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I need to let him go

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Bxuxtxtxexrxfxlxy · 17/02/2022 19:54

My boyfriends on strong painkillers but he's depressed too. We don't live together. He took a tablet this afternoon that he should take at night. This resulted in him sleeping all afternoon. He told me to go down regardless. We'd have spaghetti bolgonse and I'd stay until tomorrow night. At 5am he text. I called and he was confused and sleepy. I said do you need back to sleep. He got angry and said I told you earlier to just come down so why are you on the phone asking me this. I tried to explain if he was exhausted and couldn't wake up I'd understand if he didn't want me there. He got moody. He then said he wasn't likely going to want to eat either. I said OK I didn't eat with the kids now and I've got all the stuff out ready. He got even more snappy and sarcastically said just do as you please.

He then wouldn't answer the phone so I went round just to try sort the situation. All his lights were off. Very odd as he always has his lamps on as he can't stand the pitch black. He looked out the window and said for f sake when he saw me. Unlocked the door and walked back into rhe house. I went in and said I just wanted to talk and hoped we could lie and just Dall asleep watching tele. He started saying further horrible stuff.

I've done alot for him financially and in every other way recently. Including paying to have his electric back on yesterday. I have provided everything from milk to stamps to full food shops. I've called places up and sent emails all to help him whilst he's in a mess. I've also funded his £80 a week smoke habit. He pays back a chunk each month but nowhere near all.

He has just let me walk home in the dark for an hour and his attitude was I didn't ask you to fucking come down. I told him I felt unappreciated and used. I'd done everything to help and I'm the only person helping him and this is how he repays me. He said oh yeah throw it all back in my face.

I've just walked home in tears and I realised he's done this 4 times since Christmas. He's horrible on opiates and his moods instantly change.

I love him to death and other times he's protective and cares for me. He always says how much he loves me.

But tonight I just know loving him isn't enough. This is abuse and I have failed to leave this cycle too many times.

I'm terrified he's going to harm himself as he's not stable. But I have got to wake up.

He has two very different personalities and I only love one of them. I have no fight left in me. I wasn't looking for a row. He told me I am a different person on the phone and claimed I brought it all on myself asking questions.

He falls asleep so early every evening and our sex life is non existent too. I need to get him out my system.

OP posts:
SunflowerTed · 18/02/2022 07:50

@Bxuxtxtxexrxfxlxy

I know. Him treating me like this tonight has destroyed me..but I'm too afraid to let go of the happy times and I'm so lonely since I separated from my children's dad I think it'd comforting to be with him at his house 3 evenings a week.

I need to break away so much..but I already know tonight is going to be so hard for me. I'll be waking up restless checking my phone. I'm absolutely lost. I know if my friends and family knew the half of this it would break their hearts. I just have fallen in love with an abusive man with q shed load of problems.

I don't know what to do.

I’d concentrate on your kids
SunflowerTed · 18/02/2022 07:55

@Bxuxtxtxexrxfxlxy

He asks for tobacco money every other day. He gets 30g of tobacco a time at almost £14.... I'd say he spokes hourly in the day and 2-3 in the night. So possibly 20ish a day.

What is it that I love about him? I think the way he made me feel when we first met. I met him through him working on my neighbours house and he would talk to me over the fence and it was like we just clicked. He made me feel alive again when I was lonely. He gave me company. He is funny too and kind. Great cook. We have alot of little things in common.

Q cousin of his suggested he could have BPD as it runs in the family along with bipolar and depression. It does seem like he has two very different personalities. I hate him when he's like this. He's the most selfish, cruel man. But when he's the other way it's like he has this twin that is so loving. He buys me chocolate and makes me drinks, runs me a bath, always making sure I'm OK and saying how much he loves me.

The money thing is half snd half. He has worked hard all his life and he's only entitled to one benefit and that's uc. He's got firms through for pip now but hasn't filled them. I do believe the system is failing him. So I did step in to help him with food and things. He pays me back every month but he actually borrows more than he pays back.

I've not heard anything from him yet he's been on Facebook through the night on and off.

He’s failing himself and you are failing yourself by allowing yourself to be a doormat and a meal ticket. Take off your rose colored specs and take a long hard look. There is only love coming from your side. He is USING you !!
SunflowerTed · 18/02/2022 07:56

@RantyAunty

How he was at the beginning is fake.

His moody, using, drug addicted, mean ways is the real him.

