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At a loss!

45 replies

SeptemberRain37 · 01/06/2020 18:49

I'm hoping someone can shed some on this because I'm unsure what to do. I dont even know how I feel. Sat here with tears in my eyes just thinking about it.

So, me and my OH have been together since October last year things were OK I met him while he was living with a friend. His ex and kids kept the house they shared. February this year, his friend said he couldn't stay there anymore, it just wasn't working out. He had nowhere else to go, living with me wasn't an option as too soon and there's kids involved on both sides so he decides to move back in with the ex and kids. Friends basis, there for the kids. We had a short break, things on both sides we needed to deal with. After a time we loved and missed eachother that much that we got back together. He hated not being with me.

I trust him when he says that he's not interested in her in that way anymore, he was the one who ended the relationship beginning of 2019. So that's not the issue here. His ex knows about me, knows were together. She seems to be fine with it from what he's said.

Honestly, I'm feeling pushed out. I feel like I've been put in a box and he will only bring me out when he's got time for me. He says its all he can do at the moment as when his ex knows he's seeing me she gets funny about it. Fair enough, they've got kids together, he needs to be spending time with his kids. But this is at a risk of pushing me away. Which honestly at the minute, I dont think I need the stress of it.

I love him to bits, I really do and I'm happy were together, I just hate the situation we're in. We're both saving up so we can get a place of our own. Just at the minute I feel like absolute shit and its doing my fucking head in!

Anyone been here before? I don't know what to do 😢

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TorkTorkBam · 01/06/2020 20:22

What are his words?
What are his verifiable actions?

Also, why can't he get a place on his own? Has he got money problems? Somebody on here said "There's nobody who falls in love so fast as a man who needs a roof over his head."

What are you doing talking of saving to move in together? You only started seeing him in October, he was back in the family home from Feb then there was lockdown. Why are you moving so crazy fast?

SeptemberRain37 · 01/06/2020 20:28

I'm just gonna put a bit of distance there and see how it plays out and I'm not gonna let it bother me anymore. It is what it is.

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TorkTorkBam · 01/06/2020 20:29

What do I want to happen? I want him to spend a bit more time with me. Ive told him and he says he's doing all he can with the situation were in regarding living where he is and the lockdown.

Well, that's that then. He has told you he is giving you as much as he is willing to give. You say you don't know what to do. Surely the obvious thing is to keep it slow with the weekly meets and see how it plays out. If you are truly compatible he will get his own place, sort his finances out with his ex, establish his childcare routine and then you'll see what's left for you and whether it is enough.

Tbh I think he is punishing you for not letting him cocklodge at yours. I reckon he is angling for you to be his new house elf.

All these bad things his partner told you about him, that he already told you, what kind of things were they? Debt?

SeptemberRain37 · 01/06/2020 20:33

We both said it wasn't right to live together yet because of the kids.

It wasn't debt, no. I won't go into specifics but I can give general ideas.
Fighting in his younger days, moods, alcohol. None of which made me want to run.

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BitOfFun · 01/06/2020 20:36

What is he doing to arrange his own accommodation? I can believe he isn't sleeping with his ex, and it's genuinely over between them, but where is his motivation to resolve this situation? That's the part that shows he isn't as invested in your relationship as you perhaps are.

Eckhart · 01/06/2020 20:37

He's not prioritising your relationship at all. He's totally unconcerned about how this is making you feel (I assume you've told him?), and everything suits his needs.

Why can't he get a little place of his own to rent, just for 6 months or a year, whilst your relationship grows? You're making it sound like his only option for accommodation was with his ex. That's not true.

OtterBe4 · 01/06/2020 20:39

moods, alcohol his pal asked him to leave, I wonder why?
He alots you one hour per week whilst he snack cosied you in the family home, cmon OP don’t be this naive there’s no positives here.

TorkTorkBam · 01/06/2020 20:40

Why on earth would you be saving up to bring a moody drunk to live with your children?

God know why she let him back in. Why do you think she did?

