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Partner has no respect for my sexual boundaries

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angryandscared1 · 06/11/2021 08:01

I'm so angry and upset. NC for this but regular poster.

I'm sorry this is quite long and some graphic descriptions of sexual nature so please don't read on if this isn't for you.

Partner and I have 7 month baby, things have been v stressful since baby was born, no time for each other etc. We've been working on it.

We very rarely have sex, it's just impossible to find the time or energy, both always exhausted. I'd say we have sex once every 2-3 weeks since baby's birth, it used to be every other day or at least 4 times a week so I understand his frustration. I also feel differently now, hate my body how it's changed so much (used to be slim and toned now have larger tummy and thighs), and also I just don't have much libido anymore.

Anyway last night we were kissing in bed etc and I said I wanted to try and have sex. I was very clear it had to be with a condom or nothing (I'm not on any birth control at the moment and definitely don't want another baby yet), and I also said I need you to be gentle and careful. He agreed. He then proceeded to be quite rough with his fingers, I had to remind him twice please be gentle that hurts. Then he attempted to penetrate me without the condom on, I said what are you doing, he said I wanted to "feel you" - I said again, no we need to take this seriously as I don't want to end up pregnant again. He seemed to accept that but the rest of the foreplay seemed half hearted so I felt he wasn't interested and was impatient to get to the "main event". He kept pushing to penetrate me (more with his body language than anything). I felt under pressure. He also had his hand on my throat at one point - I removed it but didn't say anything to him. After some foreplay I said ok we can do it now - he then entered me quite aggressively from behind without a condom (I didn't realise at this point he didn't have one on). I was so taken aback by how rough it was, I didn't know what to say or do, it hurt so much. He was being very aggressive, I tried to get up on my knees to stop the pain but I couldn't. I have no idea why I didn't just say stop, but I was in shock with it. Then he said he was going to ejaculate on my bum - I suddenly realised there was no condom. I started to cry and pull away from him then I just left the bed sat in the bathroom and cried.

Afterwards I said how hurt and angry I was that he has no respect for my boundaries. He claimed it was "hard to remember" to use a condom because we never used to before the baby. I think this is a ridiculous excuse, I said several times please use one. With regard to being rough with me, he said "I thought you wanted rough sex" (not sure how, I'd said several times during foreplay, please be gentle).

This morning he's making me feel like I've done something wrong. I said technically he had raped me by penetrating me against my consent without a condom - he got annoyed when I used that word and said "fine we aren't having sex ever again if you're going accuse me of that - from now on this is a sexless relationship and I'll stay just for the baby".

I'm so confused about the whole thing. Did he rape me? Should I have spoken up sooner and said stop when it hurt? I just can't make sense of any of it and I don't want him anywhere near me anymore. Sad

OP posts:
Dragongirl10 · 06/11/2021 17:28

That may be a blessing but right now you need to get you and baby somewhere safe..please, please call your friend and tell her all that has happened

LimpLettice · 06/11/2021 17:28

Worried for you OP. He is shouting to put you back in your place. Perhaps stop talking now, placate him now and get away when it's safe.

category12 · 06/11/2021 17:28

Wouldn't that be for the best, really?

He's being extremely abusive.

angryandscared1 · 06/11/2021 17:29

He has gone out. I am alone with baby giving her a bath. I am shaking.

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Mix56 · 06/11/2021 17:29

OP. No you won't because he will be in clink.

You can't change him
You need to leave

BackBackBack · 06/11/2021 17:29

@angryandscared1

I threatened the police. He said do you do that and I promise you'll never see me again.
That's an excellent result then.
RandomMess · 06/11/2021 17:29

You can call the police just so you can gather stuff and leave safely you don't have to disclose the rape if you don't want to.

DoesHePlayTheFiddle · 06/11/2021 17:30

@angryandscared1

I threatened the police. He said do you do that and I promise you'll never see me again.
Take him up on it.

