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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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BlueThistles · 05/03/2021 15:14

OP you managed FINE before him.,.. you will manage fine without him soon 🌺

Newbie96 · 05/03/2021 15:54

Thank you everyone! I don’t feel it right now but thank you so much

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starskey80 · 05/03/2021 16:51

OP you sound so lovely, with a good head on your shoulders.

You will be fine, I know it doesnt feel like it now, but you will. Just give yourself time, the truth is he has done you a favour and shown you who he really is fairly early on.
This is probably his MO for ditching gf's.... which goes to show what a heartless, pathetic individual he is. Ask yourself, would you end a relationship like this ?
And the answer would be no, becuase you are a decent human being.

Some of the posters could be right, and this is a game he is playing to keep you walking on eggshells throughout.... and if it is, and he comes crawling back with some sob story, please don't take him back.
You are so young and I'd hate to think of a young lady like you shackled to this loser, stuck on the rollercoster for years. You'll end up a shell of yourself.
You need to be selfish ( which is actually a good thing ) and think of yourself, and the future you want. You don't want to be tied to a man who literally froths at the mouth, over nothing.
Nor do you want a man like that as a father to potential children.

Take it easy this weekend, spoil yourself, have a good cry, and remember it gets easier. I promise.

BreakfastClub80 · 05/03/2021 17:11

Keep going OP, you’ll get there! You’ve been treated horribly but if nothing else, once you’ve recovered you’ll never look back at him and wonder again. You’ll be free to appreciate other potential partners without thinking of “the one that got away”.

Notimefor · 05/03/2021 17:21

BrewCakeFlowersGin 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

Comps83 · 05/03/2021 17:52

I see you've mentioned a few times that you could never do this to someone else.
I remember thinking the exact same about my ex, that I could never have done it to him
He basically ended it by ignoring me until I went away after one stupid minor fight which he blew out of all proportion
To make it worse we worked at the same place so I had to still see the smug twat while my life fell apart

Newbie96 · 05/03/2021 17:56

Okay so he messaged from another number which read “I tried to be adult and reach out after what happened, said we could speak if you wanted to, but whatever”

Ladies I won’t lie to you, I fucking exploded. I don’t think I’ve ever ripped into someone the way I just did him, I have never spoken to him like that. I told him, the amount of shit I looked past and forgave you for in our relationship, he had the cheek to reply “like what???” Like I said, I tore him a new one and all he could say was lol ok bye. I’m hoping the home truths I told him hit home a little. I know I shouldn’t have even bothered and shouldn’t have even entertained it but I am so fucking angry. He had the cheek to block me from that number like I wasn’t going to anyway. He can go to hell.

I deserve better than that shit. I’m sorry if I have disappointed anyone here, I just can’t believe it, he can just fuck off. I’m so done.

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Newbie96 · 05/03/2021 17:57

Comps83 That sounds horrible; I’m so sorry. I’m hoping your going to tell me that karma came at him hard and fast the prick

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Feedingthebirds1 · 05/03/2021 17:58

I’m sorry if I have disappointed anyone here

Don't be daft, we're all cheering Grin

He had it coming. Doesn't he just think he's the Great I Am!

You're well rid, onwards and upwards.

peridito · 05/03/2021 18:02

You have absolutely no reason to apologise to anyone for disappointing anyone !!!!!!!

You've done NOTHING disappointing .I am so glad that you were angry and that you dumped it on him .

You are brilliant ,keep going sweetheart .

Comps83 · 05/03/2021 18:04

As far as I know he's still happily married to the girl he was with next who also worked there
Wether he was messing about behind my back I don't know or care

Wheres he getting all these different numbers from ?

He sounds about 13 . What an arsehole.
Just be thankful you didn't have a house/marriage/children because none of this stuffs stops people like that from playing the same shit

isthismylifenow · 05/03/2021 18:22

Omg Newbie, I think that term of 'tried to reach out' had been said to me I would have exploded too. 😉

I'm sure you feel better for getting that load off though.

Disillusioned4now · 05/03/2021 18:22

Angry He ‘tried to be an adult’ insinuating you are being childish!!!

‘But whatever’ and ‘lol ok bye’ are the childish things to say!!!!!

I HATE this guy!!!!!

You are much better off now honey. Hang on to that anger! It will help you get over him!!!

MrsMousesHouse · 05/03/2021 18:54

The fact that he found another number to message you on speaks volumes about the manipulative immature game player he is. Seriously this is playground antics. He is pathetic.

Please use this experience to help you move on from this loser.

Start meditating and rise above his behaviour. Don't give him any more of your energy which is there to serve you.

okokok000 · 05/03/2021 18:54

@Newbie96

Okay so he messaged from another number which read “I tried to be adult and reach out after what happened, said we could speak if you wanted to, but whatever”

Ladies I won’t lie to you, I fucking exploded. I don’t think I’ve ever ripped into someone the way I just did him, I have never spoken to him like that. I told him, the amount of shit I looked past and forgave you for in our relationship, he had the cheek to reply “like what???” Like I said, I tore him a new one and all he could say was lol ok bye. I’m hoping the home truths I told him hit home a little. I know I shouldn’t have even bothered and shouldn’t have even entertained it but I am so fucking angry. He had the cheek to block me from that number like I wasn’t going to anyway. He can go to hell.

