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Thoughts please- narcissistic?

25 replies

Oggy7758 · 13/05/2019 18:51

So I met this guy on a dating site shortly after coming out of a brief relationship I left the dating site as in the most non big headed way I was overwhelmed but he kept messaging me on my social media, he became really good friend and we spoke of all sorts and text eachother 24/77. I really didn’t find him attractive at all but how similar we were shocked me we had the same sense of humour. We both agreed we connected so well and we were the same person. He had been single for six years which was a massive shock for me , he said he started to develop feelings and that he may be falling in love with me , we text about marriage kids all sorts I started to really like him one night we spent 5 hours on the phone to eachother!!! . If i didn’t reply to his texts he would send about 8 in a row until I did . I am going to Ibiza with my friends and he booked the exact same flight and hotel with his friends which shocked me a bit but at the time i thought wow he must like me ! I was nervous to meet him because I do modelling a lot of my social media is of my magazine shoots and I thought what If he does not fancy me in person but after four months of talking we met up and slept together after that it seemed it was a bit weird for a few days I don’t know why we both felt awkward . Then he said some weird things like he knows I used to text men same time as him (I did at the beginning as meeting on a dating site assumed he did the same) and I should go meet other men and he will still be my friend. I was upset just assumed he didn't like me in that way or fancy me which massively knocked my confidence . So we had a bit of a falling out he said some nasty things like I looked like a mess when he saw me and should make more of an effort . After our fall out I did meet someone else for a drink on his advice , he quickly then came back onto me and asked me to meet him again and we both agreed to stop talking to other people until we had spent a weekend together , we then got back texting and calling loads and I mean 24/77. I met him a few weeks after again and spent weekend with him. After that weekend the following day I went to afternoon tea with my mum and he rang me constantly like show me who your with send me a picture I was like no it’s my mum and we got in a nasty fight . Day after that I went to a concert with my friends in London and he said he knew I’d run off to London as I’m a tramp and he called me vile names rang me screaming at me Saïd about me texting men and the drink I went on with that guy and im so untrustworthy he’d never be with someone like me - we agreed to cut ties I was in tears with his harsh words. The week after cutting ties he text me some small talk about me when we both go Ibiza same time and I caved and told him how much I missed him etc he kinda enjoyed it and said it’s a mature decision I don’t follow him on social media as I wouldn’t want to see it. That hurt me so much so I told him to just stop speaking to me. Week after that he sent me a picture of a film we watched together, I ignored it, week after that he sent me a text message at 2amm_ but then deleted it before I got to read it so I messaged him back asking what he had sent as it bothered me and he never replied and that was three weeks ago I haven’t heard from him since . I’m devastated we spoke every second of the day it’s a major loss and void. My friends tell me his since back on dating sites which is tearing me in bits. Our connection was unreal! Any advice to get over this would be great!!!!
(I’ve since changed my flights to Ibiza to week after unbeknown to him he will still expect me to be out there same time in June) . I’m 30 he is 38

OP posts:
RLEOM · 13/05/2019 20:00

I'm sure you posted this already.

If i didn’t reply to his texts he would send about 8 in a row until I did . I am going to Ibiza with my friends and he booked the exact same flight and hotel with his friends which shocked me a bit but at the time i thought wow he must like me !

That alone is creepy! Big red flag. I probably would've cancelled my holiday and changed my number.

lifegoes · 13/05/2019 20:06

This sounds like my ex. He's a narcissist as a full blown one

Musti · 13/05/2019 20:14

Honestly. He's a big weirdo and you're never going to get anywhere with him. I don't think he likes women. Block and forget him.

Pipandmum · 13/05/2019 20:19

Sounds like a creep.

Irishdolly · 13/05/2019 23:27

Hmmm what was the actual reason you split? Was there ever a discussion,?
38? Did he have kids? What were his past relationships like?

ErrmWTAF · 13/05/2019 23:37

Narcissist or whateva else makes no matter: he's a big ol' dish of head-fuck in a creamy drama sauce, served with a side order of lies. You really don't want any of that, do you?

Lozzerbmc · 14/05/2019 04:00

He sounds a nightmare and shown you several red flags. Avoid if you want a happy life.

Booking same holiday is weird frankly, txting until a reply and wanting to know where you are all the time? Big billowing red flags...

Preggosaurus9 · 14/05/2019 04:22

You seem totally overinvested in this random person and social media/messaging.

You're only 30, go out on some dates with as many single men as possible before deciding to commit to one!

category12 · 14/05/2019 05:54

Basically you met a rotten guy who has love-bombed you and mirrored you, and then kept you so confused and wrongfooted that you're hooked on the highs and lows.

