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Partner went mental when he found my toy

175 replies

Lillyrose80 · 19/08/2019 19:36

Okay so my head is a little all over the place today. I would be hugely grateful for some honest opinions about my partners behavior. I think I know what I think about this behavior and what it is but before I make any decisions or question whether I am losing the plot mentally I would welcome others opinions on his behavior.
So here goes.... To cut a very long story short. My partner and I have been together around 8 years, we have two kids together and i am 8 years older than him which I didn't think was a problem until recently.
I left my partner a few years ago due to him being controlling about me going back to work and some other problems and it literally was one of the hardest things I have done. saved money to move and started fresh, however he Eventually persuaded me to come back and my children missed him, I was feeling guilty about taking my kids away from him although I never stopped him seeing them they really missed him. So fast forward 3 years and he can still be jealous, controlling, old fashioned at times but then we can also be like the bestest of friends and have a great laugh with each other and the kids and a good home life.... I stay in and don't go out normally but this weekend just gone a couple of my oldest friends were going for a drink and asked me to join them. I was so excited to see them both and said to my partner I am going out tomorrow night with my friends, he instantly got angry and storming around saying things like well if you can afford to go out go! Knowing full well I would need to ask him for money to go which would make things very awkward. Anyway I didn't back down and stuck to my guns and said yes I am going and that's that. The whole time I was trying to get ready he told the kids to come in and out of the bedroom, he went outside and worked on his car and made it impossible for me to get ready. Then. I asked for a lift to save money for a taxi and he got really cross and said ffs you should of asked me earlier I've been at work all day bla Bla Bla. I still stuck to my guns. Although I felt utterly shit by now I was gonna go. He looked me up and down and said nice you can dress up for your mates and not for me.... As I got out of the car to meet them. So I was home by 11.30om and when I got into bed he wouldn't touch me. I tried hugging him and he was cross and shrugged off my affections. The next morning he said I'm leaving and started packing his stuff. I was like wha coz I went out!?? And he said no I didn't sleep all night your a disgusting whore and I hate you. He then goes to my wardrobe and he takes out a vibrator that I had bought for myself a few weeks before but had hidden from him as I knew his reaction would be bad... Didn't realize it would be this bad thou! At this point I need to add he is a really really selfish lover and I have asked him to please try and take some time to try and satisfy me and he gets sulky and angry so I though the vibrator would be something that could help me in that way.
Anyway I almost laughed and I was like are you serious? Don't you think your behavior is a bit controlling and he said it's either me or that and your obviously cheating, your a slut.
Then he turned around and he said it must be your age you can't get off on normal sex anymore coz your an old haggard woman (I'm 37) and you and your old disgusting friends all talk about your dirty vibrators and sex. I was literally blown away by how immature and venomous he was being. But also however much I thought this is pathetic it really God dam hurt. I never realized my age was a problem! Why after all of these years is he calling me old and a hag? I then start to cry and say please leave I Dont want the children to hear or see u in this way. He wouldn't stop going on and on and on at me I had to stand up to him and say very firmly this is wrong you need to leave the house now. Right now. I am disappointed in you and shocked please leave.. He is a huge man and I'm tiny so it was quite intimidating. He was up in my face calling me awful names. He finally leaves as I lick doors behind and check. On kids who were thankfully still asleep.
The past two nights he has stayed at his brother's. My head is a mess. My kids miss him. I personally do not miss him at all. We have a holiday booked next week and my kids have been so excited to go. I don't know what to do.?!?!
I suppose what I want to know is this normal behavior and am I in the wrong for purchasing a vibrator and not telling him?

OP posts:
wheresthehope · 19/08/2019 21:07

Im 37... tell him he can get fucked from me!!!
And a big LTB

fluffyjumper · 19/08/2019 21:07

Good for you. I would reccomend logging the texts with the police and saving all messages.

You have got this, enjoy your life with your children and live it to the max. Let him be a misery guts alone. And if you think about going back to him, think would I want my children to be treated like this by thier future partners?

Enjoy your holiday.

MissConductUS · 19/08/2019 21:10

The men who feel threatened by sex toys are insecure, selfish jerks who know that they are in fact rubbish in bed.

Enjoy your holiday, and do bring the vibrator. Grin

Mummytoonlychild · 19/08/2019 21:12

If one vibrator is a issue I'm gonna be forever single and I'm not in my 30s yet I've got cough double digits cough lol

Seriously he's such a douch. Stay strong and go in the holiday without him and have a great time

DishingOutDone · 19/08/2019 21:14

Thank god he has gone, and well done for sticking to your guns. You say the house is in your name, is it rented or do you own it? And are you saying that you have lived there together for the past 3 years? I am just thinking do you need to get some practical advice (other than change the locks tomorrow morning) - just to make sure he has no claim over you?

Do you both work? Can you afford the place on your own?

Howconvenient · 19/08/2019 21:16

Get out . There is absolutely nothing okay about what you have just told us. Fuck people like him. He doesn't deserve a family and he doesn't deserve you.

