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Partner not listening

55 replies

LoveBakeOff · 24/03/2018 10:44

Been with my boyfriend now for almost a year and we are moving in together soon.

But his attitude towards me is getting tiring. He says he is just having a laugh and I shouldn't take it seriously, but he blames me for literally everything. If anything goes wrong, it's my fault. If he does something wrong, it's my fault. It's always something I did. Even if it is a joke, I hate it. I've told him this a million times and he keeps doing it. He also calls me useless frequently for the same things. My self esteem isn't great and this doesn't help.

He just doesn't listen in general. I have the implant in my arm for contraception and I told him this, told him to avoid touching it, so what does he do? Presses down on it a lot. Pushes it, not deliberately I think, he's just rough and when cuddling me from behind on bed, will push his hand against it. Its now hurting my arm because he has pushed it do far into my arm, I'm not even sure how the doctor is going to remove it anymore. Every time he pushed it, I told him to stop it and he said he would then does it again the next day. He also likes to play with my hair, but usually pulls it, again same thing, tell him to stop, he doesn't.

He is generally lazy too, doesn't clean up, leaves my room in a mess (we stay with my parents fit now) and all he does all day is play games and watch YouTube. I do everything, all cleaning etc have to bring him stuff because he is a 'guest' according to my parents. He then watches YouTube all night which keeps me awake, but he doesn't care about that either. It's only ever about him. He can't sleep so needs to watch YouTube. Sod me that has to get up at 5.

He annoyed me through the process of finding somewhere to live too. He barely helped even though I was stressed about other things too, just left it all to me. The other day, I finally got something sorted, came home from a busy day at work to find my room in a mess and him sitting there playing games. No attempt to clean up. Then later that night he asked me to get him something and I just snapped. Was sick of being his slave and told him no. I then got told off by my parents and to get him it. I did and then just went away and didn't speak to him for the rest of the night.

I am just sick of him not listening and clearly nagging him isn't working. Anyone know of a way to actually get him to listen to me and to help me, stop hurting me etc. Am I being unreasonable, should I be treating him as a guest? I don't think I should, he's been there for months.

OP posts:
Lillygolightly · 24/03/2018 14:17

Everything his is doing IS deliberate, he knows exactly what he is doing....EXACTLY!!!

Can you imagine if he told you for example that his elbow was sore and asked you many times to not bang it, do you think you would just forget he said it and keep banging it repeatedly???

Would you accept anybody else pulling your hair? Hurting you arm? Repeatedly hurting you?

I know these things seem like small things and that your over reacting because your not being seriously hurt. This is low level abuse and trust those who know when we say it absolutely WILL escalate and get worse. The only reason it’s not worse yet is because you live with you parents, if you move out with him it will get worse.

I know it must be hard to let go of the idea of moving out with him, having a lovely relationship and all the other things you may have dreamed of. So sorry to say this but you won’t get your dreams, you’ll get a nightmare you can’t yet imagine, a nightmare that for many of us started the exact way your describing, a nightmare that right now you can save yourself from if you leave him.

sparklepops123 · 24/03/2018 14:56

Do not move in with him !! It will get worse, end it now

Cambionome · 24/03/2018 17:09

Why do you have to leave? It's your parents house!

Boot him out. He is an abusive, nasty little shit.

RunRabbitRunRabbit · 24/03/2018 17:20

Why are you with him?

This sounds like the shittiest of shitty relationships?

Have you latched on to him as your escape route from your parents?

If you can afford your share of the rent on the new place surely you can afford a room in a shared house for yourself (just you, not Mr Twatto).

Sarsparella · 24/03/2018 17:50

Why do you have to leave? It's your parents house!

The parents don’t sound much use either though, I think the OP would be better off on her own away from the bloody lot of them

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