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Gut feeling husband is going to leave me soon.

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Blackcat88 · 31/03/2021 01:36

I feel somewhat silly for writing this as I’m genuinely not sure what to think and haven’t been in this situation with him before. For some months I’ve noticed my DH has distanced himself from me quite a bit and has missed big events (in our relationship) like valentines, Mother’s Day etc. I feel like he’s been avoiding me and not making any effort anymore. He’s locked down his social media too, as I called out the fact he had randomly started following A number of women on SM which generally wasn’t a problem but the amount in a short space of time was. I have the gut feeling it’s someone from work as he has stopped texting me on breaks etc (which he always did before) and I found pictures of me in his recently deleted folder in his phone so there are no pictures of me in there anymore.

I’ve found he’s blowing up over the silliest things. He makes minimal eye contact and often comes home from his night shift and instead of getting into bed for a cuddle like he used to (before the kids get me up) he’ll stay downstairs, and go up when we’re up and often be up there for some time awake etc. It feels almost like resentment.

He’s working an increasing amount of overtime and seems to have no time for me anymore.

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SomethingElse2 · 01/04/2021 13:28

Good luck and deep breaths OP

SortingItOut · 01/04/2021 13:40

@Blackcat88 Do you think he knows you are on to him?

Swordfish1 · 01/04/2021 13:44

Does he have access to any of your stuff? emails, phone, computer? Could he have read this?

It does seem a bit out of the blue from what you have described to suddenly buy flowers and want you to stay in bed.

Good luck getting answers from his phone, but if he is on to you, he may have deleted lots.

If its an iPhone, you can check what he has been spending time on by checking settings, battery use. So if you go into, for example, whatsapp and there are no recent messages, but it shows him spending 3 hours on whatsapp over the past week you'll know most likely that he was on it but deleted everything.

FortunesFave · 01/04/2021 13:46

@Blackcat88

He’s trying to stay awake for ages today it seems! He knows that once he’s in a deep sleep he won’t know a thing
Are you suggesting he knows you're waiting for his phone? Confused
Blackcat88 · 01/04/2021 13:57

That’s how it seems! I mean maybe he’s had a notification of some sort through in the new email that someone’s tried to log in etc. That’s why he’s being overly sweet. If I have no luck getting into it I’m going to tell him he needs to open it there and then for me to see, I will change the password and wait for whoever to message.

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Blackcat88 · 01/04/2021 13:58

I’m also going to my mums in an hour so have a feeling he’s holding on until I go then he can sleep knowing I’m busy etc.

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Mylovelyhorsee · 01/04/2021 14:04

My advice would be don’t go to your mums.

Itlod1982 · 01/04/2021 14:07

Or leave for your mums then come back!!

nolovelost · 01/04/2021 14:07

Don't go to your mums.

Blackcat88 · 01/04/2021 14:12

@Itlod1982

Or leave for your mums then come back!!
Think i might go for half an hour, leave kids at my mums then come back when he’s fast asleep!
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SheenMcQueen · 01/04/2021 14:13

Going to your mums is giving the space he needs to delete/reset/construct his web of lies.

At this point I would bite the bullet. Insist that he opens the email in front of you now. This is all heading somewhere and the sooner you know where, the quicker you can start to take care of your needs.

Blackcat88 · 01/04/2021 14:13

He also mentioned earlier he might pop to his ‘friends’ for an hour!

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Blackcat88 · 01/04/2021 14:14

@SheenMcQueen

Going to your mums is giving the space he needs to delete/reset/construct his web of lies.

At this point I would bite the bullet. Insist that he opens the email in front of you now. This is all heading somewhere and the sooner you know where, the quicker you can start to take care of your needs.

But surely if it is an affair, this OW would message at some point on the account?
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Itlod1982 · 01/04/2021 14:16

Ah good thinking @SheenMcQueen
There may be more detail on it that he wants to delete!!
If he thinks your on to him (e.g. if he got a message to say someone tried to log on to email) he might tell her to stop messaging on that account! Might also be why he's in such a rush to see her and being nicer to you!

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WallaceinAnderland · 01/04/2021 15:38

What happened there?

DadJoke · 01/04/2021 15:39

@WallaceinAnderland

What happened there?
A spam poster.
Horehound · 01/04/2021 15:58

I don't see the point waiting for a message to come in. Surely if it's locked down so much he will have kept all her emails. Check the deleted and sent boxes
If he has deleted it all then yeh you may have to wait. Or open a new email and start typing the letters of the alphabet and see if a remembered email address appears. Example type a if nothing shows delete that and type b again if nothing shows delete and continue doing so. I imagine I he emails this person a lot it will show as a suggested email address.

Horehound · 01/04/2021 16:01

Another thing ...if he has sat nav can you go in to see recent journeys?!

CombatBarbie · 01/04/2021 16:05

If he has a Google acct it will tell you where the phone has been.... Unless he has specifically turned it off.

PearsandPartridge · 01/04/2021 16:44

@Blackcat88 what a shockingly horrible mess you find yourself in, quite a puzzle you are piecing together! How did you find out about his secret email address?? 😲😲

WallaceinAnderland · 01/04/2021 16:51

[quote PearsandPartridge]@Blackcat88 what a shockingly horrible mess you find yourself in, quite a puzzle you are piecing together! How did you find out about his secret email address?? 😲😲 [/quote]
I've asked that twice
@Blackcat88
but you may have missed it.

How did you discover his new email address?

(3rd time lucky) Smile

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