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I don't know what to do

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lollipop7 · 25/07/2017 23:34

I gave up a career and a good life miles away when I feel pregnant with a man I thought I was in love with.
He asked me to marry him, told me he would always ta,e care upon us, encouraged me to take redundancy and plough it into our life together.
I'm now pregnant with our third child and si trapped and unhappy.

I have no job, no money and apart from my mum nowhere to go.
He has decided I'm good enough to have children with but not in his exact words "good enough to marry"
My credit rating has been ruined by a case of mistaken identity delisted notes of satisfaction. He's had all my money as I believed him all these years.
Last year when out second child was six months old I left before we moved house. I discovered a series of message to his drinking friends and parents that I had PND and was mentally ill. None of which is true.
He begged Me for a final chance, promised me he'd get therapy and set up a Trust Deed to acknowledge my contribution,
A year on and nothing. He is worse than ever and thanks to being pressured for sex one night I am six months pregnant.
He was out mountain biking with a friend tonight and our son managed to open two safety gates and fall halfway down the stairs. When he Came back home he was sulking and said he was obviously fine. Then two hours later he accused me of actually throwing himself down the stairs to get him home early because I am unwell and jealous of him having a life.
There are so many things I could write here but I can't face committing them all to paper, suffice to say they revolve around emotional abuse such as disdain, lies, provocation, undermining and general nastiness. He is a control freak, he cuts of my housekeeping to pay for holidays he wants. He says there is no money for luxuries but buys himself cds and booze and clothes all the time. His family are blind to his faults and I frequently come across nasty little message so where I am described as grumpy and arrogant. He is disningeous and provocative in front of my friends and family. In short he is a total bastard.
It has got so bad now that I am actually prepared to leave with nothing apart from my children in my car. The only asset I have left. He has said he holds all the cards and that he now wants to contact my midwife to tell, her I am unfit. This is because I slapped his face tonight when he accused me of injuring our son.

I just need to get something down as it is let and I don't want him to hear me on the phone to friends or my mother or sister.

I have thought about women's aid but I don't know.
I have left four times and always have to come back for immunisations, antenatal appointments, school terms etc. I feel as though all the pressure is on me. I am brimming out resentment at the uphheaval and turmoil in mine and especially my children's lives and on top of it have to get ready to give birth in three months.

He hasn't been interviewed under caution for assaulting me one night, but acts as though I think never happened and told the police commiserated with him and laughed about my desperate behaviour.
I feel as though he is trying to drive me to suicide or madness.

Just some words of advice or reassurance or comfort would be appreciated.

I feel incredibly stupid, vulnerable and lost right now.

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lollipop7 · 29/09/2017 20:15

Hello folks,

Had my CAFCASS call today.
It went well. I was very honest, but only cried once.

I explained the police debacle, and raised all my concerns. I've had to put formal complaints on as they are being next to useless. They still haven't taken my statement re the second assault against my son.
I am hopeful that she will stick to what she told me she was leaning towards which is a fact finding hearing for DV followed by a Section 7 report. She implied Contact would stay the same i.e. Indirect or at a cost via contact centre. I broke down when she asked me how I felt about unsupervised access at this stage. It got too much.

I've been in and out of hospital for monitoring this week three times and she also advised me to make sure as I'm so pregnant now, that I was fit for court or see my GP. My BP is high and reduced movement woes plus growth tailing off are taking their toll. I will have to see how I am I guess.

Thanks again for checking in on me.
I'm not giving up . Feels like I'm going through another pain barrier right now but every week that passes I feel more determined.

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flutterby12 · 29/09/2017 20:47

Oh well done. It must be gruelling. I'm not surprised your BP is through the roof. Have you got a safeguarding nurse you can lean on? You are doing so, so well.

The police sound as much use as a chocolate teapot.

Do you have stuff for the baby? Hope you've managed to get your stuff.

lollipop7 · 29/09/2017 21:33

@flutterby12 I'm just relieved it's done tbh.
I barely scratched the surface of what he'd done to me as it was all about the children. As it should be.

I am hoping the FFH - if the judge orders one - will force the police to pull their useless fingers out and investigate. And take 90 emails of evidence, phone logs, affidavits etc. It's a nightmare.

He was told by his solicitor to bring stuff for the baby. He brought the buggy and a monitor. The rest was bags of useless 12-18 month, 6-12 months random girls shit. We are having a boy. Friends have sent me boxes of clothes and my mum has bought things for him as my money is dwindling and the children need winter coats, shoes and more clothes themselves. He brought the car seat up and he hadn't even cleaned it, it was disgusting. So careless and mean.

It's bad enough that I feel so hated and unloved but unfathomable to me that he uses the children in so many awful ways. It breaks my heart.

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flutterby12 · 29/09/2017 22:16

Oh gosh - he really sounds like an animal, mind you, they look after their offspring better.

I hope you are able to use all of the emails etc, he doesn't deserve any of you. Hopefully then they'll see him for what he is and start doing their job properly.

Do you have a local women's aid that may be able to help with stuff for the baby and DC? Keep going, you are an inspiration.

MytToeHurtsBetty · 29/09/2017 22:21

Just read this... You're so strong, brave and a real inspiration. I applaud you. You're amazing. Keep up the fight x

Idontmeanto · 30/09/2017 12:13

She’s right, you need to look after yourself.

Frouby · 30/09/2017 13:00

Do you have the energy to sort the girls stuff out and sell it? Or could your mum maybe help?

You are doing so, so well. Look after yourself too, your dcs need you. Flowers

lollipop7 · 01/10/2017 00:35

Not a good night.
I'm beside myself about the access issue. I had an awful nightmare last night about him taking the children away for a weekend and my little boy was screaming for me and struggling. Woke up and was sick.

