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Help me see I've just done something right ?

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bardass · 29/12/2019 18:18

Here goes .

I was in a 5 year relationship with a man who it very quickly became apparent was something wrong.

He told me he was cold and couldn't empathise. But I loved him and I ploughed on.

I ploughed on to try and give him a child he told me he wanted , then didn't when during the second trimester we found out she had a genetic disorder.

I had a tfmr. It traumatised me . It didn't touch him and he said "it " would be a millstone around our necks .

I took 12 weeks off work because the job I do is in a similar field . He told me I was an embarrassment to him .
He told me I had used emotional blackmail to get him to stay with me after the diagnosis. (When it became apparent termination was the only option I asked him to take some time off - he didn't and on the day I took the tablets 48 hours prior to termination I did issue an ultimatum because he was going to drop me at home and go to work . I told him if he left me then he shouldn't bother coming back. But he resented me and called that emotional blackmail.

6 months later he booked us a holiday. Just before the departure date we argued and he asked his ex to go instead, she said yes . Only when I kicked off did he retract and take me .

Due to that argument he changed his will without my knowledge to leave the house I was sharing and paying towards to his ex. I found this out a year later. (So had he died I'd have been turfed out with nowhere to live because he left the house to his ex)

This is all fairly bad isn't it ? There's more I won't bore you with.

In September this year he did his usual trick of telling me to leave after an argument. But this time I did. I slept in my ex husbands box room for 3 months with a suitcase and a dog .

I found a rental and moved . I've been off work since October. I'm financially up shot creek because due to this shit relationship I ended up with an IVA and now I've moved out I can't meet my minimum payment. This puts my ex husbands house in jeopardy. My ex husband is probably still my best friend and my daughter (adult) still lives there . She is only 22 and is currently being investigated for lymphoma.

I feel I ca t take anymore.

My dick of an ex wanted to stay "friends " and still has some of my things.

Tonight for the first time ever I lost it via WhatsApp- called him a narcissistic dick who needs to look in the mirror and I've blocked his arse on every format.

He responded by taking me off the family sharing for Apple
Music ....ok! I don't give a shit .

He then messaged me via text saying he's put me back on sharing but was blocking me after that .

I text saying I didn't need it .

This is a man I gave up an awful lot for and thought was the love of my life . I know he isn't but I can't just turn my feelings off as it seems he has .

I can't be friends.
He was going to let my dogs out for me when I went back to work but obviously that's gone out the window.

Please tell me I've done the right thing. I know tomorrow I'll regret it and be tempted to unblock. I've been totally stuck in limbo for 3 months because I kept hoping for reconciliation. I know he's not for me . I know he's cruel and unfeeling. He's been very verbally abusive in the past and has always stalked me online - he copied private conversations with a friend and screen shot them to "prove" I was untrustworthy because I spoke about him.
He also stalks me online and here but I actually don't care anymore.

I just need some perspective.

I've wakes in egg shells for 5 years while he sneered at everything I did and everything I am.
I do believe he has NPD and I'm co dependant, but he says I'm too selfish to be codependent.
The other day he brought some of my belongings back - it was raining and he parked in a puddle . He was in a foul mood. Later I messaged asking why the mood and he told me he "loved parking in puddles and making several trips to the car in the rain"
As if the weather was my fault ?! He's now blaming me saying because I keep "pestering " him (for the rest of my things and a couple of jobs I needed doing in my rental) he is having to transfer jobs to a whole new part part of the country and he's having to sell his house to get away from me .

I've blocked him . I rue the day I saw him and I'm never speaking to him again.
I've done right haven't I? Eventually I've seen the light . Please keep me resolute and strong . I'm scared . I'm alone at 48 and I'm done for financially. I would have taken him back up to today. I have nothing left .

OP posts:
AFistfulofDolores1 · 29/12/2019 19:28

You have absolutely done the right thing.

shitwithsugaron · 29/12/2019 19:31

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RUSU92 · 29/12/2019 19:39

You've 100% done the right thing (if about 5 years too late!) he sounds like a total narc.

Disentangle yourself as much as possible, unless the things he has of yours are priceless heirlooms, write them off because the contact you'll have to have with him to get them back totally outweighs the benefit of getting them back. He's not your friend, and never will be.

