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Partner Secretly Opening My Post -- Is This OK?

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user1476293103 · 25/08/2020 18:41

I just discovered my partner of 11 years sealing up a parcel addressed to me from the postman. For a while now, I've noticed bank statements disappearing and extra 'tape' on parcels from the post office where it looked like someone had looked inside first then resealed. My partner is a super control freak - controls the heating temperature from his phone, even when he's staying at his parents, and also controls when we can /cannot see the Internet, also from his phone. Checks what we watch on Netflix too, from his phone etc. If I say anything, he stonewalls or deflects, but this feels like the last straw. I feel absolutely horrible and wonder how long he's been spying on me like this. He says he's sorry, but I don't believe him and think he'll do it again. What should I do?

OP posts:
SixesAndEights · 26/08/2020 00:14

Leave, OP.

Enough4me · 26/08/2020 00:27

Take a step back from what he is saying and doing (manipulating you) and assess as though this is your friend's situation.

You are best placed to outwardly continue as normal, tow the line, but assess your options:
Can you get a support network in place, by letting a trusted person know what is happening?
What domestic abuse support is nearby?
Who could you stay with?
Can you access money, and have important items in a bag?
Where would you like to be in 6-months time?

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