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He's got me right where he wants me, the rancid twat

111 replies

TemporarilyLost · 28/09/2016 09:51

I'm so sorry to start another thread about him, I really am but momentum is building and i need to keep this anger. Sod October, I'm going sober today. One less thing to hold over me.

I got far too drunk over the weekend to the point I begged him on Sunday morning to get up with dd because I was hellishly hungover and couldn't lift my head off the pillow. I do all the mornings but just felt rough on this occasion. Cue 'ffs temp, you know you drank xyz amount last night and it's the last day of my annual leave and your making me get up because you got pissed last night'. I spent the day apologising to him so onto last night I didn't have a leg to stand on. He told me he was popping out to our local to pick up something from a friend and would have a half and be back for dinner. 4 hours later he rolls in off his face, crashing about waking me but thankfully not dd. I pretended to be asleep even when he was being unpleasant to me and he soon fell asleep. This morning he's up and gives me a nasty smile saying 'oh did I forget to come back from the pub last night?' laughs and goes off to work. No apologies for staying out and missing dinner because he knows given my drinking (he's not one for going out on the piss every night) if I was annoyed at him he would have a good argument and come down like a ton of bricks on me.

So in a nut shell i feel like he has broken me down to a point where he is indeed King of the castle and never need apologise for anything whereas im constantly apologising. I'm always sexualy available to
Him and my experiment of saying no a few weeks back resulted in him being unbearably horrible and moody because of my 'denying him' and 'not putting out'. He knows he can tell me to shut the fuck up, call me a fucking idiot, push me (only on one occasion), and get me to apologise for anything without fear of retaliation by me. There is nothing in his mind that he does that is wrong and warrants an apology. I don't want to ask for him to say sorry because he so clearly isn't.

Dd hates him, HATES him. When he comes back from work or gets up on the morning she screams 'go work daddy,!back to bed Daddy' and of course this angers him so she gets more worked up. I don't know how She'll cope with staying with him when I get the courage to leave. I assume there'll be shared contact but she hates being with him without me there, though I'm told that's once I'm gone she's fine and she's just acting up to me. He's not violent to her at all but is strict, far stricter than me and she'll get even worse mixed discipline messages from us when we split.

I've exhausted all my resources. WA have nothing new to add, I've exhausted all of your good advice and sympathy no doubt and when I was given a golden opportunity by a friend saying 'are you safe, are you ok?' I changed the bloody subject!

Ahhhhh! This is all so fucked up and horrible!

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Arkengarthdale · 28/09/2016 12:40

What's the balloon thing? Must have missed that thread although I have seen others

MorrisZapp · 28/09/2016 12:44

You have a small child who prefers her dad to be at work or in bed? That's fucking heartbreaking. Protect her. Adults can do what they like but she needs you to act for her. Come on, this isn't good enough and you clearly know it. Do better by that innocent child.

VanellopeVonSchweetz99 · 28/09/2016 12:44

GingerbreadLatteToGo has said it all.
OP, you can do this! You can do this today!

MorrisZapp · 28/09/2016 12:46

And stop focusing in irrelevant details about who got drunk when. Look at the big picture. A small child is living in an abusive household.

He won't agree. He won't see your side of it or give you permission to leave him. You have to be a strong adult here and make your own decisions regardless of his tantrums. You can do it.

SmellySphinx · 28/09/2016 12:50

After seeing what people are saying who have read your previous threads...He IS emotionally blackmailing you into having sex. It is not right or healthy in a loving relationship. If you don't like what he is doing you always have the absolute right to say NO I don't like that or NO I'm not comfortable with that. In which case a normal loving human being in a healthy relationship would say OK and stop immediately. I do not want to do anything to hurt you or that you're not comfortable with. If a couples sex life becomes "dull and boring" and that causes a rift you should be able to have a conversation about it without suffering undue, unnecessary stress from the other person emotionally or physically.
You are point blank unhappy in the relationship, if he loved and cared for you yes he should have noticed that you are just going along with it but he NEEDS TO know without a shadow of a doubt what you are and what you are not willing to put up with.
You SHOULD be able to do this without fear and without repercussions. There is always a tactful way to go about these things so as not to hurt someones feelings. How they react towards this is the point in case

SmellySphinx · 28/09/2016 12:53

I hope I have made some sense there...the baby is kicking my FULL bladder and predicitive text is driving me insane!

skyyequake · 28/09/2016 12:55

Have you asked Women's Aid if there's a Freedom Programme you can attend? It has really helped me so far (left abusive partner last week) and I believe you can do an online version, although the face-to-face one is better.