Cut your losses, block him everywhere, get new Netflix/Apple/Amazon accounts etc and don't give him (or you) any reason to stay in touch.

...and if he's reading this, mate you're a headfuck, step away, stop stalking her and let her get on with life without you. That's not how to treat someone who loves you.

MsPepperPotts · 29/12/2019 19:39

Trauma Bonding...you need to read up on this.

TinDogTavern · 29/12/2019 19:43

You've done the right thing. He sounds awful. Be strong OP.

Sickandscared · 29/12/2019 19:44

Oh god you poor thing. You have done the right thing. This time next year you might have turned your finances around. I hope your daughter is ok. It's great you have such a strong friendship with her dad.

Things will get better.

BonnyConnie · 29/12/2019 19:44

He has a personality disorder of some kind clearly. Obviously you’ve done the right thing, you don’t want people like that in your life.

bardass · 29/12/2019 19:58

My finances will take a
Lot of sorting. I'm hoping they'll extend the terms of my Iva but it leaves me with little to live on .

I just wanted him to be nice to me but he never has been able to. Always acted like a clever sneering teenage boy . I know now it'S final and I need to move on . Without wanting to sound like some armchair psychologist he ticks every box for NPD . His mother has a PD but only recently has that come to light .

My old boss who was his pal once
Told me he would never be able to love or cherish me as I deserve and said his prediction for him was he would be a lonely old man rattling round a nice big house with lots of money and possibly a dog .

He abandoned my dog he's so confused he's following me everywhere, even the loo. . So I'm not even sure he's capable of loving a pet .

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bardass · 29/12/2019 20:14

He was actually weighing the gin bottle to see what I drank . He kept a
Log on his phone . 🤷🏻‍♀️.

Strangely I'm drinking much less now I'm not with that dick .

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Minionmomma · 29/12/2019 20:47

Jesus he sounds absolutely horrendous. I feel so bad for you. You have escaped an abusive situation. Well done for taking back the power because that is what you did. You did that because you know you are worth so much more. The money situ will sort itself out. The only way from here for you is onwards and upwards. Xx

bardass · 29/12/2019 21:01

I have escaped an abusive situation.

I have a recording on my phone from when I asked him for some professional help and he blew up and smashed a lamp and barricaded himself in the bedroom. He was totally unreachable. All I'd asked was for some help and he went mad because he wanted to relax . Instead of just saying that it went nuts .

If we had any disagreement he ran off . Or barricaded me out of the room. Nuts .
He talked about these rules of a relationship that apparently "everyone knows " but me ! Yeah those unspoken unwritten rules I was meant to mind read.....

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RUSU92 · 29/12/2019 21:41

He was actually weighing the gin bottle to see what I drank . He kept a
Log on his phone
JFC he's a loon! That's actually scary.

bardass · 29/12/2019 23:19

He never got his having a problem - he thought the problem was mine .

I did definitely drink more than recommended but he actually weighed the gin bottle each day to keep track of what I'd had . The most it showed was 2 doubles. So 100ml at time's . I actually decided I didn't like doubles and preferred the taste of singles so halved consumption there and then .

But the problem is / was mine ! Never his. 🤷🏻‍♀️

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bardass · 29/12/2019 23:57

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bardass · 30/12/2019 00:00

I've asked for last list to go as didn't block some personal details out

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iwantavuvezela · 30/12/2019 00:03

OP - perhaps ask mumsnet to take your email address which seems to show on text.

Hoping you get some good advice from others to help you move forward

MyKingdomForBrie · 30/12/2019 00:05

God he sounds terrifying. I am so sorry for your loss.

If you do for any reason (I really hope you don't!) ever reconcile i would think so hard about ttc again as I would be really scared for a child in that situation.

wowfudge · 30/12/2019 00:16

You have absolutely done the right thing. Don't engage with him again.

bardass · 30/12/2019 00:23

We won't reconcile. Not a chance . And since I'm now 48 there will be no more babies. I only contemplated it because I loved being a mum and he had no kids . I'm done now with everything. Him not least.

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Interestedwoman · 30/12/2019 09:51

You've done something right. He sounds awful. Life will get better, I promise you xxxxx

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