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I don't know what to do

981 replies

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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Frouby · 19/10/2017 21:06

Thats really positive lollipop.

Don't apologise to me tho, I would be fucking livid at the world and his mam in your shoes. I hope that wanketbastard gets his arse handed him on a plate tomorrow Angry

RandomMess · 19/10/2017 21:12

KOKO Flowers

TheMShip · 19/10/2017 21:17

FlowersCake for you. Best of luck tomorrow.

LadyRoughDiamond · 19/10/2017 21:21

De-lurking to wish you luck for tomorrow lollipop. You're an incredibly brave, inspirational woman and a wonderful Mum. Tomorrow will be difficult, but there are thousands of women out there who have read this thread and will be thinking of you. Stay strong, we've got your back.

ShoesHaveSouls · 19/10/2017 21:24

Just read your thread. I'm shocked at what you've been through Thanks

Good luck tomorrow, I'll be thinking of you x

DutifulDaughterWifeMother · 19/10/2017 21:54

Hi, I have never posted before.......I have followed your story and am so proud of how strong you are. Even when it seems shit is really hitting the fan from out of nowhere you get this strength and keep fighting. Remember your focus the children and you safe and happy in your own home. Look how far you have come all whilst having all that shit thrown at you and you are pregnant. For tonight you need to be thinking of everything you have against him and it will hold up in court. Go in there tomorrow not afraid but as the fighter for your children and let him see who he is dealing with. Don't be afraid to tell the Judge of everything he has said and done, be strong & powerful. For tonight think only what goes around comes around. People like him always get their comeuppance one way or another......put him out of your thoughts and think of the future you wish to build for you and the children. If I knew where the hearing was I would come to support you as I am sure all the other mumsnetters would. I will have you in my thoughts tomorrow & am sure you will be smiling tomorrow. Take care & sleep well. Xx

Idontmeanto · 19/10/2017 21:54

Good luck for tomorrow Lollipop, I’ll be thinking of you! Try to rest for tonight.

lollipop7 · 19/10/2017 22:06

Thanks so much everyone.
I'm so scared. I won't copenid it goes wrong, my children are my world and I will my heart will break if I let them down tomorrow.

I have to hope and have faith.

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Idontmeanto · 19/10/2017 22:54

Oh, and if he’s taking the trouble to hate you it’s because you’re frustrating him.

Redcliff · 19/10/2017 23:39

Also wanted to say good luck for tomorrow

Wallywobbles · 20/10/2017 06:16

Now massive luck for today.

I’ve been where you are a lot over the last decade and we ended up with him loosing parental responsibility and the kids not having to see him ever again.

Don’t forget your body language. Have something to stress fiddle with, like those elastic band bracelets. I never look at him. I come across as terrified of him, which is a lot less true than it used to be.

I would imagine in your condition if you think it’s going badly you could probably run out vomiting which should put him off his stride. (Check with your lawyer what happens if you need to leave).

Don’t interrupt, you’ll get your turn. Check with your barrister when you can correct something. Try not to bore the judge, let that be your ex’s mistake. Your barrister should be able to dig your-ex a hole to fall into.

BUT remember this is a battle, it’s unlikely to be the whole war.

lollipop7 · 20/10/2017 06:29

@Wallywobbles
He's not actually there today he's managed to excuse himself. So lord knows how things will pan out.
I'm more worried about my water breaking tbh I'm 37 weeks now!

I've had no sleep. I'm dreading it.

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Scoobygang7 · 20/10/2017 06:37

I've been following this thread @lollipop7 I have nothing constructive to add. I just really want you to know I am thinking of you all.

Your previous post about you having let them down if today doesn't go as it quite obviously should. You will not have let them down, you will never let them down. I am 20 weeks pregnant in a so far easy pregnancy, I could not imagine having to do every thing that you are doing and have done with such a problematic pregnancy.

You are amazing and a wonderful mum no matter the outcome of today, you have been and are the strongest woman.

lollipop7 · 20/10/2017 06:45

@Scoobygang7 thank you and congratulations on your pregnancy. 🍾Do you know what you are having, is it your first?

You know in over three months I have barely had a day of rest from fighting, dealing with and prepping for this. All the appointments, visits, scrutiny, assessment as well as the pregnancy. I made 11 trips to hospital the three weeks before the hearing they decided could go ahead in outrageous style without me. I was on a ctg monitor when my solicitor called.

I didn't think last week could be any worse but I have a dreadful feeling today will beat it.

My heart is pounding. Don't think it is possible to feel more vulnerable ever again than I do this morning. I have barely eaten for three days, am being sick constantly, crying for hours at a time and feeling hopeless. I just hope I can physically get through it without collapsing.

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Scoobygang7 · 20/10/2017 07:02

@lollipop7 this is my second my first is 2 1/2. Hopefully find out today at the anomaly scan if baby is playing along.

I can't imagine how you feel you will get through this, make sure you request at all times you are seated. Try to snack or if not maybe see if you can get your hands on the milkshakes that replace meals. Then you've got some calories in you.

lollipop7 · 20/10/2017 07:15

Well I a, hoping it's a reasonable short hearing
Have an hour conference with barrister first. I ant to anymore to prepare. Another day of my life in the lap of the Gods it would appear. He told my mother he has witnesses lining up to say he's a good father and I am psychotic and that he will prevail. All said in the car to her the other day.

Even if I was hungry I couldn't eat. I have tried for the baby but I can't stomach anything. Can just about stay hydrated.

Best of luck with your scan today. Hope it goes well and you can find out 🤞🏻

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Doublemint · 20/10/2017 07:22

You have a whole army of mumsnetters behind you today @lollipop7

I will be thinking of you, chin up, it's always darkest before the dawn x

RandomMess · 20/10/2017 07:36

Thinking of you Lollipop Flowers

MrsBertBibby · 20/10/2017 07:41

All said in the car to her the other day.

Make sure your barrister knows that.

Good luck. Make sure your barrister knows you will need him/her to be ready to advise on appeal if it goes badly.

MrsBertBibby · 20/10/2017 07:42

Sorry, the car thing presumably in front of the children. That's appalling.

lollipop7 · 20/10/2017 07:43

Yes the children were in the back of the car.
My mother was so terrified he'd run off with them she took my car keys and didn't even go to the toilet all day.

I'm just worried it all looks like hearsay and prattle.

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JWrecks · 20/10/2017 07:47

Oh @Lollipop love you are my hero. Awww what hell that must have been to realise it's a whole additional day until the hearing!

I wish I had anything more to offer, but I am sending all my strength and all my willpower and all my cheek and all my grit your way today. Not my luck, because my luck is shit. I'm sending you all my strength and keeping my shit luck here with me, far away from you! Praying so hard for success today, for them to take you seriously, for them to actually LOOK at your overwhelming evidence, for them to finally understand that he doesn't even love your poor lovely DC and only uses them to hurt you, for them to stop the fucking absurd notion of contact visits and even phone contact.

It's shocking that you're still going through this. :( It's shocking that he's still allowed to contact you at all, much less continue to harass you. And it's astounding how well you are doing through all of this, how much solid evidence you've got, how you've bloody gotten this far at all!

noseyjosey · 20/10/2017 08:02

I’ve just read this from start this morning. Wowzers, you are amazing op. I’ve been in tears reading. Good luck today. What a star

Joysmum · 20/10/2017 08:33

Best of luck for today.

Utterly ridiculous that the courts should put your mum in that position. I can’t begin to imagine the stress that must put her under Sad

scootinFun · 20/10/2017 08:58

Best of luck for today