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I guess I know the answer

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sb11adz · 25/03/2019 19:53

I just need a little clarification I suppose. Fully expecting to get some home truths here or to be told I am being unreasonable for some of this but here I go.

I have been with my DP 4 years on and off. The first year of the relationship was pretty rocky and I should have ended it there. He would constantly pick at me. Everything I said or did was wrong. Every argument was my fault. All of my personality traits such as having quite bad social anxiety and memory problems made me weird or stupid in his eyes. Eventually he realised how damaging this behaviour was and things lessened quite a lot.

However to this day there are still things that happen that in the back of my mind I know should not happen in a normal loving relationship. We are saving for a house (both in late 20s but living with parents currently) and due to him finding out last year that I was in more debt than he knew about, he constantly asks to check my bank account and savings to make sure I am sticking to our plan. When he did find out about the debt (not much, just a few more hundred on my credit card than he expected) the stress of the whole blow up hospitalised me. I am type one diabetic and struggled to eat for a week which made me very ill.

He also comments on my weight a lot and tells me to lose weight often. I am size 14-16 and weigh around 12.5st so not that huge. Just bigger than when he met me.

Up until the weekend just gone we had been in quite a good place I guess and had been getting on well. Now, for context I have a condition called hyperhydrosis which causes overactive sweat glands and can be a very embarrassing and uncomfortable condition for me. No grown woman wants to be sweating her arse off at the smallest of things. I am on medication for it but he has been bugging me for ages to get on a higher dosage as he sometimes comments that I smell. Which is a huge confidence knocker for me. I haven't booked an appointment with my specialist yet simply because I haven't had the time. I work long hours and shifts. We went to an event in London on Saturday night and for the last couple of hours he was very off with me and hardly spoke which ruined the night for me. On the way home I asked him what was up and he said that I smelled for most of the night and that I had ruined the night completely because of my inability and laziness to book an appointment with my specialist. If he had told me this earlier on in the night I could have rectified it but instead let me sitting there for ages smelling. I can never smell it that much but apparently he can. I felt humiliated.

I don't know what I'm asking here. I guess I just needed to vent a little. I will take on board any criticism or advice you have.

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ThePerturbedPenguin · 01/05/2019 21:16

I would bet all my money that he will come back saying he will give you one final chance or expecting that you will go begging to him to take you back. This is more of the same disgusting controlling horrible bastard.

You had a relapse - that doesn’t make you a bad person and you need support and love. Checking you fucking mattress?! Life doesn’t have to be like this Sad

ThePerturbedPenguin · 02/05/2019 11:22

Just buping for you as there were so many supportive posts in March and I’m sure more people will be able to offer wise words Flowers

ThePerturbedPenguin · 02/05/2019 11:22

*bumping

sb11adz · 02/05/2019 11:43

Thank you so much. I went to the doctors this morning and they doubled my dose of Antidepressants and referred me for counselling so I'm hoping this will help

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Thehop · 02/05/2019 12:18

It will help, but not nearly as much as being free of this man will.

sb11adz · 02/05/2019 12:32

I just miss him so much right now.

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ThePerturbedPenguin · 05/05/2019 09:54

How are you doing @sb11adz ?

sb11adz · 05/05/2019 10:08

I'm ok thank you. I think my new antidepressants are making me feel a bit numb so I don't know if I'm feeling better because of them or not.

We have still been talking and I know we shouldn't 🙄 can't let go very easily.

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