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Help please today i broke up with partner

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Mistysnow · 12/01/2022 19:24

Really struggling with this one. Today i broke up with the person i love as i felt like i have a duty to ensure security and stability for my son. For the record he was on about staying in his mums, building himself and his dd a bungalow and living there and saving for another mortgage so he can have another house. Meanwhile this guy stayed with me a single parent half the week and didnt contribute financially at all. I realised today that he is looking out for himself and his dd and fair enough i should do the same but i thought we where together in this ( so stupid of me) so i have ended things so that i can move back home whereby i will have more support with childcare and be able to save for a deposit for my own home aswell. In some ways he inspired me to be resilient and relentless and not let love get in the way of life. Help Sad did i make a mistake? Glass of wine in hand to cry into but i did do the right thing?

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Nsky · 12/01/2022 19:33

Def yes

Inthesameboatatmo · 12/01/2022 19:38

100% the right thing to do . Please don't question your judgement it was spot on.
Be kind to yourself it will sting for a little but you've had the foresight to deal with this before it became even worse. Well done op 👏

Mistysnow · 12/01/2022 20:01

I think im more devastated he hasnt even tried to tell me i was wrong and that we did have a future together in living together or saving together for our home. Hurts but its needed, i just thought we where worth more than that and that he seen us living together and having a life together Sad

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dopple · 12/01/2022 21:22

A partnership is sharing the nitty gritty and sharing the finances together if he couldn't do that then he didn't take it seriously with you and agree it sounds like he was using you as a free lodger, a cock lodger I believe is the NM saying.

What did he say about the future of his house, were you in the plans to buy together? Seems like you weren't.

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