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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:
Newbie96 · 04/03/2021 12:26

Aw thank you all! Flowers

I couldn't and wouldn't have done it without the support of you all. I have been really lucky and blessed on this thread.

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MeowPurrGrr · 04/03/2021 12:30

@Newbie96

Hey all, I genuinely cannot thank you all enough for how lovely and support you have been towards me, a complete stranger!

I managed to drag myself to work today but I do feel really quite weak and wish I didn't have to deal with any of this.

I go through a rollercoaster of emotions hourly lol, i am okay but my chest feels empty and I feel very sick today!

If someone hasn't told you today, you are all amazingly remarkable women.

I do intend on blocking, but I don't feel strong enough just yet. I keep going to do it and then the anxiety kicks in but I will... It just sucks.

I know it’s very difficult to block him as that’s you making the final decision that it’s definitely over. I’m sure there’s a little part of you hoping all this isn’t real and the man you (believed) you loved will return and you’ll have a long and happy life together. But think about that life, will you ever trust him again? Could you be completely yourself again without the worry your ‘bad energy’ might set him off! When I deleted my ex from social media, deleted his number and threw away the gifts he gave me it was like a HUGE weight had been lifted and I could finally start looking to the future. So don’t leave it too long Flowers
GreenlandTheMovie · 04/03/2021 12:30

I'm glad you've blocked him OP. His behaviour was really so dreadful that it left with no other option. There are just some things which make it impossible to ever speak to another person again.

What an absolute weirdo he is.

YoniAndGuy · 04/03/2021 12:32

OP that's brilliant.

So predictable, eh? A lot of women on here have had the same experience with the same kind of nasty piece of shit love-bombing twats.

Horrible man did indeed probably think he was onto something with someone else which didn't work out.

So glad you have blocked him.

GaryUnicorn · 04/03/2021 12:39

You will be an absolute catch for the next man who takes an interest in you. You deserve real happiness. For the timebeing, just revel in the strong woman you are. Be good to yourself.

NoSuchThingAsTooMuch · 04/03/2021 12:41

Well done, op.

I left an abusive relationship, and refused to engage with him. It still feels good knowing I have the upper hand with our communication.

stuckinatrap · 04/03/2021 12:44

Yay, Newbie!!

That is such a strong thing to do!
You have made this decision yourself. You are not the dumped one here, you experienced some bad behaviour and made the decision to get out yourself. Take some pride in drawing that boundary. Many, many women cave in to the grief, but you have done something very powerful. Fucking well done. I am cheering for you!

MeowPurrGrr · 04/03/2021 12:52

@Newbie96

Soo just thought you should all know I have deleted and blocked his number. I had also already deactivated my social media so there is no way of him being able to contact me as of now.

I don't know how I feel, relieved when I blocked but also lost.

Well done! Honestly you’ll look back at this time and realise how strong you were. I know I don’t know you, but I’m proud of you Grin
SVRT19674 · 04/03/2021 12:58

Hey well done! I was really worried for you and I am glad that, making a superhuman effort, you have remained strong. He is like heroin, users loved it in the beginning then it became destructive and they were left shells of what they once had been. I was a kid in the 80s and can remember. I wish MN had been around when in 1991 I had a really weird experience with someone. He was addictive, then he took me out and it was the weirdest experience ever, from high to the lowest low. I have never forgotten it. Had i known it for what it was, my reaction in the long term would have been sooooooooooooooo different. I was 18. When they are good, they are soooooo good. The best kisser I have ever met, funny, social and fun. But i saw the other side. Best of luck, and round the corner you will in time meet a good guy (after rooting out the twats with your new knowledge) and you will see how it should be. I was lucky years later, you will be too.

Disillusioned4now · 04/03/2021 13:09

Oh OP I’m so proud of you!!!!! I know you feel lost right now but I promise you it does get better. Just hang in there and look after yourself. Films, ice cream, baths etc. And now you’re free of this loser you’re open and available to new experiences and meeting someone who treats you the way you deserve in the future. You clever strong lovely lady. You should be so proud of yourself Flowers

okokok000 · 04/03/2021 13:09

Hey op, that was a brave and very positive step forward! It will be hard, but you'll get through it. Remember you deserve to be treated far better than he has treated you.

