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Ending it and feeling like you messed up. Confused and sad.

29 replies

doneitnow · 26/05/2015 09:31

I have ended things with my DP of 3 years.

He refused to do a 40 minute commute to live with me (after I had moved to his are and lived happily with him for 14 months) when I started a new job - he had known about the contract starting for this job before we even moved in.

He talked to his mum about the relationship and took her advice on not to move in with me to the middle to accomodate both our jobs...months later she suggested she moved in with him!

When we had a disagreement before Xmas, (something he had lied about and I was very upset), his reaction was to not speak to me for a week. When I honestly done nothing wrong apart from react to a very big lie and be upset by it.

There is more but that's the essence. Posters will remember me I think...embarrassing as that is.

So I ended it after he took the weekend not speaking to me...he apparently wanted some headspace as we had 'spoken loads,' (he's working away, and we had spoken once a day briefly). He didn't tell me he wanted headspace, he just decided not to talk to me, so I spent my bank holiday worrying about him and if something had happened. When I ended it, he got a bit nasty and said he wanted to end it anyway and told me to F off.

I am having a wobble thinking did I make him this way? When we met he was so lovely to me and was so attentive and kind and seemed to be sincere. I feel like I caused this and it's stopping me moving forwards confidently.

OP posts:
pocketsaviour · 26/05/2015 17:02

You have absolutely done the right thing.

What else could you have done, anyway? Literally, what? Turned into a Stepford Wife and just smiled "Yes dear, no dear" while ignoring his lies and selfish behaviour?

Lose the guilt - you've absolutely nothing to be guilty about! Your behaviour has been exemplary - this is his loss.

Speak to your friends - ask if any of them are up for spending time this weekend or next. I spend time on my own with my two closest friends (married to each other) all the time and it's not awkward in the slightest! Nobody who is worth being friends with is going to stop being friends with you because "now you're single and the numbers don't match."

Flowers and Wine for you - give yourself some me time, do some nice stuff for yourself.

Ouchbloodyouch · 26/05/2015 17:28

I'm very proud of you. Stop blaming yourself. I suggest staying on this board and reading a variety of posts. You will get far firmer boundaries and in a few months time I PROMISE that you will wonder what on earth you saw in him.

wallaby73 · 26/05/2015 17:44

Please re-read what you have just written....you feel guilty......for not handling his lies "in a better way"? Come on lovey, really......you really don't need this x

Jan45 · 26/05/2015 17:45

You will be fine in time, sounds like you are a bit lonely so now is the time to call on friends and family and busy yourself, in time you will realise he really wasn't up for the job of being with you.

You couldn't possibly have caused him to behave like he doesn't care, I think you deserve much better than what he was offering.

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