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What on earth happened?

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Newbie96 · 01/03/2021 10:55

Hi everyone, long time reader but first-time poster. I'll just jump straight into it. Please be kind.

My boyfriend and I have been together officially for a year, we've known each other since we were around 13 - 14 and attempted to make a go of it as teenagers (around 18) but it never worked. We've been in contact ever since because we both have mutually been drawn to one another. He often tells me he has compared every woman he's been with to me and to be honest I've done the same.

I am now 25 and he is 27. We got together just before lockdown last year and have spent nearly every waking second with each other since. We had been spending a lot of time together prior to lockdown happening and we both jumped at the opportunity to become each other's support bubbles when the time came and to be honest, it has been total bliss, we genuinely never argue, he is like my bestfriend.

Luckily for us, the lockdown has been kind to us mostly because we've had each other to get through it and it has made us grow extremely closer. I can honestly say the past year we both have agreed that we have been the happiest we've ever been, our relationship being one of the main reasons.

We both live alone and so we stay back and forth between his place and mine, only having to travel now and then for work etc. Due to our history and of course how much time we've spent together, emotions have definitely intensified and I am very much in love with this man, he knows this and tells me he feels the same way.

So fast forward to the weekend just gone, we had planned that I would spend the weekend at his house. I arrive at around 6:30 on Friday evening and things are good but I can sense that something is off/ or that he isn't exactly in the mood. I decide to ignore it but it seems to only get worse. Usually, we would sit down, have a conversation about our day and watch a series episode together which we commentate back and forth with each other but this time it's pure silence. Neither of us was physical with each other, he actually even sat on the furthest part of the sofa away from me. I can honestly say this was the first time I felt a little unwelcome in his home, which is odd considering how much time I have spent there and I've never felt this way before.

I mean maybe I overlooked everything far too much so please tell me if that appears to be the case. An hour of silence goes by, most of the time it was him on his phone whilst I watched the episode by myself, he stands up and asks if I am hungry, I say yeah and he says okay I will cook something for us. As it was the first proper real words we had spoken to each other all night, I decided to ask if everything was okay? he says yeah so in a jokey, laughing tone I ask if he wants me over tonight as it feels a little as if I'm intruding.

Well what happens next I didn't expect it at all, he is stood in the doorway of the living room and begins to get more and more wound up, he starts off by saying "of course I want you over but you have been sat there all night with this miserable look on your face, giving off bad energy" his voice is slightly raised but I don't retaliate and I calmy say "okay well I must have read it wrong, I wasn't trying to give off bad energy, I've been looking forward to seeing you all day" but he is so annoyed and goes off again accusing me of being the reason why the energy is so wrong between us tonight and how dare I blame him for it. I apologise again and say that I must have had a long day. He then goes on to say "well this is weird for me now so I think its best you leave" I am in shock as he walks out of the living room into the kitchen, in an attempt to let things settle, I leave it 5 minutes and walk into the kitchen with him and ask if he would really like me to leave? He responds "I'm just saying maybe its best", the thing is I can see on his face he is visually angry and in my head, I can't figure out why he is so annoyed, over something that in my mind was so trivial and silly. Like a fricken helpless puppy dog, I look at him again and ask if HE wants me to leave? and he responds "you know what yeah I do".

I take myself to the other room and begin packing up my stuff and I can hear him stomping and slamming about. I obviously felt a little confused because the whole situation felt extremely blown out of proportion. Once my things are packed I give it one last attempt and go and sit next to him on the sofa, I ask him if we can talk about this and I gently reach my hand out to touch his arm, but he blows up and is practically foaming from the mouth shouting at me not to touch him and that he just wants me to leave, at one point he swings the front door open and walks out of the front door in nothing his dressing gown, I don't chase him because I was honestly just shocked. He begins texting me telling me to leave his house or he won't come back? - I replied and told him I'm leaving but I would have appreciated it if he came back and just spoke to me. After 5/6 minutes pass, he comes storming back into the flat, pushing past me in the hall and is still foaming at the mouth shouting at how it's my fault and I'm making it worse by not leaving. Like a fool, I started to cry because I could see this has all escalated into a situation I didn't want for us at all. He tells me crying doesn't help the situation so tearfully I leave. As I wait outside for a cab, I check my phone and notice that he has blocked my number, my WhatsApp and my Instagram. I am totally confused and hurt by all of this and in my honest moment of craziness, I create another account on Instagram and message "I'm sorry for everything that just happened, I didn't expect any of that. I accept I was in the wrong and that I read the situation wrong, please can we talk when things are calmer?" he replies "please just let me know when you are home as I won't be able to sleep until I know your home" I leave it and let him know I am home, he bluntly replies "good, night" I again press on and I ask if we can talk? he responds and says "no I just want to go to sleep, we have been so good lately and now I'm laying here crying," I tell him I love him and that I don't want him to be sad, he replies and says he knows I do and that I should go to sleep.