SockMachine · 19/08/2019 21:16

Actually even worse than a pathetic tantrum about a vibrator is the fact that you hardly ever go out, he tried to separate you from your friends, withholds money to keep you at home and the way he spoke to you when you got out of the car.

He is abusive and controlling.

And as it happens, you didn’t meet to explain that he is selfish in sex. Forgone conclusion. He is abusive. Wants you to know your place. And that means using you in bed.

It is so good that you threw him out before his abuse ground you down to the point where you had neither strength nor self esteem to do so.

Well done OP.

Look up The Freedom Programme.

ScrommidgeClaryAndSpunt · 19/08/2019 21:17

Bin him

Lillyrose80 · 19/08/2019 21:17

Thanks again. Your all fab! I've made my decision and I'm sticking to it. The house is in my name solely. I had to ask him for money to go out as I was all spent out for the month and he knew this as I had discussed it with him day before and said if I go I'll need to borrow some money off you.. Pathetic I know. But it is what it is.... Actually it was what it was. I am in a really good place atm so feel stronger than ever, I know what's coming next as been here before and it's gonna be bloody tough. We live in a small place and he manipulates every one. My own mother believed him last time and sisters. This time I don't give a flying fuck who believes his shit. I've got amazing friends that have my back and my kids are the only ones that matter. I am just shocked at how long I spent with such a jerk. But have two beautiful children by him. Yes they are his children. I work part time and I've looked at entitld to today gonna spend the rest of the week sorting all of it out and staying focused. I'm taking my best mate away with me and her baby, he can do one! Xx

OP posts:
ohfourfoxache · 19/08/2019 21:20

Today is the first day of the rest of your life. Imagine how much happier you’re going to be without this cuntweasel in your life....

Howconvenient · 19/08/2019 21:21

Just seen your updates and went from fuming to cheering.
I am the first to say that men get a hard time on here and that people are too quick to advise breaking up.
But this is, loud and clear, a LTB in this situation.
I had an ex like that. We broke up 20 years ago and I still can't bear the slightest hint of controlling behaviour. It is so fucked up and damaging.
But you have showed how strong and better than this you are.
Do not ever go back to him.
Like you said, you don't want your kids t think this is acceptable.
I am cheering you on!

Cherrysoup · 19/08/2019 21:24

You sound fabulous, OP! Don't let him back, he is an abusive and controlling asshole. Your kids deserve better than to see him as a role model.

PennyNotSoWise · 19/08/2019 21:27

@Lillyrose80

You truly are admirable. I'm so pleased to read this. You're going to do absolutely fine without this piece of shit, I can tell. :)

Just be alert to the tactics abusers use when they feel they're losing control over you. Like someone posted above, threats of suicide is common, as is threatening to go for custody...it's all bullshit. Stay strong. :)

nettie434 · 19/08/2019 21:27

You have been brilliant Lillyrose80. Any decent bloke would be proud of being with such a resourceful woman. Lots of couples enjoy using a vibrator together. As other posters have said, he seems very threatened by you doing anything independently. Hope that you and your friend have a wonderful holiday next week.

messolini9 · 19/08/2019 21:29

This time I don't give a flying fuck who believes his shit.
Then you are already as good as free, @Lillyrose80,* & this

I'm taking my best mate away with me and her baby, he can do one!
is the best news on MN today xx

nearlynermal · 19/08/2019 21:30

A friend of mine was concerned that his girlfriend wasn't getting enough satisfaction so he went and bought her a toy and they played with it together. What I'm saying is: You deserve better, OP. (And I would kill to be 37 again! You have so much potential still ahead of you.)

Whosorrynow · 19/08/2019 21:33

I'm sure you are youthful and beautiful 😊
get rid of that vile man ASAP!

Parky04 · 19/08/2019 21:35

Mistake you made was getting back with this tosser in the first place! Do not make the same mistake again. He sounds truly vile.

lavenderandthyme · 19/08/2019 21:38

For God's sake, change the locks and start divorce proceedings. Take the kids on the holiday on your own. Why are you even thinking twice?

AnnonniMoose · 19/08/2019 21:40

Hoorah for you OP, for getting rid of this petulant abusive little prick with his equally useless petulant little prick Grin.

Ninavlog44 · 19/08/2019 21:44

He's jealous of a piece of plastic? 🙄 Cut him free. Twat.

justasking111 · 19/08/2019 21:46

Your own mother believed him. Mother of god, that is awful for you.

QueefLatifah · 19/08/2019 21:54

LTB.
Wave goodbye with the vibrator in your hand out the window after locking the doors and telling him to get to the far side of fuck.

Honeyroar · 19/08/2019 21:54

Send him one last text with a picture of the vibrator and "OMG this is amazing!!! You're fired". Then re block. (not really, but it would be funny.

Skittlenommer · 19/08/2019 21:54

Masculinity as fucking fragile as a wet paper towel! Off-load this abusive piece of shit and never look back!!