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Husband wants to leave

24 replies

PrimroseDot · 21/02/2019 13:32

Hello, this is my first thread, although I’m a long time reader! I’m not sure where to start really but I haven’t really got anyone to talk to about this in real life. My husband has just told me this morning that he doesn’t feel the same about me anymore and doesn’t want to be with me (together for 12 years, 3 children). Yesterday we accepted an offer on our house, and made an offer on our dream house ( the reason we put ours up for sale in the first place). Now he is saying he is speaking to the estate agent to call everything off this afternoon. I’ve tried to talk to him but he just walks away. I’m trying to stay strong and not get upset but I’m feeling awful inside. I thought we were ok, we have ups and downs but never had any serious problems. He just says he’s been feeling like this for a while. I feel devastated

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Maelstrop · 21/02/2019 13:53

I think you do have to cancel the sale and talk finances. Are you working? Will he pay to keep you and the children in the house? Devastated doesn’t even cover it, I can’t imagine how awful this is for you, but you need to protect yourself and try to be practical. Look after yourself. Flowers

PrimroseDot · 21/02/2019 14:07

Thanks for replying. Yes I’m working part time. I imagine he would pay for half the mortgage and maintenance from what I’ve read online about desperation. I couldn’t afford anything on my own salary, gave up my career to take a part time job. Yesterday we were taking about plans for he new house, today hes saying it’s all over...I cant even think straight

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Sjames2408 · 21/02/2019 15:08

What a horrible situation and the timing when you were meant to be moving into your new home just makes it worse. I am so sorry you are having to go through this.

I have been separated for 10 months, my husband of 5 years (together 13 years) spun a similar line that he didn’t have the same feelings for me anymore. It was all out of character and did not make sense at all. Only this week did I find out there was another women involved and it’s all came out in a really humiliating horrible way. I’m currently trying to ensure I am protected and seeking legal advice.

I am not saying your in the same situation at all, but I wish I’d know about this OW 10 months ago, sure it would have been upsetting but not the situation I am currently in. Going by these boards it seems like this is a tactic used by cowardly men frequently. In a few months the OW comes out of the wood work. The OW in my case doesn’t live in this country so why she didn’t surface for a bit longer.

So I’d agree that you should try get some legal advice to protect yourself and your children. Good luck with everything!

Aquamarine1029 · 21/02/2019 15:10

I'm so sorry, op. You must be so devastated. I fear there is another woman involved. Actually, I guarantee it.

PrimroseDot · 21/02/2019 15:48

Thanks for the support. Sorry to hear you have been through a horrible time sjames2408.
He says he’s been feeling like this for a long time. The new house was his suggestion in the first place. I don’t know what to think anymore. I hope there’s no ow- I don’t want to think about it but he has stayed away for work a few times recently

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hellsbellsmelons · 21/02/2019 16:26

Don't think about OW for now.
You need to see a solicitor as soon as you can.
Do NOT do the 'pick me' dance.
Unfortunately cheaters often re-write history so don't believe anything he says.
Right now he's probably feeling some guilt so you need to jump on that.
Talk finances with him and see what he is saying.
Will you stay in the house etc.....?????
Tell him it's way too hard to function daily with all of this so you want him to move out this weekend.
You need to make this very real for him.
He needs to understand what he is going to lose.

In the mean-time, you really do need some real life support.
Please confide in a friend or relative. You will need their love and support right now.
Look after yourself!
You won't be able to eat but keep hydrated and keep your sugar levels up.
You are currently in shock but you will crash at some point.
It may be weeks or months yet but you need your strength for your DC.

MsDogLady · 21/02/2019 16:48

@Primrose, I am very sorry that you’ve had this terrible shock. Try to eat and keep yourself hydrated. You need to reach for the love and support of trusted family/friends.

It is likely that an OW has been on the scene for a while, and the house deal panicked him to make a move.

The fact that he hasn’t discussed any feelings of discontent with you, to try to work through them, indicates that he has been creating emotional distance to justify abandoning you. The fact that he keeps walking away from you confirms this.

He feels a sense of entitlement to cause this devastation. He has broken your trust and breached his loyalty, and has abruptly changed your life and the children’s lives. He has caused chaos in your housing situation, and is treating you with contempt by walking away when you try to talk to him.

Do not accept any blame for his appalling behavior and choices. He could have handled this differently. If he has been cheating, it is due to his weak boundaries and flaws in his character.

I would find my anger, take control, and tell him to leave now. He deserves a sharp consequence for dropping this bomb and for treating you and the children with such disrespect. Tell him that you no longer want to share space with him. He needs to be out of the house immediately while you process this great shock and try to gain your equilibrium.

At some point, sooner rather than later, you will need the support of individual counseling.