Saturday morning comes and I message saying I hope he is okay and that again when things are calmer can we talk about this? he reads and doesn't respond. Sunday I message again along the same lines but telling him I miss him, again he reads and doesn't respond.

This morning I received a message from him saying "I told you that you were just making everything worse on Friday and you just didn't listen, you just thought you knew better and now I'm going to show you what I meant. I don't care, sorry" I sent some messages, honestly being very weak and pitiful, telling him that I would just like us to talk and sort this out as I miss him and this isn't like us at all, I then check for a response and he has blocked me from that account as well, so there are no ways of contacting him.

I just can't make sense of it all, we have never argued like this ever. I didn't expect him to blow up the way he did after asking him if everything was okay. I just feel like its all my fault for ruining something that we had so good. I feel really sad, low and alone and just wish he would calm down and speak to me.

Please give me your take on this entire, childish and shit situation. Did I do something wrong? and is he really never going to speak to me again over that?

Thank you

OP posts:
GothamGirl1970 · 03/03/2021 18:15

Don’t even open it.

The one who cares the least loves themselves and keeps their dignity.

The “if not it’s fine” shows what a passive aggressive knob he is

Esse321 · 03/03/2021 18:40

Please don't reply OP, he will hook you back in making out like its all your fault and dump you again in a couple of weeks. Been there done that.

Cockenspiel · 03/03/2021 18:49

What an absolute scumbag he is..

Personally, I would now fully ghost him - regardless of blocking or not.

He has shown his true self to you, his behaviour has been appalling and he is now (aiming to) set you up to take more of this, until you are broken.

You're hurt now, but try to imagine how much worse you will feel if you speak to him, listen to his crap, go back and then next time he does it you're weaker and so on...

No, just nooo! You don't feel like it now, but you will look back and see what a lucky escape you've had.

ISpeakJive · 03/03/2021 18:58

He crazy!

You have done amazing these last few days. Please, please don't answer him at all. This is how it will play:

He texts
You don't answer
He will text again trying to get your attention
You don't answer
He will text again possibly apologising
You don't answer
He will text begging
You don't answer
He will try to call you
You don't answer
He will text again
You don't answer
He will turn nasty
You don't answer and will go on to have a fab life away from this sicko. Wine

ISpeakJive · 03/03/2021 19:00

Oh and definitely let him know you've read it but block him and prepared to never speak or contact him again.
You honestly sound like such a lovely person. He is not!!!

tinglymint · 03/03/2021 19:01

Ignore 🛑 🚨

mainsfed · 03/03/2021 19:03

I would just block him.

Being blocked will sting him more than any message you could send.

mainsfed · 03/03/2021 19:03

@ISpeakJive

He crazy!

You have done amazing these last few days. Please, please don't answer him at all. This is how it will play:

He texts
You don't answer
He will text again trying to get your attention
You don't answer
He will text again possibly apologising
You don't answer
He will text begging
You don't answer
He will try to call you
You don't answer
He will text again
You don't answer
He will turn nasty
You don't answer and will go on to have a fab life away from this sicko. Wine

💯
SantoriniPlease · 03/03/2021 19:05

Just read this thread OP- well done! So many of us have been there! Please block immediately! AND delete his number and contact details so you're never tempted to unblock in weaker moments. Thanks

billybagpuss · 03/03/2021 19:20

@Newbie96

Sorry, the audacity. Like magic, I've just received a text message from him "I hope your okay and better than the other day, I've calmed down now so if you want to talk we can, if not it's fine"

What a fucking c* , I'm shaking. I haven't replied and I'm not going to. How fucking dare you.

He’s still blaming you, ‘I hope you’re better than the other day’

Not answering is the right thing to do, blocking is also an option.

