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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.

OP posts:
TheMShip · 17/10/2017 08:36

Lollipop I saw this on the BBC today: Should children be heard in English family court cases? (TLDR: yes they should!) and I thought of you. With this and the recent moves towards protecting victims from interrogation by their abusers in family court, I feel encouraged that there is a shift in the system. I'm very glad to hear the police are taking you seriously now.

fuzzywuzzy · 17/10/2017 12:38

Hi OP, If you need I can recommend a brilliant barrister for you and a solicitor if your anywhere in essex.

This will take time but you will win you need to fight tootj and nail tho.

What shocks me is the judge did not accept the cafcass recomendation for a fact finding hearing, the judges I got relied heavily on cafcassv recommendations.

Also I'd suggest you go backto your lawyer and suggest a contact centre as third parties cannot be expected ot supervise contact sessions indefinitely.

IloveJudgeJudy · 17/10/2017 13:14

Lollipop, I’ve just RTFT and am full of admiration for how strong you’ve been and are continuing to be. I just wanted to add my voice to the others of support for you.

Doublemint · 17/10/2017 19:06

Lolli I've just read this all the way through after reading it a few weeks back.

I am dumbfounded and amazed and awestruck at your strength and tenacity.

You will succeed you will.

lollipop7 · 17/10/2017 19:21

Meeting went well today.
My solicitor has called in some favours and got me a good family law barrister for legal aid rates for,Friday's hearing, think he's rather contrite after the debacle the other day,

Statement prepped and off it goes tomorrow.

Social worker report today has been updated to record my son's new nursery telling her that he has been sad and ashamed of his soiled nappies, that he hoped they weren't sad and not proud of him and that his Daddy would make him go in the sea on holidays when he cried and said didn't want to. I wept reading it. When I got back tonight I just sat with him on my knee and held him. I feel murderous rage towards his father for the self doubt, degradation and humiliation.

Also his other old nursery have written a report stating that we have an exceptionally close bond and they ever really met his father. They stated that he had exhibited some inappropriate behaviours which they suspected were the result of mimicking things at home like the hands on the threat and an incident of pretending to head but someone both of which my ex has done to me.

I am going to try and relax a bit tonight. There's nothing more I can do today. I'm going to treat myself to a large soda with a teeny weeny splash of wine in and a Terry's chocolate orange. I reckon I deserve it.

OP posts:
flutterby12 · 17/10/2017 19:52

You do bloody deserve it!

That is so heartbreaking your son has said that. How can you be like that towards your own flesh and blood? Sad

Glad you are better though Smile

NameWithChange · 17/10/2017 20:38

Keep gathering all you can. You are bloody brilliant! Cheers Wine

RandomMess · 17/10/2017 20:44

Star well done Lollipop!

Slingsanderrors · 17/10/2017 21:07

And breathe. Cake

iknowimcoming · 17/10/2017 21:14

So pleased things are on the up for you Lollipop - sad stuff with your Ds but he will recover, you all will in time. Enjoy your wine and chocolate Flowers

Frouby · 17/10/2017 21:19

Oh lovely. Your little boy. What an utter cunt your ex is. But your little ones will remember how fierce you are and how much you fought I promise xx

AmaraSas · 17/10/2017 21:50

Op, you are so brave and amazing. Dont worry about dates and schools and anything like that. Get out and safe, the rest will follow.

You are strong

lollipop7 · 17/10/2017 22:52

Heartburn too bad for my treat. I had a lemonade ice lolly instead and my ranitidine 😁

Thanks for all the lovely messages as always. I have a day tomorrow with no shit appointments, no hospital, no nothing. I'm going to walk my son to nursery with my daughter and the dog then come back and spend some time with Mum. We've made friends since "photogate" and had a nice natter tonight.

I just went and checked in on my sleeping chicks. This process has made me truly aware - as much of a cliché as it sounds - of the relentlessly renewing, giving power of love - every day it's like another layer of it bubbles up inside of me, and I did not think it possible to love them any more than I already did.

I have to love them for two parents now, but I'm starting to realise just how long I already have been.

OP posts:
seeds1962 · 17/10/2017 23:34

Delurking again to wish you much love xxx

lollipop7 · 18/10/2017 11:16

Well finally things are starting to happen.
Police are going to take my devices and download all the evidence.
They have asked me to write. A victims personal statement.
They are updating my original statement
They are reviewing the phone transcript from the assault at the start of the year and they are interviewing my mother in relation to it.
They are going to arrest him and interview him once the additional emails, videos, texts and WhatsApp have been reviewed.
Plus they are reviewing the possibility of him having committed contempt of court with the lies on the court papers.

I am not allowing myself to relax or feel assured in any way at all yet but this will hopefully be enough to warrant supervised contact being withdrawn so my children are protected.

OP posts:
Itscurtainsforyou · 18/10/2017 11:18

That's really positive. Make sure you also keep copies of anything on your devices in case things get lost.

iknowimcoming · 18/10/2017 12:17

That sounds very positive thank goodness! Agree with pp make sure everything is backed up to the cloud/important stuff screen shotted and printed out etc before you hand them over just in case. Enjoy your day today Lollipop Flowers

Olddear · 18/10/2017 12:44

Cheering you on!!!

Doublemint · 18/10/2017 12:45

YES!

SuitedandBooted · 18/10/2017 13:03

Speaking as someone with police connections - please, please copy EVERYTHING before you hand it over. xxxx

holdthewine · 18/10/2017 13:03

So pleased to read your update and that the police are really engaging with your case. Thinking of you.

Gemini69 · 18/10/2017 15:48

Oh good lord finally.. a break through .. well done you ... for sitting for 3 hours explaining again everything to the Police ... Flowers

I hope you thoroughly enjoy your day of no appointments today.. Flowers

lollipop7 · 19/10/2017 08:10

Well I got the Usual upsetting email last night this time about the b.c for the baby telling me what his name would be. I am not joking.

Deluded fuck. If he thinks for a second I'm giving him a look in he is even more mental than I thought. If he gets charged with anything or I can get any kind of result my way I'm applying to change the kids surname to mine and their baby brothers.

God I have these moments where I want to knock my head off an brick wall repeatedly. What did I ever see in this person.

And in other news I appear to have contracted some sort of hideous vomiting bug just in time for court tomorrow morning.

Welcome To My World

OP posts:
Idontmeanto · 19/10/2017 08:12

Lots of rest and fluids my lovely! Keep going.

Doubletrouble42 · 19/10/2017 08:17

Take your mum's wonderful offer. It will be the beginning of a new life. Not easy at first but not as hard as what you are doing now. You are me 15 years ago. I moved pregnant and with my four year old into my mums to escape an abusive relationship. Two years later I had a job and a nice rented flat and now I own my own house and have a new partner and twins. I never thought any of this possible. Go. Don't look back. Good luck. Your life starts again here if you want it to xxx love and hugs

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