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I live a life of luxury. How do I leave & start from scratch?

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Tiredofhavingitall · 27/10/2022 10:53

I live abroad, in the sun with DP of 4 years, DD almost 1 and I’m 8 weeks pregnant.
I don’t work, we have a beautiful house with a pool and land, cleaners, a gardener, cars, and I have access to money whenever I need.
I am completely financially dependent on DP, who works from home, or anywhere he can get phone signal. He has an online company with a few staff that generates an income no matter how many hours he works each week.

DP has ptsd from multiple traumas throughout his life and as a result, alcohol is a big problem.
I’m not sure I can deal with his anger and drink binges any longer. He has tried professional help a number of times, but struggles to stick to anything. I’m exhausted, and I’m not sure I can deal with the fall out any longer.

How do I move back to the UK on my own with DD and start again? My family are supportive, but they don’t have the space or the money to help me out.
Are there charities etc who can offer help?

OP posts:
MolliciousIntent · 30/10/2022 08:46

Arghh1234 · 30/10/2022 08:25

You are all very ignorant about addiction and trauma.

And you're very ignorant about the damage that growing up in a home with an addict can do to a child.

OP's first responsibility is to her child, who will absolutely be better off away from her alcoholic father.

OP's partner will not change until he decides he wants to. There is nothing she can do to help him until he decides he wants help and until then she must protect herself and her child.

cestlavielife · 30/10/2022 09:52

Would you leave your husband if he was suffering from cancer?

Well yes if he was being abusive and say fir example smashing things due to the cancer and scaring dc
You would get him into some kind of facility which would deal with that behaviour
And if he refused
Then best to get the kids away at least temporarily

BlueSkyAndButterflies · 02/11/2022 01:35

Arghh1234 · 30/10/2022 07:10

Staying with him is hard, but leaving is also hard. I’d think carefully about which hard you are choosing. Couples counselling sounds easier to me 🤷‍♀️

You can't have couples counseling with an alcoholic or abusive person, it doesn't work. Couples counseling is for situation where both parties are willing to change in order to make the marriage work. It's of no use where one person wants the other person to change.

BlueSkyAndButterflies · 02/11/2022 01:44

Arghh1234 · 30/10/2022 08:09

I didn’t say it was. Addiction is a disease. Would you leave your husband if he was suffering from cancer? Surely couples therapy is at least worth trying? Raising a family as a single parent sounds harder to me than helping my husband through his lowest life point. Maybe he needs to go to rehab? Maybe he needs more support? Maybe abandoning him isn’t the answer? Therapy will help her have these discussions instead of running away from the problems. 🤷‍♀️

OP is well within her rights morally and legally to run away from the problem of an abusive relationship with an addict. "Abandoning" (strange choice of word, he's not her dependant) him is the answer to her problem.

His problem isn't hers to fix. It's ok if she wants to prioritize herself in her own life and it's necessary for her to prioritize her children.

If someone developed cancer and became an abusive person as a result my advice would be the same: leave.

Just because it's her partner's lowest point doesn't mean OP is obliged to support him, especially when doing so is to the detriment of herself and her children.

BlueSkyAndButterflies · 02/11/2022 01:48

Arghh1234 · 30/10/2022 08:25

You are all very ignorant about addiction and trauma.

And you are very ignorant about people's rights and responsibilities towards themselves and others. OP doesn't owe her partner help or support.

addingnewthoughts · 08/05/2023 18:15

@Tiredofhavingitall may I ask how you are doing, how is it going (how did it go)?

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