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Vee19811 · 19/06/2019 23:21

My bf that I have a baby with but don't live with keeps me at arms length. We are both divorced and my ex was abusive. After going through court my bf started demanding to be involved, but for me there are parts that I could not tell him about as there was sexual abuse also. He then told me he did not beleive me and abanded me. Later we got back together, in person we kiss, hug and have sex but he won't do small things like put x at end of messages because he said his keeping me at arms length as he feels I'm not being honest with him. I can't begin to explain how much this hurts as it was so hard to tell him about any of the abuse I went through. But I feel in person we are intermate and he knows how much it hurts that he refuses to put a simple x at an end of a message when we did before. It feels a little emotionally muliputive if I'm honest. Also I always get the end of his arguments with his ex wife as well as I hardly get any help but he runs around to his ex wife's at a drop of a hat. I have always been kind and supportive but somehow it gets turned into something negative and he tells me I'm just unawaearcof how I come across. He constantly abandonends me when ever it suits him and that hurts when we have a baby together only 6 months old. I feel I get really low with this keeping me at arms length all the time and I feel very lonely. What would you do?

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Vee19811 · 20/06/2019 15:38

Ex wife!!!

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ChristmasFluff · 20/06/2019 15:47

He is abusive, just in a different way. He is making you feel small and useless, misunderstood, and is blaming you for his own emotional unavailability. And HOW DARE HE decide what part of your story he agrees with or approves of! What a fucking bellend.

Thius is not a man you can rely on, and I hope you never hear form him again now you've sent that message.

I doubt it though. His type will let you stew, then lovebomb you too get you back.

Her doesn't deserve one second more of your time.

He said you were lying about your abuse and that is why he abandoned you and now keeps you at arm's length? Again, I just cannot fathom why you are with such a complete and utter cunt.

He could put infinite Xs at the end of messages, until the end of time, and it wouldn't be enough to make up for that.

Vee19811 · 20/06/2019 16:06

Thank you. I feel totally scared. Not of what he will do, if I'm honest I think I know that I mean very little to him and that hurts but what hurts more is that he clearly thinks so very little of me.

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Vee19811 · 20/06/2019 16:11

Sorry very tired today as trying to deal with a poorly baby. She has her first cold just after having eye infection. So my last message did not make much sense

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