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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

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BrowncoatWaffles · 03/03/2021 22:49

Another vote for you to read the Dumped By Text thread and ignore ignore ignore.

You deserve better than this.

harknesswitch · 03/03/2021 22:49

No response IS a response

BoomShakeShake · 03/03/2021 22:49

He's a user. He doesn't truly care about you or love you.

God knows what else he's been doing behind your back.

If you took him back, you'd never trust him again.

Find a real man, someone who treats you so much better than this.

You're in love with the idea of being in love. You're not really in love with this man. He's awful. No one would choose to be treated like this.

He's shown you what he truly is - a user and abuser.

Please don't message and don't go back. Be strong.

Sakurami · 03/03/2021 22:58

Whether or not you reply, you still can hold the power. Do what is better for you. Ideally don't reply, buy if by replying and then blocking it feels like purging, then do so. What he thinks is irrelevant now. It is how it is going to make you feel.

Be kind to yourself. You have spent a year believing he was someone else and it is going to take a while for your brain to catch up to what he really is. But you'll get there and then you'll wonder what you saw in him. Because I pretty much think that you'll think of more and more stuff that he has said that isn't quite right.

WizardOfAus · 03/03/2021 23:11

Yes OP. Please read the Dumped By Text thread. The OP in that case went on to take up a hobby (running) whenever she felt the urge to contact her ex. She ended up getting super fit and happy. Her ex, on the other hand, was driven insane by her not responding. He was an asshole, just like your ex.

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/relationships/3800477-Dumped-by-text?postsby=user1471427667&fromid=93271364

Chatnel36 · 03/03/2021 23:14

You don't want to be in a relationship with someone who acts like that over nothing, imagine if you had a serious issue!

Block him and move on.

Goldieloxx · 03/03/2021 23:19

You seem like a lovely person and I really feel for you. I've been where you are, except I let it go on for ten years. Everytime I would start to feel happy on my own, he would charm his way back in, only to then suddenly go cold and leave me devastated. It actually took meeting my amazing husband and realising what a healthy relationship is for me to break the cycle. He still tries to contact me now, 10 years later, and all I can think is how lucky I was to escape and how much I pity his wife.

AutoIncorrect · 03/03/2021 23:22

I would ignore and block. He’s an absolute fucking coward.

Calmate · 03/03/2021 23:23

@Newbie96
Hello Op, I have not yet read the full tread, i'm only on page one.
I agree with the other posters, he is gaslighting you over a situation which is not your fault.
@HmmmmmmInteresting Yes, this is what I thought, that he has his eye on someone else, he has had his head turned. Especially as he wasn't watching the TV show with OP, he was on his phone.
OP, I really felt for you when you said you apologised, it is not your fault. It sounds just like you walked into a trap, Friday evening and the weekend, even under Lockdown should start on a Friday evening. You were so looking forward to seeing him, and he acted like a petulant child and ruined things. You obviously feel very hurt, but try and keep busy, get enough sleep, and talk to friends and family over the phone, just try and distract your thoughts away from him. No other advice other than I hope you have moved on a year from now.Flowers

NoProblem123 · 03/03/2021 23:31

I wish I had you lot in my corner a few years ago when I was going through exactly this !

Lovebomb, devalue, discards, hoover, repeat....

There’s a book called ‘Prepare to be Tortured- Dating a narcissist’ and that’s exactly what it is.
Sympathies OP but please listen to these wise lovelies who haven’t spent lockdown with you but clearly care more about you than this horrible man does Flowers

okokok000 · 03/03/2021 23:34

"...if not it's fine" those few little words tell you all you need to know. He isn't that fussed. He'd most likely enjoy the attention but treat you like dirt.

You deserve better. It will get easier.

Bellver888 · 03/03/2021 23:34

Aw I wouldn’t waste my time on him ever again OP he sounds like a big shithouse for a start, and you deserve so much more.

When the loneliness or other emotions start maybe call a friend or post on here if you need to chat!
Xxx

oatmilk4breakfast · 03/03/2021 23:38

This is the best of mumsnet. Well done OP, and thank goodness for all these women who have been in your shoes and can be there for you now. Stay strong. Don’t let him back even out of curiosity or compassion.

oatmilk4breakfast · 03/03/2021 23:39

I’m so sorry though, it is so painful for you

Emeraldeyes20 · 03/03/2021 23:41

Just thank your lucky stars he was a boyfriend and not a husband ! Imagine living with that day in and day out, frothing from the mouth because he feels you have given off bad energy !! You’ve had a lucky escape, hold your head up high and move on !!

Sadrightnow · 03/03/2021 23:45

Omg please, please, please, ignore him. His behaviour will continue and will escalate. I beg you not to reply, not to engage with him ever again Flowers It will be hard, but please try. You are worth so much more than this.

Sadrightnow · 03/03/2021 23:50

This is one of the most shocking and bizarre experiences I have read on Mumsnet, and that's saying something...

DishingOutDone · 04/03/2021 00:03

Wow. Lucky escape doesn't cover it. If you were my daughter I'd feel very scared if you were with this twat. You are worth more than this and so young.

2020wish · 04/03/2021 00:08

He’s a twat. U deserve better

youvegottenminuteslynn · 04/03/2021 00:19

[quote WizardOfAus]Yes OP. Please read the Dumped By Text thread. The OP in that case went on to take up a hobby (running) whenever she felt the urge to contact her ex. She ended up getting super fit and happy. Her ex, on the other hand, was driven insane by her not responding. He was an asshole, just like your ex.

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/relationships/3800477-Dumped-by-text?postsby=user1471427667&fromid=93271364[/quote]
When you are feeling low but have some time free, maybe tomorrow evening, please please read this thread. I wish it had existed when I was going through a break up with an absolute dickhead.

Coyoacan · 04/03/2021 00:20

Hang in there, OP. I gave up smoking after 45 years of a habit and I feel that there is something similar. I loved smoking but it was expensive and bad for me. You loved that man but he will only bring you bad things from now on. Resist. If you give in now you will just be extending the agony and incurring much more suffering before you eventually have to give him up.

Comeondelicious · 04/03/2021 00:35

Give him space.
Watch funny movies.
Men can be moody, and they HATE being smothered.
Dress up just for You.
Maybe if he was at home all day he was watching instagram playgirls and thinking he could be there...
PLEASE don't contact him. Let him contact you. And he Apologise. [kiss]

BlueThistles · 04/03/2021 00:58

@Comeondelicious

Give him space. Watch funny movies. Men can be moody, and they HATE being smothered. Dress up just for You. Maybe if he was at home all day he was watching instagram playgirls and thinking he could be there... PLEASE don't contact him. Let him contact you. And he Apologise. [kiss]

is this a Joke Confused

Ogham · 04/03/2021 01:00

Block him so you’re not tempted to reply. You’ll feel such a relief because you’ll have taken control Of the situation & you won’t be checking your phone to see if he’s text you again.
I’m afraid of you wavering if he keeps texting, don’t do this to yourself. Nothing he says anymore is worth listening to - BLOCK, BLOCK, BLOCK!!!

youvegottenminuteslynn · 04/03/2021 01:08

@Comeondelicious

Give him space. Watch funny movies. Men can be moody, and they HATE being smothered. Dress up just for You. Maybe if he was at home all day he was watching instagram playgirls and thinking he could be there... PLEASE don't contact him. Let him contact you. And he Apologise. [kiss]
What the actual fuck?! This is a joke, right?
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