annoyed dd is co-sleeping. Decide he didn't need the gp or tablets?

He span a yarn to get him off the hook.

I'm cross on your behalf, you and your dd deserve so much more than this loser.

43percentburnt · 11/04/2015 08:31

Sorry if my post came across harsh in any way.

It's not your fault, you are certainly not an idiot. You sound lovely and you obviously see the best in people. Cuddle your gorgeous baby and get those who love you rallying round.

That is what you both (you and dd) deserve.

Funnytobe · 11/04/2015 08:36

can I ask if these photos and videos are of real women he knows and has possibly met up with or is he on some sort of porn/message site?

Sickoffrozen · 11/04/2015 08:47

"I vowed that if he ever did anything like that again, I would be gone in a shot"

You need to stick to your vow or you might as well just give him the green light to continue behaving the way he does!

LinaDee · 11/04/2015 09:51

Thinking of you this morning OP.

Hope you get the head space you need at your mum's.

PlumpingIsQuiteUpForThud · 11/04/2015 09:54

Hope you're ok op, or at least that things have gone smoothly this morning.

Granville72 · 11/04/2015 10:03

Go to your mums, take your daughter, the essentials and hold your head high honey.

He's not worth it. You and your daughter are worth more than he is offering

LinaDee · 12/04/2015 21:11

How you doing OP?

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