But - don't do anything that puts you at more risk right now.

RockinHorseShit · 06/11/2021 17:30

I'm so sorry you have gone through this, but he has raped you.

Please get help, speak to women's aid or your local women's centre for support if you can't face the police. You did not deserve this & don't let him minimise what he has done to you. It is rape

ArabellaScott · 06/11/2021 17:30

OP, have you got a friend or family member you can call?

Mix56 · 06/11/2021 17:30

LEAVE. Do you have a car? if not Call your dad, he will come & get you

angryandscared1 · 06/11/2021 17:31

@RandomMess

You can call the police just so you can gather stuff and leave safely you don't have to disclose the rape if you don't want to.

Where will I go? I have nowhere locally to go. My family aren't nearby.

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CampagVelocet · 06/11/2021 17:31

@angryandscared1

I threatened the police. He said do you do that and I promise you'll never see me again.
Fine. No great loss.
MoveAhoy · 06/11/2021 17:31

Hotel, refuge, ask him to leave, call the police, call another mum no matter how little you know her, anything.

You have options. You don't like them. That's normal. You're life has taken an unexpected traumatic turn but unlike most you are aware of what's going on.

Do something. Anything. Your kid doesn't need to grow up in this. And you definitely don't need to find out what the next escalation step is.

It's hard and this wasn't what you planned for but you need to act quickly in this particular setting.

I'm going to go out on a limb and guess there is financial dependency as well and a real uncertainty as to how to take care of the baby on your own so you'd prefer to have a plan first? Would be nice but life isn't working out that way... I think your kid would prefer to have you untraumatised.

angryandscared1 · 06/11/2021 17:31

He has made me feel it's all my fault Sad

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KurtWilde · 06/11/2021 17:32

@BackBackBack

Tell him to leave. Tell him he raped you and if he doesn't leave then you will call the police - which will have serious ramifications for him given his job. Tell him the relationship is over and he can find someone else.
Please don't do this.

As someone who's been in a relationship like the one OP describes, the last thing she needs to do is start throwing accusations and threats around.

I've yet to give OP advice on this thread, but if I did it would be this. Let this die down, let the conversation die a death and let him think it's done with. Stop engaging in conversations about the event. Then make plans to either leave with your baby (which is what I had to do), or when you do ask him to leave do it with someone else present. What you decide to do re. reporting the event is down to you, and can be done at a later date when you know you're safe.

category12 · 06/11/2021 17:32

Where are your family? Can't you get a ticket to wherever they are?

category12 · 06/11/2021 17:32

It's not your fault that he raped you.

RockinHorseShit · 06/11/2021 17:34

& I agree with those saying get yourself & baby to safety. This was pretty brutal, very brutal from someone who is supposed to love & care for you. Yiu need to protect yourself from him

RandomMess · 06/11/2021 17:34

Abuse victims can get free rail travel to a place of safety speak to WA.

Call your family and ask them to come get you? I hope your parents would do this for you (I have always told the DC they can home with DC in tow if they need to)

lovelybones1 · 06/11/2021 17:34

Please contact woman's aid for support to leave this man is despicable

EarthSight · 06/11/2021 17:35

@angryandscared1

I threatened the police. He said do you do that and I promise you'll never see me again.
Brill. See you never then!
Mix56 · 06/11/2021 17:36

OK, go to bed, ignore him.
Tomorrow you call your family

angryandscared1 · 06/11/2021 17:37

Also I can't breastfeed my baby for 8 hours if I take the MAP apparently. So he's taken that from me too.

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iwishiwasafish · 06/11/2021 17:38

@angryandscared1

He has made me feel it's all my fault Sad
It isn’t your fault.

Try to step outside the event for perspective on it.

If a friend or family member told you that it happened to them, what would you advise them? Would you tell them it was their fault? Would you be minimising what their partner had done?

Be as kind to yourself as you would be to that friend.

If you were to ask him to leave tonight, is there someone who could stay with you?

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