I deserve better than that shit. I’m sorry if I have disappointed anyone here, I just can’t believe it, he can just fuck off. I’m so done.

Oh OP, you've not disappointed anyone. The main thing is you're ok.

He was trying to push your buttons and provoke a response. It doesn't matter that you did reply, just be live to it in future. If he gave a damn he'd be proactively trying to sort things out not send digs insinuating you're acting like a child whilst claiming he is acting like an adult.

This man doesn't have your best interest at heart. Try not to let him provoke you. He probably enjoys the attention / thought you might have caved in by now and begged him to come back to you.

You really do deserve better. It's going to be hard but it will really be worth it once you reach the other side!

Nippydips · 05/03/2021 18:57

This thread has really resonated with me, I was in a relationship with a person like this for 16 years. I spent so long trying to change myself, thinking if I was a better person, a better girlfriend, then they wouldn’t behave that way (exactly the way you describe!) and they’d love me more. It took me a really long time to realise it was never about me, and eventually I left. It’s now very unlikely I’ll start a family of my own due to my age, I wish I’d confided in friends and family and gained the support to walk away earlier. I’m so glad you posted here and have had support from so many lovely people. X

Roszie · 05/03/2021 18:58

This is your real life, people on here can give you advice etc but you mustn't worry about disappointing anyone on here.

I'm sorry he text you again. He sounded angry to me with his adult comment. Very condescending.

Fuck him. Thanks

SunshineCake · 05/03/2021 18:59

Blocked. Deleted. End of contact.

You could have done anything better for self care.

HmmmmmmInteresting · 05/03/2021 19:01

@Newbie96

Okay so he messaged from another number which read “I tried to be adult and reach out after what happened, said we could speak if you wanted to, but whatever”

Ladies I won’t lie to you, I fucking exploded. I don’t think I’ve ever ripped into someone the way I just did him, I have never spoken to him like that. I told him, the amount of shit I looked past and forgave you for in our relationship, he had the cheek to reply “like what???” Like I said, I tore him a new one and all he could say was lol ok bye. I’m hoping the home truths I told him hit home a little. I know I shouldn’t have even bothered and shouldn’t have even entertained it but I am so fucking angry. He had the cheek to block me from that number like I wasn’t going to anyway. He can go to hell.

I deserve better than that shit. I’m sorry if I have disappointed anyone here, I just can’t believe it, he can just fuck off. I’m so done.

This is why it would have been better to give him radio silence. The bastard has the last word now with 'ok, lol, bye' and then blocking you again.
SunshineCake · 05/03/2021 19:01

Shit. I meant you couldn't have done anything better for self care. As in you did a good thing.

CarrieMoonbeams · 05/03/2021 19:07

OMFG, I haven't commented on this thread before because there are so many wise women giving you advice and support OP, but I have to say that I did a little cheer when I read your latest update.

A totally different situation to yours, but I had a horribly abusive childhood, and was so completely ground down by my dad that I was absolutely terrified of any sort of conflict, raised voices etc. One day, when I was in my early 30s, he came to my door (I was so downtrodden that I hadn't even dared to cut contact with him) and I just absolutely went for him! I don't know where the words came from, but it was absolutely superb, I was so proud of myself! He of course, denied it all, but scurried away and disappeared from my life for years.

Keep on keeping on OP, and please know that this wee chubby Scottish wumman is cheering you on, as well as the others on here Flowers

Alicenwonderland · 05/03/2021 19:16

He's still following that script isn't he. At least if you had any doubts about the situation he's still demonstrating what an absolute nasty piece of work he really is. Don't worry that you replied, it would've been better to ignore him but that's really, really hard to do. He's deliberately trying to get a rise from you, he will still be furious that you've not come crawling back, apologising to him. I finally kicked my ex out after he'd hit my son and then me. He was then waiting for ME to apologise! These men really do live on another planet. My ex is still angry that I kicked him out 4 years on. He still continues to abuse me via court and child contact. Thankfully you have absolutely no reason to ever see or hear from this man again. Stay strong, you've got this.

Notimefor · 05/03/2021 19:22

Fuck him... he has shown you who he is. He sounds unhinged, with a massive ego like you said. Hold your head high, you are lovely. You will meet someone who appreciates you one day and thank god you didn’t end up with that twat.

Feedingthebirds1 · 05/03/2021 19:46

You know what he's doing now, don't you? He's expecting and waiting for a message from you saying you're sorry, you don't know what came over you saying those things and you didn't mean them. It won't compute that you would let His Specialness go.

Don't do it.

It sounds like although it's only a week since he told you to go, it's been enough time for you to see the cracks that were there in the relationship.

Newbie96 · 05/03/2021 19:47

Thank you everyone, weirdly I feel better. It was like all that pent up emotion was able to be released a little and I could breath again.

The pain and ache of missing him is not going to go away anytime soon but like all of us, we don’t deserve to be treated like that.

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