I've included some pictures of one of the resources they gave us. Each box is a different "type" of abuser, although most cover a few boxes. Each behaviour listed is an abusive behaviour. ignore the ticks that's for my own benefit

If you can show "proof" of abuse (any police activity, letter from your GP relating to physical/mental implications) then you would be entitled to legal aid regarding court approved access to your DD. If you feel he can't be trusted with her, or if she feels uncomfortable being alone with him, then you can apply for supervised access. CAB usually have access to a family lawyer, and some domestic abuse charities also have agreements with local solicitors to offer free advice to you.

I hope you can get away from him. He knows exactly what he's doing. You really do have a choice in this, you don't have to stay with him. You don't have to find "an excuse", just the fact you're miserable is enough of a reason. You don't need permission from anyone to leave, least of all him.

Flowers I know how hard it is. I know you think he'll change, or he doesn't really know how he's being. But he does know, he just doesn't care, and that's very hard for us to swallow, but these men don't know how to care. And there's nothing we can do to show them, because they don't want to change.

TemporarilyLost · 28/09/2016 13:01

Thanks everyone for taking the time to post. Lots to take on board. I'm not going to stay in this 'relationship' I'm going to get out. You are all giving me strength but I'm a bit overwhelmed at the moment so am going to take a break from this thread for now.

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venusinscorpio · 28/09/2016 13:03

I do understand how difficult this is. Take care and stay strong Flowers

SmellySphinx · 28/09/2016 13:13

Farewell Temp x I do hope you sort things for the better Smile
Also I wouldn't ever apologise for making thread after thread...the internet has an infinite capacity and there're always people here...new (like me) and ye olde regulars with different opinions and perspectives!
I'll shall however, for now...shut me yap.

Have a bunch of flowers > Flowers
My first ever.
(Just don't tell anyone, I ain't giving them to all and sundry)

SmellySphinx · 28/09/2016 13:14

I* ffs not I'll

SarcasmMode · 28/09/2016 13:15

If I knew where he lived I'd like to see if he would try that crap with a stranger/- he'd regret it.

Not helpful though but it just makes me so angry.

princessmi12 · 28/09/2016 13:29

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SmellySphinx · 28/09/2016 13:35

She said she was going to stop drinking and she seems to have realised it's not good...also, she's gone for a while.

I see what you're saying but CALM DOWN.

Ninasimoneinthemorning · 28/09/2016 13:49

Oh fuck off princess have you actually read all the thread?

OP your drinking is probably made worse because of the abusive twat you are living with. It sounds like your self medicating.

You absolutly can get out of this, you have just been so ground down it seem too much hard work.

He is a cunt.

Do it for your dd
Do it for you

Dig deep op you will find the strength Flowers

Goingtobeawesome · 28/09/2016 14:14

I really hope you do leave. The few sentences I've read are ringing loud bells that you are being controlled and abused. I'm sure you wouldn't want it for your DD, tell yourself you don't want her to see it either. Good luck.

AbyssinianBanana · 28/09/2016 14:20

Um, my children went through a stage yelling at Daddy to go to work already. It's a stage - why on earth do you think your young child hates anyone? She doesn't unless you've been feeding her those thoughts :-(

venusinscorpio · 28/09/2016 14:25

RTFT.

princessmi12 · 28/09/2016 14:29

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venusinscorpio · 28/09/2016 14:35

This woman is in an abusive relationship. And you are a nasty little GF and I've reported your shitty victim blaming posts.

princessmi12 · 28/09/2016 14:39

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Ninasimoneinthemorning · 28/09/2016 14:41

I think venus we are having a lot of MRA on here again at the moment.

LadyConstanceDeCoverlet · 28/09/2016 14:44

princessmi, if you think SS would be interested in a parent drinking too much one evening when the other parent is around, you are heavily deluded.

venusinscorpio · 28/09/2016 14:45

Drinking too much, having a hangover and asking your partner to look after his own kid one morning is not child neglect. Half the country has done this at one time or another. The OP wants to cut down on her drinking, she is trying to. She is in an abusive relationship. Get some fucking empathy.

PoldarksBreeches · 28/09/2016 14:51

Princess this wouldn't be a blip on the radar for children's services.