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Feeling depressed, he's treating me like he hates me

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Goncol · 30/08/2015 06:12

Been together 4 years. Always had a turbulent relationship to say the least but we we supposedly getting better. This past week how ever he's being a bastard to me and I have no idea why.
It started last Saturday night. He went for a drink with his mates and I went out with mine. At midnight he called to say he was in a taxi on way home and did I want picking up. I said yeah and told him what pub we were in. To cut long story short he came in, face on ... Started ranting at me about what a dive the place was we were in and said it was obviously a pick up bar (it's a really popular, busy pub in the middle of the main drinking area of the city). He ranted on, made us leave, refused takeaway like we'd planned and carried on ranting on the way home. Totally ruined my night.
He apologised the day after but still maintained it wasn't really his fault as the pub had wound him up!!!???

Later in the week ... I'm sat looking at photos of me and a friend and he snaps "what do you keep staring at her for?? Do you fancy her or something??" Confused

Next day we went to cinema to see a horror film. When we left the cinema I joked "that's who is haunting our house!" (I've seen a few weird happenings in our house but I was clearly joking on this occasion). Anyway he blew up, started ranting at me about how he was sick of my bullshit, I'm taking the piss out of the house, he's sick of it and it stops now Confused agsin he carried it on all night, right into bed time again, ruining the night.
Later in the week we're sat watching tv and something about lookalikes came on. I giggled and recalled the time my youngest son had casually suggested that my mum looked like the guy from SAW. dP used to find this funny too but on this occasion - turns out it's now no longer funny and he snapped that it was about time I grew up Sad
Friday night we're watching a movie and in one scene the couple of the house hire a maid/cleaner. I joke to DP "obviously an affair will happen between the bloke and the Young maid ..."
Well he flipped again, said I was out of order and that if I think that, he may as well assume that I'm having an affair with male colleagues at work. This isn't the first time he's suggested that I am likely to mess around at work and I told him that me joking about a film and him turning into a real life dig at my work was not nice. No apology, nothing in fact, he maintained that I was the unreasonable one.
Last one for this week, last night he insisted on doing a BBQ. I stayed outside with him, tried engaging with him, offered to help etc and afterwards he said he was going to knock bbq's on the head as it just results in him running around after everyone like a "fucking idiot". It was his idea!!! I don't particukarly like bbqs but he insists almost weekly on them yet now it's my fault???

So last night we ended up going to bed not talking ... Why? Because he said he'd doenloaded a movie for us. I'm sat in the living room waiting for him to come off the computer (where he was supposedly sorting this movie out) only to hear him playing on battlefield, knowing full well I was waiting for him. I didn't say anything, I left it until 9pm snd then went in and asked how the film was coming on, he said he was trying to get it to work. I calmly said "we could always just watch TV?" ... Well apparently it turns out that me saying that is me putting pressure on him (!!!) and slagging him off.
I'm absolutely sick to death of him to be honest, I almost feel a bit bullied. Everything I say he sighs, snaps, turns it into an argument. This past week has been horrendous.

OP posts:
maras2 · 30/08/2015 06:39

And you're with him because ....... ?

winkywinkola · 30/08/2015 06:43

He sounds like a nightmare.

He sounds like he does hate you.

BigGreenOlives · 30/08/2015 06:47

Maybe he wants to end the relationship but rather than acting in an adult way & discussing it is trying to drive you out. How hard would it be for you to leave? Doesn't sound like a lot of fun, how do you imagine your future together will be?

DorothyBastard · 30/08/2015 07:11

The accusing you of an affair at work stuff and the pick-up bar stuff sounds like projecting to me. Do you think he may be having an affair?

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Goncol · 30/08/2015 07:20

Olives, I have thought about that - we're due to get married in 8 months time and I don't know if he's wanting to get out of that but doesn't want to be the one to stop it. I've just got my first post grad job which I start in 3 weeks - he's said over and over that once I get a good job he reckons I'll leave and I had no intentions of doing so ... yet he's making me want to. I can't help but wonder if he's doing this NOW so that I'll leave and he can tell everyone "see! I said all along she'd do a runner once she got a good job!" - he loves to play the victim in EVERYTHING so that would play right into his hands.

Dorothy, I've considered that too but it wouldn't really add up - he never goes anywhere after work, never goes out on a weekend without me - never receives dodgy calls or texts - we mostly go to bed together so it's not like he's staying up and chatting to someone ... I do admit though, reading it through does sound like projection. I just can't see how he'd pull it off.

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YouBastardSockBalls · 30/08/2015 07:25

He sounds awful.

What are his good points?

ObsidianBlackbirdMcNight · 30/08/2015 07:26

he's said over and over that once I get a good job he reckons I'll leave

So he's been bullying you for a while? Please say you have no kids- and please don't marry him! He's horrible to you.

BigGreenOlives · 30/08/2015 07:26

So you are staying to prove him wrong? That sounds harsh, what about leaving as he isn't kind & loving. So what if he is right about you leaving, you'll have left & have a new job, at least you won't dread coming home from work.

Seriously he is unlikely to change for the good as he gets older.

Iggly · 30/08/2015 07:28

Well why not make his prediction come true and leave hin?

Who cares if he plays the victim? What's more important? Your mental health and happiness or him winning his stupid game....

