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Pregnant and he's thrown me out

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Windmill1828 · 18/08/2018 22:28

Hi everyone - I'm turning to you lovely people to help me!

So it's a long story...

We met a few years ago, hit it off straight away. He was a gentleman, good job etc etc. Treated me like his best friend. We supported each other, we laughed like nothing before. It was just amazing. My family loved him and his did me.
He had a little boy and I have a little girl from previous marriages and they got on so well.
He began to stay over at mine more and more and before you knew it we were practically living together.
I saw him every night almost the whole time we were together and we had his little boy every other weekend.
We holidayed together and started to build a life together.
We decided to buy a house and move in together and that I would sell mine and put the equity in the bank for my little girl one day.
We chose a new house and it was being built.
On New Year's Eve he asked me to marry him! It was the most amazing time of our lives.
The house was supposed to be finished in Feb but kept getting delayed so we were living out of boxes which wasn't ideal but ok.
Then in March we found out I was pregnant! We were over the moon. But that turned into disaster when it turned out to be ectopic just before our engagement party.
He was by my side through the operation and was so sad afterwards. He was distraught!
We were told that to be on the safe side we would need to have ivf to bypass the use of my tubes but probably wouldn't have much trouble conceiving as we just had by ourselves albeit in the wrong place.
We left it three months and then decided to go to a clinic in London to discuss the details. The nurse said yep, we could go for it but as I was 36 and he was 38 to not waste any time.
We had a holiday planned in August but she said it would be fine to still go if we did get pregnant before as we would be over 12 weeks.
So we went home, discussed it and we both agreed to give it a shot!
Next thing you know we are booked in and ready to go. The drugs came and I started injections.
Now anyone who has had IVF will tell you it's not easy. All the travelling on its own was hard. The hormones. The weight gain. The tiredness. It was draining but so worth it that I didn't make a big fuss because I didn't want it to be a big thing if we needed to go through it again.
He even did the first injection with me and held my hand.
There were a few bumps along the way and at points thought we might have to cancel due to complications but to cut a long story short we got pregnant!!! I did about 500 tests!!!
You have to carry on taking hormones after the positive test and on top of the begins of pregnancy (morning sickness/ extreme tiredness etc) but we carried on.
Then my Nan who was so close to me died which was awful.
And then I started a new job as I was full time and we decided that I didn't need to do that anymore.
We moved into our new house when I was 6 weeks pregnant And were busy organising it for the first week.
Then we had our first scan. Another trip to London, all very scary to see if baby was in the right place. And it was! Lovely heathy heartbeat! We were made up. He even stopped on the way home to buy it a little outfit!

We picked his little boy up on the way home. I was so tired after such a draining day and 7 hours in the car that i asked if he could feed the kids while I had a little lie down, to which he said yes.
I went to sleep for about 10 mins and was woken up by the kids playing!
I was a bit miffed he could have kept them quiet but went downstairs and sat at the breakfast bar while the kids ate their dinner and I was sewing a blind.
He said to me that his little boy had done well in his school report to which i said "oh well done" and then thought oh crap where is my little girls report?!! And proceeded to ask her.
That was it.
He sent the kids across the road to the park and he said "I don't wanna make this into a big thing but why were you like that about the report?"
I was fed up anyway and said "what?!! What about it!?" And we blew up and has an argument about how I should've been more enthusiastic.
I just needed to get out of that house and that situation so I said I was going to go back to mine to continue to sort it out.
I was so upset that I decided to stay there and talk about it in the morning.
Well in the morning he was furious that I'd gone and taken My daughter. There was no talking to him.
He didn't have the best childhood in the world but certainly not the worst but he said that it triggered a memory of something that happened to him when he was a boy and he won't have his son feeling like that!!!
We spoke about it and sorted it that night. Had a nice evening together and took the kids out.
Then the next morning he said "I'm sorry but I still feel like I can't do this."
As you can imagine it went from bad to worse.
He spoke to his sister who obviously said he can't have that and then decided to block me on fb and told him to tell me and my daughter to leave. Which he did.
I had my first midwife appt that following day and by the time I came back to the house he had packed boxes.
He said some horrible things like:
He had doubts the week before he asked me to marry him
He wasn't in love with me
How could I treat his kid like that?
Very hurtful things

He then got a van and dumped all mine and my daughters things back at my sold (but not completed just yet) house.

