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How do I get over the father of my child?

27 replies

thr · 17/08/2022 16:22

Where to begin. I fell in love with him very hard and we ended up pregnant. My daughter is currently 6 months old. He wanted me to abort, I didn't. I know I'm bound to get many-a 'you made your bed, so lie in it' comments - but hear me out. He wants to be part of our daughter's life. He sends mixed messages r.e. romantic feelings all the time. He says he isn't over his ex. He has someone who he's seeing at the moment. I'm moving to a new house soon, and he says excited to be around more and be like a family. We still have sex. Though, this is less frequent and entirely dependent on him initiating as he says he doesn't find me attractive enough post-baby to have regular sex with.

I love him. I only want him. I can't think of being intimate with anyone else. I would love nothing more than to be a family with him. He says he does one day then not the other. I know there's no chance of us being a normal, stable household with his extracurricular relationships and general megalomaniac demeanour. So, how do I move on? While still having him a part of our daughter's life? Your kindness is appreciated.

OP posts:
wherearebeefandonioncrisps · 17/08/2022 18:31

I'm probably being brass-necked here but it sounds like he wants a few beds lined up for him to lie in . When one gets cold, he moves to another. Full of promises but only enough to guarantee a warm bed.

I'm sorry if that sounded cruel but he's being cruel to you. I'll wager that he tells all of you the same thing.
Gift of the gab. A chancer.

Call him out and get something legal in place for your child.

As to your low self esteem... therapy, reading up on low self esteem and maybe some podcasts.

You can get through without him and you will emerge from this .

theniceunderstandingone · 17/08/2022 20:12

Hi OP there WILL come a time when you are tired of being treated this way.

For me it just clicked one evening after we had had sex and I realised all these mixed messages were recalling effing me up. Stop the sex. I know it's hard but it's a step.

You will like and love someone different again. You need to find the strength

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