PrimroseDot · 21/02/2019 17:05

Thanks for the advice. I have told him he needs to leave tomorrow. He’s just taken ds to a football match tonight and they will get home late. I’m hoping we can talk then. I just broke down, I can’t stop crying, the children keep asking me what’s wrong. He doesn’t respond to anything just keeps saying he doesn’t know what to say. It’s like a different person from yesterday

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Gina2012 · 21/02/2019 17:22

How absolutely awful for you

I'm so sorry you're going through this

Lots and lots of love 🥰Thanks

lifebegins50 · 21/02/2019 18:04

The completely different person does suggest it is an OW..very rarely do men leave with no one to go to.

I am so sorry, you will feel shock for sometime. I promise you it will get better, those days of crying non stop will reduce.

What do you know about finances? House equity, pensions, savings and his salary?

Men often approach this in 2 ways, guilt so they will be financially generous or decide it was all your fault and fight you for every penny.

Have you told your family and friends yet?

MsDogLady · 21/02/2019 18:13

@Primrose, you must feel so hurt and wounded.

“He doesn’t know what to say” because he is likely hiding something, and is too much of a coward to be honest with his devoted wife and partner of 12 years. Something is up for him to so abruptly change everyone’s lives, to be willing to tell his children that he is leaving their home. I think he has been rewriting history in his mind to justify this, because he is so cold and is showing you no empathy.

You’ve done the right thing in asserting your boundaries and sending him away. He’ll have to sort a place to stay, and I wouldn’t allow him to come and go as he pleases. This is your home now that he has opted out of family life and wants to be single.

If there is an OW, you will know soon enough. If so, his announcement may be in response to an ultimatum she has issued, or he may be biding his time until they can be together.

EnoughAlready999 · 21/02/2019 18:29

Sometimes the whole house-buying process can make you question everything. It might help to cancel the whole house move as disappointing as that is.

PrimroseDot · 21/02/2019 22:39

No I haven’t told anyone yet, i don’t really know what to say. He should be home in about an hour. I’m hoping we can have a talk about things and hopefully I’ll get some answers. Thank you for the kind words, I feel stronger knowing that its not just me who feels it’s not on to behave this way.

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Florenceflamingo · 21/02/2019 22:44

FlowersGinWine

Glad you've got support on here, text a friend if you don't want to talk. "DH is leaving, dont want to talk about it on the phone but needed to tell someone" is a good start. Chin up.

Florenceflamingo · 21/02/2019 22:44

(Or send them the link to this thresd)

Gina2012 · 22/02/2019 06:29

I hope you are feeling ok @PrimroseDot

If not I'm sending you lots and lots of love 💕

Missbee90 · 22/02/2019 09:37

I’m so sorry you’re going through this, my STBX did the same to me in July.. much like you he had been loving and affectionate up until the moment he announced he no longer loved me.. he had even messaged me that morning saying “I love you so much my perfect wifey”... 12 hours later he had got in bed with me and told me he didn’t love me anymore.

If there’s any advice I can give it’s that you need to think about yourself, I spent months worrying about him and thinking he was having some kind of breakdown.. 7 months later and he has a new girlfriend who he is now renting a flat with .. I still find it hard to believe that he could do this to me.

You must think about yourself and your children and do all you can to heal and lean on friends and family for support.

7 months later and I don’t cry everyday, it still hurts and I don’t think I’ll ever properly get over it but I no longer lust for him to come back, try and limit contact as much as you can.. up until a few weeks ago my STBX would call me every few weeks in tears and then I found out he has introduced his new girlfriend to the family a day before calling me in tears.

Sadly the person you/I knew and loved no longer lives within inside them and there really is nothing you could have said or done to change this so please don’t blame yourself x

moviesgirl · 22/02/2019 10:01

You absolutely need to cancel the house sale/purchase and not spend lots of money moving. Otherwise it's not fair on both ends of your chain as it's likely that it will not go through anyway and they need the chance to find others for their own dreams/hopes.
If you can both sit down and have a calm discussion without trying to pin the guilt on each other and establish the facts and whether the marriage can be saved then you can make plans to move forward in a way thaqt causes the least amount of stress and anxiety to your DC.

Lozzerbmc · 22/02/2019 13:47

So sorry this is happening to you what an awful shock. Focus on yourself and DCs dont be thinking about him and how hes feeling. Do confide in your friends- mine got me through when it happened to me xx

MsDogLady · 22/02/2019 18:49

How are you, @Primrose?

Ss770640 · 02/09/2019 18:53

Nobody leaves a marriage and family unit unless there is extreme abuse or another person.

Same happened to me by my wife of 4 years.

She left sure enough moved in with her coworker.

Don't run to the lawyers just yet.

Document everything then file for divorce. He/she won't change their mind. They made it up years ago but didn't tell you.

It's truly horrible but you will recover. I promise.

Plenty more fish in the sea. It's only temporary

Notallitseemstobe · 02/09/2019 19:10

How was your marriage?

Were you intimate? Romantic?

MsDogLady · 02/09/2019 19:59

This thread is from February.

Notallitseemstobe · 02/09/2019 21:03

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