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Waivering on my plans to leave DH

307 replies

namechangeat11pm · 27/07/2021 00:06

I have been making plans to leave DH after realising he was controlling. I wasn't allowed to work, have friends, see family etc. No DC. No physical abuse. I have somewhere to move into on the 1st September, I have been saving some money away and I don't have much but enough to keep me going for a month or two while I find a job (I hope).

I'm getting cold feet though.

DH has been really lovely to me lately. I was angry at him for a while but he's been being so sweet to me and I feel almost like I've fallen in love with him again? He's planned a date night for us next weekend, to do something I love but he doesn't. My head's a mess and I don't know what to do now. He was never really awful to me for the most part, he just wants everything to be his way all the time. As long as I go along with that then everything's fine.

I just feel like I will have nothing if I leave him. I've always struggled to make friends even before I met him. I have anxiety and he is good at calming me down. I don't really have any family I can turn to. I almost feel like it would be better to stay with him, better the devil I know, than risk being even more miserable on my own.

I don't know what to do. It feels impossible.

OP posts:
qwertyuiop098 · 22/09/2021 18:09

@IveGotASongThatllGetOnYNerves

If you didn't leave, that's ok. Don't be worried to come back. It's understandable for it to take time and people will support you and listen to you. I just hate to think that maybe you didn't leave and now you're isolated and scared and feel you can't come back . Flowers
Seconded Flowers
BlackIsQueen · 24/09/2021 14:18

Hi OP, how are you? I just like to reiterate that we all want your freedom for you. But if not this time, then the next. We will always be here to hand hold, whatever the situation. I've gone from lurking on your posts to posting on your posts and am so impressed by how you just keep on going. You are magnificent - just imagine what you will make of your life when you are allowed to fully unfurl.

MydogWillow · 24/09/2021 14:19

Agreed Flowers

Cantdoitallperfectly · 24/09/2021 15:24

Agreed!

HereticFanjo · 24/09/2021 19:27

Agreed. You will have the MN army behind you whenever you are ready. You do what is right for you in your own time - but know that there will always be people here cheering you on.

Tallisimo · 24/09/2021 19:38

Yes, we are def here for you whatever x

Zeduk · 24/09/2021 20:57

Just read all of your thread now.. wishing you all the best OP, you have been so strong xx

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