I keep reading awful things on here about young children just bundled around up and down the country into the hands of dreadful cruel parents. I am consumed with fear. If something happens it will be too late. They are my precious babies, and I feel powerless.

Just sat here in floods of hysterical, gulping tears shaking.
I can't take much more

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blueberryporridge · 01/10/2017 00:57

Just reading your thread and saw your last post. There are other people who will be able to give you better advice than me but I just wanted to say that you are doing so well, so brave. Things will work out; you are strong and you will get there. I hope you are feeling better now and can get some sleep. Can you phone your mum? Try to get a rest tomorrow. Things always seems worse when you are tired.

sammidanis · 01/10/2017 00:59

Op you are doing so well! You're bound to feel overwhelmed sometimes. The stories you read on here are a few that have gone wrong out of many that have gone right. Right now you just have to have faith that things will go right & do what you can to make it that way. Keep badgering the police to pull their fingers out as much as you can :). If your dream did happen in real life, you just wouldn't let your son go & if any authority had a problem you explain how much distress your son was in & it's not in the best interest of his emotional well being. Wishing you the best :)

PsychedelicSheep · 01/10/2017 01:17

Stay strong OP lollipop, you’re doing amazingly Flowers

lollipop7 · 01/10/2017 01:18

Thank you both for taking the time to reassure me.
@blueberryporridge I'm living back at mum's for now. She is so loving and supportive I'd be lost without her.
@sammidanis I wouldn't let him take them if they were distressed which they would be. They are so deeply attached to me I am the one whose done everything for them. I wish he was a good caring father but he isn't. He is mean and a bully and careless no actually he's reckless. You can't turn the clock back can you if something awful happens. Our son is genuinely scared of him. I am the one person he trusts most in all the world.

I am trying to keep positive and have faith but it's so hard sometimes

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lollipop7 · 01/10/2017 01:19

@PsychedelicSheep thank you. I feel very small and scared the last couple of days. Trying my best not to let my children see this

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Idontmeanto · 01/10/2017 08:45

Wish I could give you a hug lollipop!

Mix56 · 01/10/2017 08:50

lollipop, you are strong, you have already put a stop to his ongoing cruelty & abuse, the first step was the hardest.
Please do not torture yourself over the "what if's". you are causing yourself distress over something imaginary that you are not even sure will manifest. It is in the future, your baby will be here, & everyday away from him you will become stronger & learn coping mechanisms to keep him away.
His crying & declarations of love are a smoke screen, too little, too late & part of the abuse cycle. Remember this when he says he will commit suicide or other self centred manipulation.
In a way he does love you, he loves hurting & controlling & debasing you.
The rules is, to remember, You have decided its over. become that grey rock, impervious & unmoved.

flutterby12 · 01/10/2017 09:23

Hi Lollipop it must be hell for you, I can't imagine what you must be going through. Can you contact Women's Aid for some council king?

You are so, so strong. You will have moment like these, buy they'll make you even stronger. I think once this baby comes along he will give you something to focus on. Are your midwife and HV aware of how you've been feeling? They can offer supportive listening visits and offer more practical advice.

Keep going, you can do this x

flutterby12 · 01/10/2017 09:24

I'm sorry - I'm not sure why my phone corrected 'councilling' for 'council king'!

lollipop7 · 01/10/2017 19:02

Well another awful contact session.

He's making my life an absolute misery. Now he wants to take the children overnight for some stupid family event. When I pointed out the obvious regarding the Judge's order he dismissed it and said we could come to an understanding between us. He then reiterated this in an email to me.

He is such a bully and a pig. I don't understand how this continued breach of contact and now total disdain for the the Judge's Court Order can just escape any level of scrutiny. Surely my solicitor should be escalating this?

Sat here now with awful stomach pains and the baby is going mad. I just feel like all my hard work is for nothing and he struts around getting away with everything. It's so fucking unfair.

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lollipop7 · 01/10/2017 19:03

@flutterby12 the Police referred me for expedited trauma counselling which I've started.
Apparently though I'm still only medium risk.

He is getting away with murder

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flutterby12 · 01/10/2017 19:22

Are you finding the counselling any help?

Keep logging everything - he will trip up. Did the judge say anything about overnight visits? If he turns up to take them, call the police.

This man sounds absolutely awful and so manipulative. You've done the best thing for you and your children by leaving him and one day in the future you'll look back at it all with disbelief. He sounds toxic.

Idontmeanto · 01/10/2017 19:30

Oh sweetheart! Stomach pains? As in labour? You’re doing the right things, keep the emails, show your solicitor. He’s trying to bully you, don’t let him succeed.

Idontmeanto · 01/10/2017 19:32

The scrutiny will come. Just not as urgently as would make you feel safe, but come it will. If fact, the more shit he gets up to now the more rope he’ll have to hang himself.

Aussiebean · 01/10/2017 19:34

Just because he says he wants to take the DC away doesn't mean he gets to.

'No' is a complete sentence. Say it once and don't repeat or justify.

You are reacting like now he says it it is going to happen.

He's a deluded idiot.

Maelstrop · 01/10/2017 20:15

Contact is not direct. He may NOT take the children. This is a court order, so it's tough shit on him. Ignore his bollocks. He cannot physically come and get them as he could be arrested for going against the contact order. Make sure you have the power of arrest attached to the contact order next time you speak to your solicitor.

I would demand everything back via your solicitor and request the police go with you with a removal van and man to lift stuff. Can you hire a storage locker for now and just take what you need to your mum's?

MrsBertBibby · 01/10/2017 20:20

When are you due in court?