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DP walked out the house at 1am as I asked to look at his phone....

108 replies

Angelina7 · 10/04/2018 02:17

Hi all,
Please be kind and gentle I'm obviously feeling fragile.
Bit of background ...
Been with DP coming up 6 years, have 1 child and 1 on the way ....v nearly here actually.
Anyway I have had this unsettling feeling now for a while, he takes his phone everywhere with him ...to the bathroom, next to him in bed, even if he walks out the room for a minute he takes it. He left it on charge in the kitchen other day & I was in the kitchen ...he then moved from sofa to a place he could see the kitchen!
Sooo tonight I come to bed & he is already asleep, he listens to talking on it to fall asleep through headphones. I lay there for a while then it got louder so I reached across to turn it off as he was asleep anyway, he woke with a start & I mumbled 'it's too loud' & he turned it off but what got me was his heart rate, It was racing as if he was panicked that I was looking at phone while he was asleep which of course got me going again with my suspicions. After a while I couldn't take it anymore 'can I see your phone?' I said & he asked why, I said ' you take it every where with you & I want to see some trust'. He starts looking at his emails & I asked 'what are u doing?' he said just looking at my emails & handed the phone over so of course where do I go straight to? ....his emails and it only takes a scroll down to find he's a member of a site where a girl with pic in lingerie has messaged him on & i can't see her message but the site says she wants sex or someone along those lines.... He forcefully takes the phone back from me and won't let me see any more saying hes not a kid and I shouldn't have the right to just check his phone and it's weird, I said its not weird, you are being very defensive and in denial, he wouldn't talk to me, grabbed a few personal belongings and his coat and went out at 1am ... presumably to delete everything he has on the phone of guilt!
I think I heard him come back just now but he's not come into the bedroom.
Sooooo, what do I do with this?
How can I react?
I know from the past he is totally unwilling to talk, but I cannot let it slide.
Also he actually has no time to physically cheat on me and he now works his own business that's totally open to the public, our community where lots of people know me and him now and I pop in unannounced any time so I am not sure he has been able to physically cheat in person, but what else happens on these sites?!! Even if he's chatting dirty it's cheating in my eyes, he would never accept me to do that!
I don't know what to do as I have no hard evidence, just feelings as he has made sure of this!! Obviously I would not be with him if I didn't love him but really it is like perhaps he has a split personality and he shows me his lovely family man side but is hiding his other side, but again, no evidence ...so frustrating.
Please be kind x

OP posts:
ferando81 · 12/04/2018 23:26

The fact he has been guarding his phone is the clincher.

mathanxiety · 13/04/2018 01:29

He needs to go to an actual doctor to have any MH issues diagnosed.

Not horn in on a group of people some of whom may be suffering from all sorts of life limiting MH issues, and using them to keep you off his back.

Tell him to make an appointment with the GP and get a referral.

losingitovermilestones · 13/04/2018 01:34

Flowers awful timing for you, not that this is ever nice but definitely worse when you're pregnant. Focus on you and the baby, then deal with him when you have recovered and you know what you want to do. Xx

SpareASquare · 13/04/2018 02:13

wouldn't be with him anyway if there wasn't fantastic times would I?
Yeah, you probably would. Sadly.

The MH thing is irrelevant. I can understand wanting to find a reason he's such a prick but, you know, sometimes people are just arseholes. Not everything needs to be Dr Googled.
If this is how low you set your bar I do hope you understand that you are also setting it for your children.
Good luck OP

mathanxiety · 13/04/2018 05:57

Every abuser makes sure to mix in good times and bad.

ICESTAR · 13/04/2018 11:15

Well good luck to you but he has clearly cheated and you are being THAT woman sorry.

He hasn't given you any explanation and he hasn't been apologetic and he hasn't made anything right.

You are being a fool.

IndieTara · 13/04/2018 11:20

Op some good advice on here

Falmer · 15/04/2018 16:58

Just want to say good luck and best wishes for the upcoming birth. Flowers Flowers Hope things work out x

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