So basically, I'm pregnant
I soon have no home or anywhere to live
I have a temp/ part time job
No money
And I little girl who has no idea what's happened.

So that was 4 weeks ago.
Since then not much has happened. He has sent the wedding venue an email to cancel it even though it was only booked a matter of weeks ago.
Most of my messages get ignored.
Until I sent a nice one to which he replied "he was broken"

This guy was all about family: he treated my little girl like his own. Me like a queen. There wasn't a day went by that he didn't tell me how lucky he felt and how much he loved us.
How can you go from all that to nothing over night? To creating a life to walk away from it.

All over this.!

I am obviously heartbroken. Lost. I feel like I've had my whole life ripped apart and now I have nothing.
I miss him so much but I know I shouldn't.

Any ideas?

Xxx

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DontCallMeDaisy · 23/08/2018 11:37

He is an off the scale drama llama! He doesn't do anything by halves does he?

"Look after yourself and the girls" - that's essentially signing off, when one of those girls is his unborn baby.

He even tries to complicate and make your ante-natal appointment arrangements all about him.

Co-parenting with him is going to be a nightmare! Nothing will be straightforward, the guilt and the handwringing will be something else - it will all be about him.

I think the only way to handle him OP is to douse the flames immediately whenever he starts. I think nothing would piss him off more if you become completely unarsed with his games and refuse to engage in his histrionics because I bet there will be more soon. This guy can't help himself!

Windmill1828 · 23/08/2018 11:44

@DontCallMeDaisy I know. I'm not sure if this baby has even registered as a real thing for him yet!!!
It's like he's blocked it out!

Why would he be devastated if this was all his call?
Why has he totally shut me out even after I've given him an option to be friends for the sake of the baby!?

He just won't have anything to do with me or even acknowledge he's done anything wrong! Probably in his small brain he's convinced himself it's the right thing for his DS!

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Windmill1828 · 23/08/2018 11:55

This was the same msg but just the bit before!

Pregnant and he's thrown me out
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PrincessWire · 23/08/2018 12:20

He is a Grade A total and utter wanker.

bethy15 · 23/08/2018 12:23

Seriously, from his messages, before and after the split, he seems quite deranged. Something is not right with this man and you might be very thankful one day that he's no longer in your life.

The bit 'Thank you both for the good times, they will always be with me' just sounds so odd, but it all is just crazy.

Really, this man is not right. As I said, change the date and time of your appointment so he can't turn up. When you move don't tell him where you live and I'd even think about changing my mobile number, because this man is clearly not stable.

Onecutefox · 23/08/2018 12:32

I am not a good writer but this is how I see this situation.
He had realised that his DS wasn't going to be the main priority anymore. It didn't work for him as he wanted to be the best dad and his son would need to share the attention with his new sisters. Once OP asked about the DD's grades he didn't like it as he only wanted his son to be the centre of attention. I understand that because he couldn't live with his ex anymore he wanted to compensate on it by doing no wrong in his son's eyes. With OP moving in and then the new baby on its way the attention wouldn't revolve around his son anymore as much as he wanted. He knows he was shit when he left his first family and feels guilt and wants to be a perfect dad. He won't be anymore as he would have to share his love between three kids and the OP. As he has no attachment to his unborn daughter yet he didn't think he did something wrong but he did exactly the same thing - abandoning his 2nd child. Then he will try to play a good dad again.

Windmill1828 · 23/08/2018 12:56

@PrincessWire ha! Totally!

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Windmill1828 · 23/08/2018 12:57

@Onecutefox I think you may well have hit the nail on the head! I think that's exactly what's happened!! Xx

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Onecutefox · 23/08/2018 13:13

Windmill1828, a (insert adjective) looser yeah? WinkWineFlowers

NameChange30 · 23/08/2018 13:38

Well those messages make me want to vomit and punch him, simultaneously Grin

He’s right about one thing. He is broken. You didn’t break him though, and don’t ever let him imply that you did.

What a wankpuffin.

IdahoJones · 23/08/2018 14:18

That longer text message is pretty creepy - like he actually wants you to be feeling those emotions (your punishments) and certainly expects you to be (your 'education').