JosephineBaker · 04/03/2021 13:09

Good for you! Stay strong, you're worth so much more than this dreadful treatment.

HmmmmmmInteresting · 04/03/2021 13:28

I'm so impressed with you blocking him!!!

A small voice in your head will say ' but what if he's genuinely sorry and can't get in touch with me now?'. Believe me, if he feels you're worth fighting for he will find a way to contact you. He knows where you live.

Well done, and keep us posted. He'll be back- maybe not this week or next week but he WILL be back. Your ignoring and blocking him will be KILLING him Grin. You will get stronger and stronger with no-contact, so hopefully by the time he pops back up you'll wonder what you ever saw in him.

ContessaDiPulpo · 04/03/2021 13:31

The above poster makes a good point - he knows where you live. Does he have a key, by any chance? Just wondering if he might get sufficiently exercised to turn up at your door/let himself in....

Clarice99 · 04/03/2021 13:44

Well done @Newbie96

It may not feel like it now, but you are doing amazingly well.

He treated you very badly and you're worth so much more Flowers

alsodetoxing · 04/03/2021 13:45

I think you're right now to get sucked back in, he sounds like he could become violent.

alsodetoxing · 04/03/2021 13:45

not

justilou1 · 04/03/2021 13:48

Well done! You're proving to yourself that you're stronger than you think! Don't be surprised if he comes skulking around your work or hanging out somewhere you go with your friends. He's going to want to get his hooks in again somehow because you didn't follow his script. The best response would be an eyeroll and a shudder. He can just fade away. We're very proud of how far you've come!

Newbie96 · 04/03/2021 13:56

HmmmmmmInteresting - you are spot on, last night I was going through these different reasonings as to why he acted the way he did or maybe that he is genuinely remorseful but all of them some how didn't make any reasonable sense.

I just managed to actually eat pasta which is the first substantial thing I've eaten in days!

Although the step was a big one, i still dont feel as strong yet

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Flareon5000 · 04/03/2021 13:59

This is a trash person, sorry. I know it's little comfort in the moment, but as others have noted, men who do this are not good people and you are genuinely far better off without him.

Regularsizedrudy · 04/03/2021 14:05

I’ve been thinking about his text and how manipulative it actually is if you examine it a little deeper. Him adding “it’s fine if not” is basically his get out jail free card. He has contacted you but is adding that line so any returned contact is framed as YOU chasing him. You will be framed as the crazy woman who is bombarding him, while he’s this chill guy who is not even bothered about talking it through. The reality is he DESPERATELY wants you to contact him because he NEEDS to suck you back into his shit show and have control over you. The fact you could have the power and choose not to contact him will be very uncomfortable for him.

Regularsizedrudy · 04/03/2021 14:07

If he honestly wanted to put right what had happened he would have sent a message full of remorse. What he has sent is so manipulative and shitty. I am so angry on your behalf that he thinks he can get away with it!

lilybetsy · 04/03/2021 14:12

@cantgetmyheadroundit

This is where you put boundaries in. If you let him control all this now, it will set a precedent for the future. As difficult as it is - and I know confusion is one of the hardest emotions to manage - step back. Make it clear you won't put up with this behaviour.
This. Is this a reasonable way to treat anyone ? No. walk away and make it clear you deserve better
Wide · 04/03/2021 14:26

Oh my you seem amazing! You deserve somebody to treat you lovely and you will get that. I think all our hearts have clenched reading your posts as we know what it feels like, the not knowing what to do with yourself and the disbelief! The not recognising the person you thought you knew. Well done on being so strong!!

PADH · 04/03/2021 14:27

After the way he behaved, his lack of apology and blatant manipulation and gaslighting, there's no hope in hell he'd be getting a reply. Good riddance to bad rubbish. Hope you're OK OP Flowers