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Relationship break up

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Jemima2021 · 27/09/2021 10:55

Hi all, im totally new to this, i have strolled through this website years ago about kid problems. I have been in a 19 year relationship, he was my first boyfriend, we have kids. We were never married ( he did want to in later years, but i declined), the reasons I did was because he was so controlling in younger years, i couldn't go out with friends, i was always been accused of cheating, and eyeing up fellas, I can whole hearted say i never did any of that, i worked took care of our child while he went playing pool and lots of other stuff with his friends, he didn't work this was early 20s, when he asked me to marry him back then i was so excited (before that marriage wasnt important to me in general) i had planned things in my head, then one day he laughed at me and goes do u really think id ever marry you, it hurts till this day. so because of this i became a timed little mouse and walked about with my head down so i couldn't be accused of anything, but I still was, he also told me around them years that when r child at the time(first born) was 18 he would leave me, i have always kept that in my head, however 6 years into are relationship he contacted his ex behind my back, and i use to find date site numbers in his wallet, he also took photo of his ex when we moved in together. So the years went on and i thought he grew up, you see he always thought that everyone was out to get him, so he started work few years back and the every1 out to get him left, it was such a weight off me, we got on i was like im glad i stuck it out, he has changed and im happy. However it only lasted couple of years till again everyone had a problem with him crept back in( it pulling a certain face at him), so he left his job,it has went to the stage that its nearly the whole town we live in has a problem with him( in his head), i would say to him all that people can't be out to get you, so he d turn on me, call me nieve and stupid, so about 6 months ago he accused me of giving him this look in our house(i couldn't even make the face if i tried), so then i thought this is all in his head, he also accused our oldest who is now 17, then one day i came in from work and he goes to me "did you enjoy him yesterday, you dirty tramp". I was so angry, my young years flashed before me, im 38 now and i think differently and im not that little mouse, over the next 2 weeks he was through other things, we d make up, then another day he rang me and asked where a pair of underwear was and i say where they always are, he said no and accused me of taking them and been with someone else. I went home from work so angry, he had locked the bedroom door, i said i wanted in, i losted it, he made out he was afraid of me attacking him and that why he wouldn't open the door, and said if i leave a minute he d lock himself in bathroom so i could go to bedroom. I walked in looked in my underwear drawer and they were just sitting there, he came out tried to say thats not them, and i still angry he tried to get me to hit him, i didn't. I had losted alot of feeling now, and didnt want to be in this any more ( just to say here later on i found out he set me up and recorded all this on laptop). So we broke up a while after i asked him why he accused me and im still waiting on the answer. He got very drunk when we broke up, and the next day said it was killing him and all the sorrys, i forgive him, but was angry at myself. He told me alot after that he really loved me and wass obsessed with me. I had no tears when we broke up,it didn't seem to bother me. Then he had an accident I was there 4 him, took time of work, even though all i got was grief. Over the past couple of weeks its been difficult between us, but he still tell me he was madly in love with me. Then last week he had a fight with me and told me i didn't mean it to come out like that, i was going to break up with you on Monday (today), i thought this is just the usual. I asked him why monday and why break up, was there someone else, he said if there was and she had a hiuse he d be there. He said hes over this relationship and blamed me for having everyone give him these dirty looks ( including our daughter, who is now almost 18!) It broke my heart for him to think that of me, when its not true. I feel sick that its ended, and i dont no why, i think because he has made it final. I cant understand how he was madly in love with me 2 weeks ago ,to just be done with me. I guess im wondering have i been replaced...I know this is very long but i need to give an overall picture. If someone can see something I cant, i would be so greatfull.

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Babdoc · 27/09/2021 11:04

Good grief OP - I would willingly pay an “other woman” to take this abusive piece of shit off my hands, if I were you!
What possible reason is there to stay with someone who brings nothing to your relationship and makes you thoroughly miserable? How has your self esteem sunk so low that you think this crap is the best you can get?
Please start some counselling to help you deal with the years of emotional abuse. And make firm plans to get this vile man out of your life. Get legal advice, organise your finances. Don’t look back.

Jemima2021 · 27/09/2021 11:25

Thank you Babdoc, i feel like he broke me down recently unknown to me, and thats why im hurting so much over it, and maybe the fact he did it when my father is ill in hospital. I had a abusive childhood by sibling, i told him and he use to use it as a weapon against me, he said he taped my angry incase i went to kick him out of the house, he wont leave, and i dont have anywhere to go, while he has. I was a stong person recently, it really hurts that he has blamed all on me ,then broke up, i dont want him to believe that is true, if he would of just said were not working out, it wouldn't of hurt...i really cant understand thats why im wondering have i been replaced...i now he will be getting money from accident in a year, and he has said previously when he does he ll be to another country.

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Thingsdogetbetter · 27/09/2021 13:44

He doesn't believe it's all you. He just changes history and the narrative because he wants to believe he is the good guy hero in his own story. To be the good guy, he needs to make you the bad guy. He lies to himself and he lies to you because he is unable to take responsibility for his shit behaviour.

Everything this guy has ever done seems to have been deliberately designed to cause maximum hurt to you. That's what makes him happy and feel like a big man: making you unhappy and feeling small.

He was controlling, he still is controlling and he will always be controlling. Take this opportunity to get as far away from him as possible. Read up on control and abuse. Reach out for help - from family, friends, professionals. Grab this opportunity with both hands because otherwise this shit-storm of an abusive relationship will continue in one form or another. You deserve better!!!

Jemima2021 · 27/09/2021 17:32

Thank you for the advice, it really helps to read other people's look on the suituation. I have got him twisting stories to make me the bad guy, but there is no talking to him, even when he broke up, and I went to ask a question he shut me down by saying I dont want to take about it, im over the whole thing. I guess it makes me wonder, did he ever really love me like he said...

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Lana07 · 27/09/2021 20:18

I'd a serious conversation with him and he MUST apologize every time he hurts your feelings or this won't work.

Lana07 · 27/09/2021 20:19

*I'd have

Leafypage · 30/09/2021 10:04

Get out, you are only 38 and you are being abused, quite frankly. You are still young, make this life work for you and find someone who treats you right. I’ll say it again like other posters, you deserve better.

Jemima2021 · 30/09/2021 14:00

Thank you everyone, for trying to help me see things that I couldn't myself. I have made that call for help to sort myself out. It still does hurt to see how someone your thought loved you can literally delete you out of their life. I guess it was all just a show on his behalf. And i guess what makes it even harder is the fact that he wont move out, and goes around the house so happy and care free, and I dont have anywhere else to go.

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Tillysfad · 30/09/2021 14:16

He sounds unwell and not a nice man. You deserve much better. I think you should do whatever you need to do to get out of this quickly as I'm not sure you're safe.

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