Spend that extra money on therapy and doing something for yourself.
Get a cat or small dog if you're lonely. It'd be 100x better companion and much cheaper.

Exactly this!
MrJollyLivesNextDoor · 18/02/2022 07:56

This is the real him

You are seeing it with your own eyes

So he runs you a bath sometimes and gives you chocolate - big fucking wow

You are wasting money and time that you could be spending on your children

SunflowerTed · 18/02/2022 07:56

@Wallywobbles

Can you really not bring yourself to block him/delete his numbers on everything? And then like any unhealthy habit take it minute by minute. Those minutes become hours, days, weeks. You have to let some time pass before you can begin to heal.

But seriously get some therapy. Work on yourself. You need rescuing from yourself just as much as him. Life is for living and joy. Not being kicked.

And this.
UserBotLurking9to5 · 18/02/2022 07:58

Im a single mother too and if you wont dump him because you deserve more, dump him because your DC deserve to have a mum who hasnt spent every spent on tobacco and some arsehole's bills. Get a fun for rainy day emergencies and the things that teens ask for!

layladomino · 18/02/2022 08:09

There are lots of reasons you should dump him, and each of them is reason on its own.
The lack of respect for you.
The vile way he treats you.
Uses you.
His addiction that you're paying for.

You say the system has failed him - how is that? He has forms that he can't be bothered to fill in that would help him. That isn't the system's fault. He's (you're) funding a smoking habit which if he kicked he'd be much better off. That isn't the system's fault.

Think how much better off you would be if you weren't funding this awful man's life. Think how much better off your children would be. Who deserves your money more - him or your children?

Moretodo · 18/02/2022 08:15

Wake up. He has groomed you. He is manipulating you. He is exploiting you.
What has happened to you that you are unable to keep yourself safe?

2022newyrnewme · 18/02/2022 09:01

@Bxuxtxtxexrxfxlxy my x had 2 personalities.
Of course I loved the nice 1 which made it hard to leave / understand him.
You deserve better

Bxuxtxtxexrxfxlxy · 18/02/2022 09:08

I think I do desperately need someone to sit down with and talk it through in full. But it can't really be family or friends. I do need help to stop.

My mum wasn't good at the emotional stuff. I never really realised until I was an adult how she was. So who knows. But this is the first time I've been in this situation.

OP posts:
SunflowerTed · 18/02/2022 09:58

Confide in a good friend and tell them everything you have told us. Then block him and move on. Yes this is easier said than done but think of yourself and your family. All that money you are spending on a no hoper that abuses you could go on a nice family holiday and things for your kids. BLOCK HIM - he will find another lovely lady to bail him out. You deserve love and respect - not abuse

winnieanddaisy · 18/02/2022 10:00

The way you describe his moods doesn't indicate bi-polar. It just makes him seem depressed. Is he on anti depressants? If not why doesn't he go to the doctors and get properly assessed.
I'm on the same painkillers as him and as a PP said they don't make you into a miserable get like him .
I would rather be alone than be used as he's using you . There is probably some sort of job he can do but he'd rather sit on his bum and let you supplement his lifestyle.
I hope you are able to get away from him soon . Good luck 🤞

dexterslockedintheshedagain · 18/02/2022 10:20

He's worked hard all his life? Was warning £1000 a week? Where did all that go then?
He'll not change. He's a sponger and you've been told on other threads what needs to be done. You just seem to want someone to tell you what you are actually doing is ok. They won't because it's not.
All this money you're wasting spending on him is money you are denying your own DC. Why would you do that??

Mrssebastianstan · 18/02/2022 10:24

At the very least give yourself the weekend by blocking him so you are not constantly checking your phone.
You can unblock him on Monday if you want, but see how you go with a weekend not paying for things for him, not being shouted at, not being belittled and sneered at, not dealing with drama and problems and actually enjoying time with your kids?
Get a hug from them, they love you. He doesn’t.
And good luck, because you sound like a kind but misguided woman. You’re worth so much more. 💐

Moretodo · 18/02/2022 12:00

Writing it all down, in a time line will help.

Journalling so you can see in black and white.

Watch the clip I sent.
You can book sessions with her or someone she recommends.
You need someone who understands the nature of these relationships.

You need to understand there is not a nice side to him.
He is a nasty manipulative abuser who pretends to be nice to trap women/supply.

Think logically, stay out of your emotions. He is manipulating you by levaraging your emotions and sincerety against you. Don't trust him.

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