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Is this controlling/jealousy?

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canthinkofone · 14/10/2022 22:23

So this evening is one of many evenings where my partner has got annoyed due to dd’s sleeping habits. She gets out of bed a couple of times because she struggles to settle and because it’s Friday I let her stay up later and we’ve been having a cuddle, film and sweets etc.

Just now, we literally got into bed and she heard us laughing and obviously had a bit of fomo. She came in the bedroom and my partner went silent and was clearly unhappy because dd was asking to sleep in my room. He said “if she stays in here then I’m going home”.

Dd is 8 and as I say, this isn’t the first time he’s been unable to tolerate things like this. Before him it was just me and her, so even though we’ve been together 2 years this is still a big transition. I said that she won’t be, but did he have to react in that way?

I’ve also recently started a new job, and he asks at least once a week whether people (men) have been asking me anything. This is all because one of them made a crude comment in my first week there which I told him as I found it odd, and he’s been seething about it ever since. This morning he asked me again via text, and I was already late and rushing into work so didn’t get chance to reply. So obviously he took this the wrong way and he was very cold with me.

We can be so good sometimes but then other times it’s like this and I hate it.

OP posts:
R0BYN · 19/10/2022 12:45

canthinkofone · 16/10/2022 17:37

I’m only typing out what he’s saying to try and make sense of it because I feel like I’m losing my mind, and like I’m the one who’s in the wrong. I’m not dismissing any advice. I’m just really struggling right now

You are allowed to be in the wrong. You are allowed to end it even if he is the most amazing man in the world and you are a crazy ungrateful bitch, an over protective mother or a liar who flirts with all the men at work.

You are not married and he’s not the father of your child. You have ZERO moral or legal obligation to go on trying to make this work with him. If anything, you have a duty of care to your daughter to keep such a controlling man out of her life.

He’s a terrible boyfriend and would undoubtedly be a controlling and abusive step father to your child. For both your sakes , get rid of him now.

Reach out to your one friend for support. Join some groups or clubs to improve your social life. Meet up after work with some of your colleagues.

Get some counselling and don’t date again until you've fixed your picker. You know this is about how your were brought up so get some help and work thorough some of your issues. You don’t need to be embarrassed / ashamed, we all have stuff liked this from our childhood.

Musti · 19/10/2022 13:35

I would end it op. He sounds controlling and jealous and that’s without having a hold on you. God help you if you get married or have kids with this abusive twat

canthinkofone · 29/10/2022 11:31

So I stupidly gave him another chance. It’s a week later and we’re still arguing. I feel like it’s my fault but I can’t do this any more. I just can’t.

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dontputitthere · 29/10/2022 11:35

Well end it. Tell him to fuck off

Nothings changed. He's still a cunt.

Put your daughter first.

AnneLovesGilbert · 29/10/2022 11:48

canthinkofone · 29/10/2022 11:31

So I stupidly gave him another chance. It’s a week later and we’re still arguing. I feel like it’s my fault but I can’t do this any more. I just can’t.

So don’t. Not sure what anyone can say. He’s an idiot. You don’t need him in your life, there’s nothing obligating you to argue or engage with him. Block him and move on. Choosing to stay in touch with him is choosing to stay addicted to the drama.

KettrickenSmiled · 29/10/2022 11:55

canthinkofone · 29/10/2022 11:31

So I stupidly gave him another chance. It’s a week later and we’re still arguing. I feel like it’s my fault but I can’t do this any more. I just can’t.

You willingly & deliberately brought this arsehole back into your daughter's life?
What the fuck were you THINKING?

Dump him again immediately, & go & get some therapy.

monsteramunch · 29/10/2022 11:56

Sometimes he’s great with dd but then other times he’s an arse and I feel as though he resents the fact that I my time isn’t solely on him.

If you stay with him you're choosing him over your daughter's wellbeing.

I do find myself walking on eggshells to keep him happy and not trigger a certain response but I think I’m used to that from childhood.

If you stay with him this will continue.

Again, that's choosing him over your daughter's wellbeing as your relationships are her blueprint for her future ones.

She's being taught that it's normal for a man to demand sole focus and attention, even above a child, and normal for a woman to walk on eggshells to 'keep him happy'.

If you don't leave and stay away from him then I'm sorry to say but you're letting your daughter down. And choosing him over her.

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