AramintaLee · 03/03/2021 19:30

I would be tempted to respond had he sent you a message that showed even an ounce of remorse for his behaviour. He's even saying if you don't want to talk "it's fine" which makes it sound like he doesn't really care either way.

Zebracat · 03/03/2021 19:35

Oh Gd. She’s not here. I bet they’re talking

Fieldsofstars · 03/03/2021 19:36

Keep ignoring. He’ll turn nasty and you’ll be so glad you’re rid of him.
What an eye opener. I’m so sorry you’re having to go through this

PetalPath · 03/03/2021 19:45

Blocking always suggests a strength of emotion.
Imagine bothering not to read nor block. It shows you are not dedicating mental space to this anymore, and aren’t torturing yourself with strong enough emotions to block him either. He has become as irrelevant as he wanted you to be these last four days.

It won’t be as much fun for him when the rabbit also has a gun now.

Roszie · 03/03/2021 19:53

There was a brilliant thread on here where the poster was dumped by text. It was called dumped by text.

She was devastated. I think they had been together a year or two. After a few days he text her Hello. Or something shit.

And she never ever replied. He kept texting calling her immature etc for not replying.

She never did.

She was fucking epic.

Ignore him OP. Don't let him have the option to drop you again.

Disillusioned4now · 03/03/2021 20:05

Another one here to bring the ‘dumped by text’ thread to your attention. Here is the link....www.mumsnet.com/Talk/relationships/3800477-Dumped-by-text?postsby=user1471427667&fromid=93271364

Please read it OP! SUCH a similar situation to yours and the way the OP handled it was so inspirational. It will give you so much courage and make you feel so strong I promise. Wishing you all the best xxx

Newbie96 · 03/03/2021 20:05

Oh god I am here and i haven’t replied. I haven’t opened it to be honest. I came home and have been tried to keep myself preoccupied but curiosity brought me to my phone and now I’m here instead.

I don’t know how I feel to b honest, obviously a big part of me wants to reply but I understand I can’t be stupid here.

The last couple of days I have been devastated and he didn’t even care. So right now I don’t

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Pebbledashery · 03/03/2021 20:08

@newbie96 this is how you will feel your entire relationship with this man. Is this what you want from life?

Loopyloututu2 · 03/03/2021 20:10

The last couple of days I have been devastated and he didn’t even care

Don’t mean to sound like a horrible cow OP but is it possible the ex-gf contacting him on Facebook didn’t go as he thought it might (ie a possible reconciliation?) so now he’s got in contact with you to keep his foot in the door? Men like him usually turn nasty when they think they have other options and then back-pedal when it comes to naught!

Newbie96 · 03/03/2021 20:12

No, not at all. Mentally it is so draining and damaging, I’ve had the darkest thoughts. It has taken everything in me to even get up in the morning.
If it wasn’t for this thread I do think I would have caved the minute he text.
It does hurt though.

OP posts:
Roszie · 03/03/2021 20:13

I thought I bet the ex has gone a bit cold on him so he's pulling the string to see if you're still dangling.

Newbie96 · 03/03/2021 20:14

Loopyloututu2 - maybe! I didn’t think of this. I had completely forgot about the ex girlfriend thing until you just reminded me, his message had been playing on my mind.

I don’t know if I even want to know, it’ll be like sticking the knife in all over again

OP posts:
GreenlandTheMovie · 03/03/2021 20:15

@Newbie96

No, not at all. Mentally it is so draining and damaging, I’ve had the darkest thoughts. It has taken everything in me to even get up in the morning. If it wasn’t for this thread I do think I would have caved the minute he text. It does hurt though.
Its so mentally draining that you cannot risk replying and getting sucked back in again. Because once he's conditioned you to accept that behaviour, he will do it again and again, but more frequently. You will find yourself dumped every time he wanted to shag someone else or fancied meeting someone off Tinder.
Esse321 · 03/03/2021 20:19

read the dumped by text thread linked above, might help.

LBXXX · 03/03/2021 20:21

I told you he would be back!

How are you feeling now? If you haven’t replied yet then my advice is don’t

The silent treatment works a treat. I know it’s hard but if your going to reply, give it a day or so.

It’s unrealistic to completely cut him off in my opinion, there needs to be some clarity on why he went off like he did. However I’d be careful about going back there.
Good luck!

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