DiscoDiva70 · 30/08/2015 07:30

Op have you considered he could be seeing someone from his work? depending on what kind of work he does.

He could be deleting texts or emails, or using a work phone maybe to keep in contact with someone he shouldn't. People do have affairs right under their partners noses, even if it seems impossible for them to have the time or the opportunity to do so.

Whatever, my advice would be to cancel the wedding and get away from this nasty bastard whilst you still have your sanity!

Scarydinosaurs · 30/08/2015 07:35

I felt exhausted just reading that. You poor thing. I would start to cancel wedding stuff today, and begin to get your things together to stay.

Scarydinosaurs · 30/08/2015 07:35

Stay?? LEAVE!!

mrstweefromtweesville · 30/08/2015 07:46

You almost feel a bit bullied? You are being bullied!

Whatever else you do in life, don't marry this prick horrible man. I, too, think he's probably having an affair, and even if he isn't, he wants your relationship to end (but wants you to end it, so he can be the injured party). And I typed that before I read your post which says he always wants to play the victim.

Some men get uncomfortable (and nasty) when their women get educated. Even if his behaviour stems from insecurity, its not behaviour that you want or need to put up with.

Just LTB. Have a good life, without him.

MudCity · 30/08/2015 07:47

So sorry you are going through this. Is he or has he taken drugs? Is he drinking excessively? Is he suffering from depression / mental illness?

Whichever, whatever, it isn't right. You need to protect yourself and start to plan your own future. You don't want to be signing up to a life of this. Start planning today...you deserve so much better. A life of walking on eggshells, watching everything you say and do is no life at all.

Take care and good luck.

Pickedmypoison · 30/08/2015 07:52

Oh I had one who acted like he hated me.

Course he was desperate to get me back when I finally ended it. Couldn't understand why I didn't want him any more because he was going to 'change.'

Op, it's soul-destroying to live like this. He will pick on every tiny thing and you will be on egg shells. When you can't do or say anything right, it's time to go.

YeahOkayWhatever · 30/08/2015 07:53

It'll only get worse OP. Leave now before his behaviour settles down and has you thinking he's changed, only for his inner twat to come out again. I couldn't live like this.

Goncol · 30/08/2015 07:56

Thanks guys. I think I know deep down that this will never work. Everytime he has a drink he turns nasty. Never violent - just really confrontational and argumentative - funnily enough this was cited as one of the reasons for his last divorce. I was drinking excessively too and recognized it so I cut right back - I think now that I'm sober when he's going off on one I see it for it is - unnecessary and just outright nasty.

I've had a quick look on rightmove for curiosity and seen the most perfect house for me and my kids. I'm just shit scared because everyone is expecting a wedding, we have stuff booked - holidays and honeymoon next year - plans for america right up to 2017. It's not that I need him for any of this (well, maybe the honeymoon lol) as I earn enough of my own money but to leave would completely change my future. I know it's looking like I'll have to but it's bloody frightening.

And when?? I mean, I've not even started my job yet. Do I leave it 6 months? but by then the wedding will be 2 months away and it will be even harder to cancel.

I just don't know what to do.

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IsabellaofFrance · 30/08/2015 07:58

Show him the door and tell him not to let it hit him in the arse of the way out.

Life is too short for this OP - he sounds like a nasty bully. Get out now!

Pickedmypoison · 30/08/2015 08:00

If you know it will never work (your words), cancel now. Why do you have to wait to start your new job?

IsabellaofFrance · 30/08/2015 08:00

You have kids! Get him out now - do not spend the next 6 months with this guy.

ObsidianBlackbirdMcNight · 30/08/2015 08:06

Are they his kids?

Regardless, you know you can't marry him right?

Lweji · 30/08/2015 08:08

Glad you are planning on leaving him.
Your new job stars in 3 weeks, so I'd say this is a good time to start afresh and get over the most stressing bits before it starts.

His comments about you leaving after finishing your degree could also be emotional blackmail. In that he is already shaming you if you leave and you will put up with his crap to avoid that.

Make your decision on what's best for you, not how it will look to others.

ThreeFrazzledFandangos · 30/08/2015 08:10

Now, leave now!

Don't wait 6 hours never mind 6 months.

The longer you take this shit the more you'll start to wonder if it's you. If he has a point and you start changing to avoid antagonising him.

He does this in front of your friends, does he do it in front of your kids too?

AttilaTheMeerkat · 30/08/2015 08:14

What do you get out of this?.

You almost feel a bit bullied; you are being bullied and belittled by this person.

There are many red flags regarding this relationship not least of where you cite that this relationship has always been turbulent. Its always been turbulent because of him, I reckon you have spent an awful lot of time placating this man and generally tiptoeing around him over the past 3 or so years (such men are generally on their best behaviour for the first year or so but the mask slips and they cannot continue the act).

I also thinks that he wants you to end this rather than he so he can play the victim to his friends by saying, "oh she left me". That is probably not too dissimilar behaviour from him to the lead up to his last divorce either.

Do not marry this man under any circumstances but plan your exit from this and asap. There is never a good time to leave but better sooner rather than later. Weddings get called off; yours will not be the last. Those that mind do not matter and those that do not mind do matter.

What is the overall situation re the property, finances etc?.

Your children are being shown a truly crap model of a relationship; is this really what you want to teach them about relationships here?. You know this is not going to work already.