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looks like it's over

961 replies

mylittlestar · 18/04/2007 11:48

well after everything you will have seen so far, and my happiness at dh and i giving our marriage another go, sadly it doesn't look like that is possible anymore.

i've been feeling down the last couple of days and couldn't put my finger on it. thought it was probably a bit of paranoia. the pregnancy scare etc. but looking back dh had also become distant and withdrawn and i think i was picking up on that.

i checked his phone this morning. there was a message in his saved items to the ow. basically said of course i'll get up early to come and take you to work. i'll leave a bit early so we can have a little kiss before we set off...

confronted him. he swore he hadn't been back in touch. then has admitted that after his paranoia that i may have met someone on my work night out last week, he got back in touch with her.
don't really know much more than that and there's no point in asking as i'm not sure i could believe what he tells me anyway.

i had four main reasons for giving things another try. my love for him. the fact that anyone can make a mistake once. the fact that he swore he hated living a double life and would never want to live that way again. and finally, the fact that he said after seeing what he'd put me through, he'd never put me through that again.

just 4 weeks later he has.

to be honest i really don't want to turn this thread into a session to slag dh off. i don't understand his reasons and never will. but i do love him.

i think perhaps it's time to let my head rule my heart and make myself wake up to the fact that he doesn't love me in the same way i love him.

one day he'll realise what he's lost and what he's put me through. and i truly believe that nothing i say or do from this point on will have any impact. it's up to him now.

i've come into work to try and take my mind off it all and calm down. so i'm ok. i'm glad i have MN to get all of this out as this time i do not want one single person in RL to know. i don't want people getting at dh. i don't want people telling me 'i told you so'. i don't really want sympathy.
i'm sick of my life being one big drama after the next. i want to focus on me and ds and i want a happy quiet life filled with love and laughter. if the only way to get that is being alone with ds, then so be it. i'm truly blessed to have him.

so perhaps this thread should be about how i can now move forward without the love of my life and my soul mate....

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Ifonlyhewould · 03/05/2007 20:20

Awh bless you. Thats a lovely thing to say, thank you you have made my day! x

Ifonlyhewould · 03/05/2007 20:23

It won't be easy for her Lily. I don't think she comes on here for advice so much but she does come on here to gain strength from our support. We have to remember that MLS is in a very delicate state at the moment, putting on such a brave face, being so strong but, inside.... it's probably a completely different matter. A well meaning but yet insensitive post could just shatter her right now.

ohsmellyjelly · 03/05/2007 20:23

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ohsmellyjelly · 03/05/2007 20:25

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LilyLoo · 03/05/2007 20:25

completely agree iohw. I love that you always remember your punctuation. i'm lucky if i spell things roughly ok when i start on a ramble never mind full stops

Ifonlyhewould · 03/05/2007 20:26

She will be back fighting. She doesn't stay down for long

LilyLoo · 03/05/2007 20:26

i know smelly. i suppose threads like this bring home to you how valuable this support can be. We don't know each other yet probably know more intimate details than most rl friends.

Ifonlyhewould · 03/05/2007 20:28

sometimes when i read back my posts i get so embarrassed at my spelling errors! I type as fast as i'm thinking sometimes and miss most of the keys!

Don't put yourself down Lily, your posts are always eloquently put xx

ohsmellyjelly · 03/05/2007 20:29

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Ifonlyhewould · 03/05/2007 20:29

I didn't even know myself properly until i came on here! The stuff I have found out about myself has been quite a revelation

LilyLoo · 03/05/2007 20:30

glad things looking more positive osj i only posted on your early thread so haven't been keeping up
damn kids and job and dp

lovemybed · 03/05/2007 20:31

hopefully the fact that mls is quiet means that she and dh have found some time to talk through whats happened today, but my pc is so slow on long threads i seem to constantly x post or look like a total looney because im so far behind everyone else.

LilyLoo · 03/05/2007 20:32

lol you total looney

Ifonlyhewould · 03/05/2007 20:34

i thought you were just a slow typist Lovemybed a one finger job!

Yes OSJ, i was so pleased to read your latest post too. I haven't poked my beak into your thread (not yet ) but i was really hoping you wouldn't quit. Sex is not the be all and end all you know!

ohsmellyjelly · 03/05/2007 20:35

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LilyLoo · 03/05/2007 20:36

sending mn vibes to her dh

Ifonlyhewould · 03/05/2007 20:36

Well if he doesn't, he's for the freezer!!

LilyLoo · 03/05/2007 20:37

mince him bit by bit

Ifonlyhewould · 03/05/2007 20:37

Don't you 'wake up and smell the coffee' Lily

ohsmellyjelly · 03/05/2007 20:37

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Dior · 03/05/2007 20:38

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Ifonlyhewould · 03/05/2007 20:38

I know which bit I would mince first! i would get MLS to post it to me, she could keep the rest for a while longer

ohsmellyjelly · 03/05/2007 20:38

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Ifonlyhewould · 03/05/2007 20:39

Hi Dior, no it's not just the freezer, being happier with myself is the main reason.

Dior · 03/05/2007 20:39

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