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Dinner receipt? Is this the script? In such a muddle

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JasonWaterfalls · 13/09/2022 10:19

Hi everyone,

my DH has been using the fact that we’re struggling like everyone else financially to not do things together like date nights anymore. No dinners or trips out, etc, as we ‘can’t afford it’ - I found a receipt in his coat pocket which I searched before putting it in the wash for dinner for £90. This was HALF the bill so they split it. Two meals multiple courses, Bottle of wine, the works. £180!!

its printed for the date he told me he was going to meet up with a friend, he said they grabbed a late curry and he only spent £15. He’s been off with me recently because I’ve been a bit consumed with my parents problems (they are not coping with cost of living at all and I think my dad might be dying slowly), says I haven’t been ‘present’ enough at home or giving us or the home enough attention. I feel sick and so sad since I found it, I haven’t said anything to him. I’m approaching 40 and don’t have much of my own.

im just so terrified and low. The £90 hasn’t come out of our joint obviously, so I guess his personal, but he said he didn’t have much and was putting as much as he could into the joint pot. I don’t know how to approach it. I feel like I don’t know anything anymore.

OP posts:
OlderParents · 22/09/2022 19:46

Gosh I'm not sure what to say reading the most recent updates. Wow. He really is something.

comfortablyfrumpy · 22/09/2022 20:51

Gosh, he really is awful, isn't he.

Mirabeladawer · 22/09/2022 21:28

OP- just want to give you a hand hold.

It's totally normal to feel the way you do. But you'll be better off in the future. Just sit with these feelings and allow yourself some time to process everything.

Mix56 · 22/09/2022 22:20

Wow, so he just swans off & takes no responsibility for your house, not even a call saying, "I'm moving out, Im not paying", like a responsible adult.
He really has proven himself to be an utter wanker,
He's not sorry, no apologies, just insults & agression then just ghosting you.
I'm sorry you are in shock, but Thank Goodness you discovered this before he mugged off any more years of your life.
Please dob him in.

Alcemeg · 22/09/2022 22:37

I honestly thought there was no way he could be married to someone like you and not sincerely love you. I was wrong, it seems. I'm so sorry OP. "You deserve better" is such an understatement.

Congratulations on taking the first incredibly brave steps towards a better life.x

comfortablyfrumpy · 24/09/2022 14:49

How are you doing, OP?

Luckylu123 · 20/05/2024 00:22

for some reason this post came up on my feed, I didn’t realise it was so old when I started reading it. what a journey to follow, proud of you for standing up for yourself!
just wondering how you’re getting on 18m later?

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