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Am I being sensitive or being used and disrespected

41 replies

Mscasandra123 · 15/11/2021 14:50

I have been with a guy on and off for 9 years. We met when I was young around 21. I always felt like he didn’t treat me the way I wanted to be treated. I am 6 years younger than him. I always felt he spoke down to me, patronised me. I brought it up with him many times, thought he would change. Things got better then would go downhill again.
I grew up, moved out into my own place, work 60 hours a week to pay for it so I can be independent. My partner lived with his dad and was having problems so asked to move In with me. I was very hesitant. I gave in and he moved in. Three months down the line I feel like I’m an idiot for letting him live with me. I do all the cooking, shopping etc. they say you don’t know someone until you live with them and I can honestly say I feel like he has no respect for women or knows how to treat one. Only time I receive affection is when he wants sex, he refers to women as bitches and just generally is not a nice person. We hardly ever go out. I said that I’m unhappy and do not like how he is, he’s response is I am to used to being treated well by my mum and this is how a real relationship is. I don’t believe this. A relationship is 50/50, treating each other well, doing nice things together. I have asked him to leave and he says he is not going anywhere what do I do ?

OP posts:
Bananalanacake · 15/11/2021 20:09

Does he pay anything towards bills and food?

layladomino · 15/11/2021 20:27

He is vile. Lazy. Sexist. Arrogant. Selfish. Disprespectful. A freeloader. The list goes on.

He doesn't love or respect you. You have nothing to lose from kicking him out.

Please get some help and change the locks while he's out.

Your life will improve enourmously overnight.

Tarne · 15/11/2021 20:46

Is he gone?

How exciting! A much happier life awaits! Grin

AhNowTed · 15/11/2021 20:51

He's a plain and simple lazy sexist pig.

Don't beat yourself up. Thank fuck you figured him out before you got well and truly stuck with him!

Bbub · 15/11/2021 20:56

Just want to say well done OP for realising it needs to end. This bit will be painful to actually get him out of the flat and your life but it can be done and I'm so impressed that you've realised it after only 3 months living together.

Many of us here have suffered miserable relationships and know how hard it is, but now you have made this decision you have the rest of your life to look forward to. ❤️

Shoxfordian · 15/11/2021 20:57

Get him out of your flat and change the locks

Peace43 · 15/11/2021 20:59

Laugh in is misogynistic face and Chuck his lazy shitty arse out! I guarantee you can do better than this fuck-wit.

Riverlee · 15/11/2021 21:00

It’s not going to get any better. Get rid. Pack his bags and change his locks.

Well done on recognising then situation so soon.

TheFoundations · 15/11/2021 21:21

@Mscasandra123

Thank you all for your supportive comments. Sometimes I guess we need an outside perspective on things because honestly I was starting to think it was me with the issue
The amount of sensitive you are is 100% the right level of sensitive for you, and if something hurts you, it hurts you. There's no right or wrong. Anybody who makes you feel that your feelings are inappropriate, or wrong, or a demonstration of something 'not right' about you, get away from them.

Your feelings are your heart, your soul, your nature. You can't choose which feelings to have and not have, so all you can do is make sure that you spend your time with people who make you feel accepted and understood, and preferably supported. If you spend time with people who make you feel like there's something wrong with you... well, you'll feel like there's something wrong with you a lot.

Respecting your feelings is the key to happiness. Go to places where you feel happy. Collect friends who make you feel happy. Only be intimate with people who make you feel happy.

You are in charge of shepherding your emotions to good places. Take care of them as if they were a small child. They are, really; wild, uncontrollable, beautiful. Don't you want to put them somewhere they'll feel happy and settled?

idiotmagnet · 15/11/2021 21:27

@Mscasandra123

Thank you for your replies. The flat is all in my name. After 9 years I feel like an idiot that I did not see this behaviour quicker. I feel like I am the one making all the effort and when I complain he literally just tells me that I’m just an unhappy person and if I wanted a ‘yes’ man I should have gone elsewhere. He also says that I have a problem with men in general as I do not have a relationship with my father and this is why I am never happy
Was/is your father a similar sort of man? I have only recently twigged that my lack of success in relationships is predominantly down to me choosing different versions of my father. Realising this has helped me understand myself better and I'm going to stay out of dating until I can trust myself to make better choices. But to answer your question - it's abuse and it will get worse. Take care of yourself and end it. Best wishes.
pinkyredrose · 16/11/2021 12:20

Put his stuff out and change the locks.

DivorcedAndDelighted · 16/11/2021 19:14

I love this @TheFoundations - saving Grin

Theturnofthepoo · 16/11/2021 21:13

Lovely post @TheFoundations

Dery · 16/11/2021 23:41

This man is horrible. His behaviour is not normal at all. You've had some very good practical advice on how to get rid of him. Please do so as soon as possible.

You sound lovely. It's a shame you wasted your 20s on a man who you always felt didn't treat you the way you wanted to be treated so please don't waste another moment on him. Before you do any more dating, it may be worth spending some time considering why you spent 9 years with someone who treated you badly; unpicking why you were willing to settle for that. As mentioned above, the Freedom Course should be helpful for that. You might find Women Who Love Too Much an interesting read also.

ChickNorris · 17/11/2021 00:45

Take him at his word and do go find yourself a 'yes' guy. Or just a polite, normal one. I don't know what's scarier, the fact that he says these things like they're the most normal thing he ever thought of or that he believes them.
Listen, I know that it is easy to doubt yourself when one half of the sentence contains a smidgeon of what sounds like it could be something like the truth even though the rest is completely whack. Don't ask me how I know this.
Let me give you a little hack.
If it comes out of the mouth of a person who calls women 'bitches' or shows any other signs of misogyny then you can disregard anything and everything that person is saying. And you can go right ahead.

I hope you manage a clean break from this guy. I would hate for you to start taking any of his shit on. You deserve far better than that.

Buildingthefuture · 17/11/2021 06:37

He needs to go. NOW. Agree with all PP, take a day off work, change the locks, dump his shit at his dads. DO NOT waste one more minute of your valuable time on this utter dickhead. You are not the problem here, the problem is him, with his vile, misogynistic, piss taking attitude. Get rid, immediately and then, do the work with a therapist to uncover why you’ve accepted this for so long and to help you set better boundaries in the future. You sound like a lovely person OP and you deserve far better than this loser

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