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Abusive partner

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abbsrosee · 23/03/2017 11:42

Hey guys! I'm not writing on here to get any replies telling me I'm stupid, I just want a bit of guidance and support due to feeling very alone.
I am only 18 years old, and am 13 weeks pregnant with my first, young I know and it wasn't planned but from the second I saw that scan I knew I would love and give this baby the world. My boyfriend, who I've been with over a year was happy at first, he is 20, I have all the support from family I could need! Myself and my boyfriend were saving for a flat deposit and now weve finally got there, he's decided h wants to put the money towards a brand new 20k Mercedes, and then think about moving out in 2 years, as he wants the car, and wants to do his own thing and get what makes him happy first. In my opinion he's being very selfish, which you can't do when you have a baby surely? Im so willing to give up everything for my little one already. So how the plan is to stay at my mums with the baby when it's here and hm. However when I showed him my dating scan two days ago, he wasn't happy Atall, and that night began saying how he can't stand the sight of me and chucked the scan pictures at me and told me to move out his dads house and take that 'shit with me' and said he don't want it. I've told him from the start I wouldn't push him into anything but t he was always sure he wanted this. Anyway this argument the. Escalated when he punched me in the face, leaving me with. A black eye, and pulled me by my hair into the bed, he then punched me in the face another 3 times before putting his hands around my neck and stopping me from breathing and screamed in my face he was going to kill me before eventually getting off and letting go. And then after apologised said how he didn't mean to and he does want this family and then got me some forozen pack for my head and asked me for a cuddle until infell asleep. He is like two different people ATM, and god knows I am so in love with him after him being the first thing to make me feel myself again after a sexual assault court case, and I don't want my baby to be brought up on a split family but what if one day he flips and it's not at me, it's at my little one? He seems to have shown such a nasty selfish side to him, but I don't want to just give up and walk away on someone I've put so much time into and someone who I want a family with and someone who claims to love me and I know fully well i love him. And someone who a lot of the time can be so amazing and so nice and funny and my best friend in the whole world. I just need a bit of support, or guidance as I'm feeling very alone, and I just want to be happy, so please, anything welcome.

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Dragongirl10 · 24/03/2017 22:49

OP l am so relieved you and baby are safe, some women don't make it away from partners such as your ex....

Please believe you will stop hurting, let your family take good care of you and prioritise yourself and baby, no one else.

kaitlinktm · 24/03/2017 23:06

You will be up and down for quite a while OP but thank goodness your Mum is there to support you. It might not feel like it as you feel so low, but you have absolutely done the best thing for you and your baby.

How dare his father say you have ruined your partner's life whilst encouraging him to blow YOUR money on a car for himself.

Even if your P turns on the tears, please don't be fooled by promises of improved behaviour - he has shown you who he is. Don't let him draw you back in.

heyday · 25/03/2017 09:06

You sound very lost right now and desperate for love and security. Self confidence is often very low in young women and they put up with abuse for years, just accepting it, almost believing that they are not worthy of more. ..it's very sad.
This young man may have many qualities that you like but the pregnancy has now 'trapped' him and he is lashing out at you so that he can do just want he wants. He doesn't want his life to change in any way and he is showing that he resents you. You may well love him now but you do need to get away from him. Move back to your mum's so you are safe and you can think more clearly.
Please, don't think this is a one off because it certainly won't be. My own mother, bless her, fell in love with a man when she was 17, married him then found out he was a wife beater. Her life was a living get he'll with him being nice one minute but a violent psycho the next. Her 4 children have been traumatised and scarred for life with my own brother committing suicide because he couldn't cope with the memories of the abuse. Please don't put yourself and your child at any risk of that. You deserve better. You must keep a record of the abuse as one day you may need to refer back to it to protect yourself or your child later on. Trust the people who are telling you this, we've been there and have some hindsight.
Be strong, get away from him now and take one step at a time. He will always be the father of your child but he does not have to be in your lives. You will 'annoy' him again one day and he will lash out again.....be strong and take back the control right now.

KatieScarlett · 25/03/2017 10:45

Honey, you need to go to the police if you want any hope of keeping these men out of your child's life. You will kick yourself down the line for not doing so if he tries to get access. Imagine having to send your child off to these people, knowing they are abusive.
You need to tell the police for your child's sake.

Oliversmumsarmy · 25/03/2017 16:18

You need to go to the police not just for yours and your babies sake. You dont want him anywhere near your child now or in the future. But also to warn others who might if he has been shown to be a violent man maybe put off starting a relationship with him. You might just save her and her childs life. They might not be so lucky

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