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Have I done the right thing?

31 replies

Astonsmum1 · 30/12/2019 13:48

I’m feeling so lost and mixed up today. I was with my boyfriend for just over two years, first 6 months great and after that it’s been such a rocky road. Good times and bad times and if I’m honest probably more bad. He’s been very manipulative and verbally abusive towards me and recently he has needed a lot of support for a personal situation and I’ve been there for him 100%, I would have done anything for him. To cut a long story short he was drinking yesterday watching the football and his language was getting a bit unacceptable so I reminded him
This is my house and I’d appreciate you not speaking like that in my house, he took the total huff so I left him downstairs watching darts and I went back up stairs to watch Netflix. He then came up asking for a set of darts which he didn’t need right then and there so was just being petty in my eyes. I then came downstairs and just asked him why he was being such a prat which then just resulted in arguments and I said if you’re not happy just take your stuff and go, he refused as he had been drinking so I said I don’t care go get someone to come get you but you won’t speak to me like that in my own house. So he phoned his mum she was coming to get him he then asked for all his stuff to be sorted so I started getting it sorted and then went upstairs to get the rest. That’s when things got ugly and he was all in my personal space intimidating me, tapping my cheeks with his hands in a patronising manner, idle threats saying he is going to expose me for what I am, he grabbed my stomach and shook it and called me fatty, he then came in my space again nose to nose so I pulled head away and he came right in my face and licked me down one side of my face, he eventually left after threatening to get my family assaulted and made an imitation of my disabled brother infront of me. I was absolutely trembling and crying my eyes out when he left and ended up phoning the police. So currently they are looking for him, they don’t think anything will come of it cause there are no witnesses and it’s my word against his but lastnight I was ok and today I have taken an almighty plummet. I can’t pick myself off the couch, I’m miserable, I miss him, I am scared that he hates me, I’m scared that I will never see him again, and I am devastated that he hasn’t been in contact. I can’t help but feel I’ve done the wrong thing and maybe I’ve overreacted cause he isn’t 100% bad, I just feel so pathetic and lost and just want to hide away from the world. Sorry I know I must sound like a right pathetic loser, I just love him and am struggling at the thought of never seeing him again and him hating me.

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Justyouraveragehuman · 30/12/2019 21:55

You absolutely did the right thing OP! My ex partner was like this MANY times and I continued to forgive him, he NEVER changed and NEVER will. He was vile and would say the most hurtful things possible and then blame me as I apparently provoked him. I would feel as you do now that maybe I over reacted and he was so bad but that’s because he was brainwashing me.

I left him a few months ago and although it was hard, the only regret I have was not leaving sooner.

Respect yourself enough to not put up with that and please never accept this man back. What advice would you give your friends if they told you this story about one of their partners? Take the advice you’d give them! Xx

category12 · 30/12/2019 22:02

This will end with him beating the shit out of you if you don't stay away from him.

This isn't love, it's traumatic bonding.

ScabbyHorse · 30/12/2019 22:15

Well done for kicking him out that was the right thing to do. And it WAS physical abuse: grabbing your stomach and licking your face are physical actions. Take great care of yourself and don't let him back please!

Comtesse · 30/12/2019 22:20

He did an impression of your disabled brother. He cringes about being intimate with you. I kind if hope you don’t ever see him again, the man is a pig. He was crossing a lot of boundaries last night, well into your physical space. Sounds like hitting you would be the next step. I think it might be over. Flowers to you OP....

Sh0na · 31/12/2019 00:13

@Astonsmum1 I admire you for reporting it. I never did. YOu will make your life easier if he doesn't leave you alone now. If he harrasses you in the future the police will know he is your X.

No doubt he will have said something deeply misogynist to the police while he put forward his ''innocent'' side of the story. The police are trained to spot these arseholes. I doubt he was clever enough to disguise his true colours.

ArranUpsideDown · 31/12/2019 00:26

There's a current rather sad thread from someone who was searching for advice on Mumsnet. She found a thread on MN that she'd written about her circumstances 10 years ago. She opted to stick with the relationship and it proved to be a mistake. (That's my summary.)

You've made a good resolution for your own life and happiness.

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