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Fiancé held me down during an argument

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kirstenrose · 23/12/2017 03:30

So I'm posting on here as I really need some advise..

Tonight me and my fiancé had an argument which had ended pretty badly.
A bit of history on my fiancé, he is notoriously unreliable, extremely forgetful and to be honest quite lazy. 99% of the time we get on so we'll but occasionally we will have a pretty bad row. We also have a baby that is only a few weeks old.

This evening he came home from the pub tipsy, always a good start. Something that I needed to sort quickly happened and I needed him watch our baby just while I went out because I couldn't take him with me, so I get him out of bed asking him for help, on the way down he starts getting moody about it, I'll admit I was already frustrated and I asked him if he could for once just be reliable and help me when I need it. So he storms off back upstairs and gets back into bed. I follow and by now I'm getting mad and he keeps telling me to f off and I ask him if he's happy for our baby to be alone downstairs while I go out and he's saying yea whatever blah blah blah and I say "you really don't give a shit about him do you" his response? No. This makes me see red and I will admit I slapped his arm, not particularly hard but I just lost it and I'm not proud. So fast forward to a while later and it's still going on. He's always known how to wind me up and he goads me to loosing my temper every time we fight. Things we being said back and forth and again I admit I said some things I regret and wish I could take back (at this point I'm still angry about what he said earlier) he was denying that he said we didn't care which was only making me madder as I can't understand why he'd lie about it when we both know what he said. After this I walked away and let myself calm down because I know when I get pushed too far I can just loose it, so I calm myself and go back to him to ask why he said why he said and he still is lying about it, while on the bed I'm leaning on him with my hand in his stomach. He keeps telling me to get off, F off, etc... I say I won't until he admits what he said (at this point I'm now very calm, no raised voiced or anything!) I keep saying I just want him to accept and admit what he said and I apologised for everything I said and admitted I was out of line. All he keeps saying is get off me and maybe I should off but I thought that if I just stayed eventually he'd give up and admit it. That wasn't the case.. after a little bit longer he grabs me and pins me onto the bed, knee in my side, one hand holding my arms and the other on my shoulder. I had to pinch him to get him off and say I'm not going until I hear the truth. Again he pins me to the bed but this time he has one hand on the side of my face with a lot of force. After that one I left the room and just cried.. I know we were both angry but I don't know how I feel about him pinning me down like that when I wasn't being angry or aggressive. I feel like I may have deserved it because I had also been out of order but I'd apologised.. I feel a bit in shock about it all really.. no argument has ever escalated to that point.

My question is should I just leave it alone and let it go? Sorry for the lost essay... any help would be appreciated

OP posts:
WantingMuchMore · 23/12/2017 13:48
  1. Seek help for yourself - get some counselling to deal with your inappropriate behaviour
1a. Speak to your health visitor if this is new behaviour for you
  1. Leave this toxic relationship
  2. Make sure you understand why his behaviour is not appropriate to "just leave alone" before even considering your next relationship.
MotherCupboard · 23/12/2017 13:48

That poor, poor baby.

thethoughtfox · 23/12/2017 13:54

This reads like you in fact pinned him down and wouldn't get off which escalated the situation. You both need counselling or to separate,

Littlechocola · 23/12/2017 13:54

Why are you together?

JediStoleMyBike · 23/12/2017 14:15

I don't think you can really plead the innocent when you put your hands on your partner not once but twice. He was drunk and you tried to leave your baby with him, which is no where near acceptable.

KungFuPandaWorksOut16 · 23/12/2017 14:51

You say you was calm when you had him pinned, pinning somebody and ignoring the person's pleas too get off them, does not sound calm. Just because you aren't shouting and swearing doesn't mean you are calm.

It's concerning the way you write about it. You say he knows which buttons to press, it's almost as if you're reasoning with yourself that he deserved you attacking him because he made you act like that.

Walk away. That isn't a healthy environment for anyone.

Engorged · 23/12/2017 15:07

KungFuPandaWorksOut16 it doesn't sound calm to me either but if she was somehow that sounds worse. Methodical rather than losing her temper...which suggests this is not abnormal behaviour for them.

magoria · 23/12/2017 15:18

Many abusers blame their victim because they 'push their buttons'.

Where was your baby while all this was happening?

You need to both take a long hard look at yourselves. This is not a good relationship on either side.

Offred · 23/12/2017 15:22

What did you want out of this thread @kirstenrose?

It is clear that this relationship has become very toxic and that if your baby is to be safe (emotionally as well as physically) that you need to separate now that your interactions are becoming physically aggressive.

bluesu · 23/12/2017 18:38

So it seems as though you're abusive. Did you know or did you think it was solely your partner who was?

ClaryFray · 23/12/2017 18:49

You both sound terrible. You struck him first, then continued to go back asking the same thing, then lean on him and refuse to move until he says it. Then he gets physical too. Your both in wrong, get some help before your son starts thinking this is the way to behave!

Also paragraphs are your friend!

nousername123 · 23/12/2017 21:22

So you physically abused him and now you're upset that he retaliated? You felt intimidated? Maybe he felt intimidated when you hit him and were leaning on him? Double standards

PoorYorick · 23/12/2017 23:20

Good God, you're both abusive and violent and you hate each other. Why do you want to get married?

Coyoacan · 24/12/2017 02:09

OP, piensa en tus reacciones. Aparte de todo, así piensas tratar a tus hijos?

MarzipanDild0 · 24/12/2017 02:16

You both sound dreadful.

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