Stay away from him, he's very bad news.

user1474894224 · 14/05/2019 06:03

Run a mile. The only interaction you've had irl has been a disaster. Anyone who doesn't trust you and harrasses you is crazy.

PirateWeasel · 14/05/2019 06:13

38?? He sounds 18. What an immature, needy, obnoxious weirdo.

Dillydallyingthrough · 14/05/2019 06:18

OP you clearly like this guy but read through your post, surely you can see he is love bombing you and then being vile and then repeating- he's constantly pushing and pulling you. He's already affecting your self confidence. He had the nerve to call you a tramp for going to London???

Sorry but this a script for an abusive relationship, everyone else can probably see it unfolding like a slow car crash.

Block and ignore - if you really want to text him to say you've realised the relationship is toxic and you have no interest in speaking to him again. You're looking for different things in a relationship.

Please do not continue with this man, it sounds awful already. It would be good for you to work on your self-esteem.

DizzySue · 14/05/2019 06:19

Block him on everything.

You need to examine why you put up with being treated so badly by someone, repeatedly.

He is clearly a very horrible person.

Notjudesmum · 14/05/2019 06:20

Sounds like you’ve had a lucky escape. He sounds like a right twat.

Meangirls36 · 14/05/2019 09:41

BLOCK HIM move on.

Nyctophilia · 14/05/2019 11:03

Hes an absolute nut job!! For gods sake see this for what is was and thank your lucky stars you got out, hes not worth another second of your thoughts

GreenFingersWouldBeHandy · 14/05/2019 11:14

Massive red flags all over the place. He's a control freak and abusive. And with stalker tendencies!!! Avoid like the plague, block him on everything and thank your lucky stars for getting out.

Please stay single for a bit to get over him. Also might be worth looking at The Freedom Programme to avoid falling for another one like him.

Aussiebean · 14/05/2019 11:25

Wow. What is there to love?

He made you feel horrible about yourself. He was accusing you of sleeping around. He was demanding to know where you were with the assumption you were doing something bad. He stalked you. He pestered you until you replied to a message. Accused you of cheating on him when you weren’t actually in a relationship. He muscled his way into your holiday with your friends without your permission.

Did I miss anything?

The deleted text was an obvious ploy to get you to contact him and hold power over you.

As for you being the same person, are you sure he wasn’t mirroring you?

This was not a good relationship. Well done on changing your flights. Block, heal and move on with lesson learned.

WhoKnewBeefStew · 14/05/2019 11:29

You’ve dodged a bunker there op

Staygoaway · 14/05/2019 11:35

Insulting you already
Yep leave him block

WhoKnewBeefStew · 14/05/2019 11:35

Bullet! Not bunker Confused

SquirrelShit · 14/05/2019 18:13

Not so much narcissist as controlling and abusive. Of course he could switch on the charm when he wanted to reel you in - they always can.

You can do MUCH better than him, OP.

SlightlyMisplacedSingleDad · 14/05/2019 19:03

Okay - so, it should be blindingly, screamingly obvious that this guy is no good. It should go without saying that you should have nothing more to do with him.

More importantly, this should be telling you a great deal about yourself. You have poor boundaries. You over-invest far too quickly. You confuse a persona with real life - you never really know someone you haven't met. And l, even when you have met them, tou dkn't really know them fkr a very long time.

This story should have ended when he found you on social media. That's a red flag right there. But it didn't end there. You went sailing blindly on past a sea of red flags.

So, treat this as a learning experience. You have work to do on yourself, and your boundaries, before you are ready for a relationship. I'd suggest staying single and doing that hard work, rather than rushing to move on and find somebody else.

toucantoo · 14/05/2019 20:09

I doubt you had a real connection. Manipulative people like him (he may be an actual psychopath) have an uncanny ability to mould themselves into exactly what you want. I suspect if you could look back at conversations, you would find that you have a lot of clues that he worked with to create your 'perfect man'. Psychopaths become the perfect partner but the start up with exactly the push-pull-nasty-loving behaviour that destabilises you. Your hormones are firing up all over the place. Give yourself time and space and realise that you have been taken in by a master manipulator who goes through life doing this. It's not you. It's him. It's because you have the capacity to love that he could manipulate you like this.

Middersweekly · 14/05/2019 20:23

Never mind narcissist, he’s a psychopath! Who books the same hotel in Ibiza as someone they are talking to from OLD??!!! He’s stalking you (quite aggressively it would seem). Get as far away from this man as possible! He’s shown his true hand to you very early on with the verbal abuse etc! You clearly aren’t short of attention so fuck him off and don’t look back!

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