Do you think maybe she wasn't trying to split you up she was trying to save you from a huge mistake?

user1481840227 · 01/06/2020 20:41

I met him while he was living with a friend. His ex and kids kept the house they shared. February this year, his friend said he couldn't stay there anymore, it just wasn't working out. He had nowhere else to go, living with me wasn't an option as too soon and there's kids involved on both sides so he decides to move back in with the ex and kids. Friends basis, there for the kids

Why did he have nowhere to go?
Moving in to be there for the kids is bullshit and a cop out, the last thing that kids need in that situation (when they've had a few months to get used to their daddy moving out) is for their dad to move back in!

That is completely unfair on the kids, and then means they have to go through him leaving again which is the hard part!

Did he not consider that at all? Was he just to cheap to rent? He surely could have got a cheap room somewhere rather than move back in and mess with the childrens heads like that!

SeptemberRain37 · 01/06/2020 20:49

Everyone has their moods and strops, me included. He drinks on a weekend? Who doesn't?
Low paid job, he couldn't afford to rent somewhere by himself. I couldn't afford to do it and I work longer hours and get paid more.
And the whole thing with his mate.. His girlfriend wasn't happy that he was there, he was paying to live there for the whole 10 months. He works part time so was in most of the time.

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toomanyplants · 01/06/2020 20:55

Taking into account lockdown time....6 month relationship at best.
Don't believe for a second there was no alternative other than to go back to the ex's house.
I'd be telling him to get in touch when he's got his own place, otherwise don't bother.
Far too much hassle.

TorkTorkBam · 01/06/2020 20:56

How will he ever afford to break up with her then?

Was he failing to support his children while he was lodging with his mate?

Smells like he wants a girlfriend with a house big enough for his kids to stay so he doesn't have to go into a houseshare and do the park and McDonalds with his kids like other dads in that situation. Or work full time.

user1481840227 · 01/06/2020 21:06

Low paid job, he couldn't afford to rent somewhere by himself. I couldn't afford to do it and I work longer hours and get paid more.

It doesn't matter.
If things are legitimately as you say then he still made a very bad choice, the worst one for his kids. He should not have moved back in when they had already been through the worst part of the break up.
He would have been able to afford somewhere, maybe somewhere really shit....but that's what he should have done rather than go back and mess with the kids heads!

SeptemberRain37 · 01/06/2020 21:08

They've already broken up. They both worked part time so they didn't have to rely on outside people for childcare.
He's said he is looking for something full time.
He will have a job on because I only have a flat just big enough for me and the kids

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TorkTorkBam · 01/06/2020 21:14

Does not sound like there is space in his life for you.

Tbh you are better off avoiding men who are on the skids and on the rebound

Jul1911 · 01/06/2020 21:26

If he only works part time wouldn't he be entitled to housing benefit?

Crystalspider · 01/06/2020 21:28

I can't see it lasting too much longer unless he moves out very soon, you will resent it and already seems like you do, he can't give you the level of comittment your looking for, why settle for this?
I hope you don't waste many more months waiting on him to move out, be careful if he doesn't give you a clear answer on when he's moving out, it's quite possible you will get strung along.

SeptemberRain37 · 01/06/2020 21:38

Thanks for all your replies and the advice, I will take it all on board.

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Puzzledandpissedoff · 01/06/2020 21:45

Theres no point telling me he's sleeping with her or telling me to leave him because he's not and I won't. I'll not walk away from someone I'm completely in love with

Isn't it a bit soon to be setting so much store by a relationship that's only a few months old - and then one where you've already "taken a break" and the Covid thing's reduced contact? He's already:

Living with his ex, with the story changing about whether she "minds"
Pushing you away / stressing you
Low paid and so unable to afford to rent his own place
Had problems with violence, alcohol and "moods"

On the whole your idea of "putting a bit of distance there" is probably a wise one ...

Aquamarine1029 · 01/06/2020 22:06

I'll not walk away from someone I'm completely in love with

You barely know him. I don't think you know him at all.

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