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Advice please, should I be dealing with this?!

59 replies

Aleex · 09/06/2022 23:34

Hello, so I've recently started to speak to someone new via an OLD app, I'm 32 and he is 35. We spoke initially for a couple of days and the conversation was going well, he then video called me via the app. We decided to meet up after 3 days whereby we met on Thursday last week. The date overall was great, he told me a lot about his family situation quite early early on. Father is divorced and now married to a somewhat younger woman and has 2 young children with her, mum is on end of life care and brothers don't really have a relationship with him. He also mentioned that he would cut his father off and would only go to his funeral if he passed, but never speak to him again.

After meeting, we continued to speak and decided that we felt a vibe so we both will lay off the app. We met again on the Sunday, this was more of an intimate date. He has a stomach hernia and after consuming foods that affected him he started to suffer. He went to a Sunday dinner straight after we met and also ate from there. This caused him severed sickness overnight. He was really off for a whole day which was understandable, but there was a lot of tantrums and moaning. When I questioned whether he has genuine interest he said "I'm sick, what do you want me to do or say"? But he was also out a couple of hours later, he sent me a picture.

So he messages me everyday, but recently it's changed. There are longer gaps between replies and a couple word answers, the other day he randomly sent me a message of a field and said, "do you ever come to a field break down and then feel better"? He never asks me how I am, or how I am feeling (I informed him of my situation at present which is also terrible, but I don't discuss it) whereas I always ask whether he's going well and give him positive support and advice.

Earlier today he sent me a video discussing feminism and men being oppressors just randomly out of the blue. I don't get what he is trying to get at? I have an amazing career, I train 6x a week and have a lot of consistency in my life. I can hold my own and never asked any guy I've been in a relationship for anything.

What should I do?

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aalidfeie · 16/06/2022 13:15

spotcheck · 10/06/2022 06:53

To add to pp...

He told you serious family issues on your first date? Seems like he is looking for an emotional support unit, not a partner

exactly this - I couldnt STAND knowing all that stuff from a first date! How weird.

Calphurnia88 · 16/06/2022 14:26

What a strange, strange man.

Move on and don't look back.

Aleex · 16/06/2022 15:43

Just goes to show, he didn't get his way so ended up having a tantrum and throwing his dummy out. Rather have seen this now, than in years time where it would have been even more infuriating!

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Inthesameboatatmo · 16/06/2022 18:15

🤢🤢🤢🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮 disgusting.

Itstimetoquit · 16/06/2022 19:16

Bin,block and move on x

Georgeskitchen · 16/06/2022 19:50

Too much baggage.
Bin him off

MabelFurball · 16/06/2022 22:06

bathwatertea · 16/06/2022 10:46

What a wanker. It’s only a shame you can’t, like, draw on him with luminous sheep paint to warn others off.

🤣

HappypusSadpus · 16/06/2022 22:16

Honestly OP I'd change my number after that 😳 he isn't the type to disengage easily.

Aleex · 17/06/2022 06:47

HappypusSadpus · 16/06/2022 22:16

Honestly OP I'd change my number after that 😳 he isn't the type to disengage easily.

I've only just changed my number due to an abusive ex 😫 I communicated via the app, then thought what the hell, we will exchange numbers.

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