He's a fucking dangerous loon. Be careful.

Urbanbeetler · 23/08/2018 14:29

He just lives his life abandoning children. What a guy.

You will be so much better off without him.

ohmygoodnessss · 23/08/2018 15:00

Please don't respond to anything else he says or does. Complete radio silence for the sadistic bastard, it will drive him mad! He's a complete prick. For you 💐

Windmill1828 · 23/08/2018 16:24

Do you really think he's just an absolute arse?

I'm starting to feel a bit sorry for this pathetic waste of space!

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ohfourfoxache · 23/08/2018 16:36

Nasty piece of shit Angry

Yes he’s pathetic, but he’s also a disgrace. He couldn’t actually care less that he’s abandoned you.

Please do change your appointment, just in case he turns uo

rainbowstardrops · 23/08/2018 16:48

He's nasty, pathetic and a complete bastard.
He's spouting 'Oh I'm so devastated' and yet he caused it!!!!!
He's got major issues going on in his head.

Only you know your relationship. Only you know whether trying to talk to him one final time will get to the bottom of his weirdness insecurities.

He sounds unhinged to me but as an outsider not knowing all the details, I just wonder if you go for the throat and just ask what the fuck is going on???
Might tell you what the hell is going on.

DontCallMeDaisy · 23/08/2018 16:54

Yes, a complete arse.
Mainly because he is so utterly self indulgent, he can't see what an unbelievable cock he is. Most people with a degree of self awareness would have climbed down off their box after a couple of days and worked on repairing the relationship. And if it couldn't be repaired, make compromises in the best interests of their child ie. maintain civil contact with the mother.

He is so wrapped up in himself, he won't. He aknowledges your pain but guess what..even that makes HIM sad.

That last message you showed is really pathetic. Don't pity him, he pities homself enough.

RivanQueen · 23/08/2018 16:54

Windmill1828 I've just RTFT and I'm floored by your ex's utter cuntishness. What he has done to you and your DC's is one of the worst things I have ever read on MN. You have handled yourself in spectacular fashion, you're an amazing and strong woman. Don't feel sorry for the ass-hat he is a severely damaged and deranged person. I agree with PP about moving your appointment, just in case he decides to turn up. He's unpredictable and the last thing you want is him suddenly appearing and creating a scene.

Windmill1828 · 23/08/2018 17:05

@RivanQueen 😢 thank you - that means a lot! 💗

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Windmill1828 · 23/08/2018 17:07

@DontCallMeDaisy I think that's that thing that's surprised me the most. The fact he claims to be dad of the year yet can't bring himself to even maintain any kind of civil contact with me. Still struggling to believe that he's now communicating through the (old) joint calendar 😂😂 it is actually laughable!

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Windmill1828 · 23/08/2018 17:08

@rainbowstardrops I've spent 5 weeks trying - there's just no point! For my own sanity I've had to go no contact xx

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Windmill1828 · 23/08/2018 17:09

@ohfourfoxache I will change the appt! 😊

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MarchSurprise · 23/08/2018 17:15

I've just read through the post and I'm absolutely horrified at how you have been treated. Something isn't right with this man and I think you and your daughters have actually had a lucky escape.

You are so amazing with the way you're handling this! Your daughters are very lucky to have such a strong mummy to look up to.

Windmill1828 · 23/08/2018 17:33

@MarchSurprise thank you and thanks to everyone who has taken their time to help me.
Honestly only just over a week ago he had me feeling like my DD and this baby would be better off without me 💔 I was in a horrible place.
You're support and advice has made me strong again - I can't tell you how much.
If I'm having a wobble I just log back in and re-read your messages and I feel good to go again!

I've spoken to the solicitor who's managed to get me another month in this house. Hopefully by then I should be well on my way to securing my other one or at least have chosen a rented.
If it wasn't for the fact that EVERYONE inc work contacts have my number if have changed it.
I have gone NO CONTACT which in itself is really hard when you have no answers to anything and I will not be giving him my new address.
He no longer is a part of my life and I couldn't have done it without you lovely ladies and gents!
Keep posting though - I need you still 💗

Thank you! Xxx

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Thebluedog · 23/08/2018 18:18

Have just RTWT and you are amazing OP, strong and dignified

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