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Hes leaving me ? It's long but please help?

28 replies

Kylie10987 · 22/03/2023 08:34

I've been with my current bf for 4 years, we have a 2 year old son together. He's ready to leave me atm but I think our relationship is a big issue tbh but I'm finding it hard to believe I'm right to do so, so need advice please.

Prior to meeting him I was in a relationship with a narcissistic who controlled my finances and doings etc and when I broke up with him and met current bf few months after he told me that he couldn't believed what my ex had put me through (there's a lot to it)

Anyway I've never been happy with the way I look after having my daughter, I go to the gym but not as much as id like to as my bf works away so I work part time and get our child to and from nursery before i can go to work etc. He moans if i go to the gym when hes back at the weekend saying "id rather be anywhere but with him" so i stopped going on the weekend.

I also pay half towards our bills so even though he works away and I can only work part time because of his working away and child care i pick up £1000 a month with him picking up £4000 I still pay half to every bill, he just buys the "weekend shop" and the holidays we go on each year out of his tax rebate and the day trips out which I appreciate. If he pays for a day trip I've noticed he gives me less money towards bills as they come out of my account.

Now, I know people are against fillers but I've wanted to get a little filler in my top lip (it's fully reversible after 2 weeks if I don't like it) but he said he didn't want me to have it done,
i said i want it done and I'm sick of being with men who tell me what to do when, they do what they want as he gambles which I don't like (he's had a massive problem with gambling in the past - funny enough so did my ex) to the point he's knocked a couple of hundred pounds off his half of the bills because he gambled it away! I had to pay it with my savings, we have had conversations about it but not once have I threatened to leave him, i support him . He also smokes (I don't smoke) Also to mention he games on his PC until early hours of the morning when he comes back home and not to mention I do all the house work and this got me so down when we had a new born as I was up all night with him and bf slept in because of gaming all night! (I've been on depression pills since) not to knit pick but there's parts on his side that he does that I dont agree on but he's never stopped doing those things because I don't like them?

Well I got my lips done and told him and now he's accusing me of going behind his back? When I tried to have the conversation with him and he just said he doesn't want me to do it- end of! I said I'm booking it anyway but just didn't tell him when because of his reaction.

Well now he's canceling the holidays we have booked as im sly, he's taking our son on a day trip the weekend and he doesn't want me there even though I'm off this weekend and Said if I have money spare to do my lips then I can start paying for more around the house?
We have put our savings together and I put 10 grand (previous house sale savings) and he's put £300 in...

Everything we have got is the things I've brought because when I met him he used to blow his money and lives with his nan! (He was 31) he told me all he wants in life is a child and looking back now I don't think he knew what having a child involved and how hard it was but I don't regret My son with him.

He also mentioned that he's sick of me moaning at him for doing nothing when hes back the weekend as he works all week so can sit on his a**e if he wants.... all I ask is for him to clean his tobacco off the counter and run the hoover around when I'm at work on Saturday...

I know I'm ramberling on and my grammar is terrible as im crying but I just wanted to reach out to someone, I try telling my friend and she says I'm point blank stupid for being with him...

OP posts:
Kylie10987 · 22/03/2023 08:35

Also to mention when I met him he said he lived on his own and had his driving test booked for me to find out he has never lived on his own and he's never had a test booked.. I drive us everywhere and pay for the car...

OP posts:
SpacePotato · 22/03/2023 08:37

Leave him, he's a fucking arsehole who is financially abusing you.

itbemay · 22/03/2023 08:37

Why are you still with this man? It sounds like you'd be far better off on your own. I'm sorry but he sounds awful. You deserve better op

bluejelly · 22/03/2023 08:38

God he sounds awful. Can you afford to leave?

Addictedtohotbaths · 22/03/2023 08:40

Leave him but first take your £10k out of joint savings.

Hallmark1234 · 22/03/2023 08:41

I stopped reading your post half way, as soon as I got the gist of what he's like.

Please leave him. He's controlling you. Doing what the fuck he wants to do, but is manipulating you to stop doing what he doesn't like. Controlling, controlling, controlling!

He will never be there for you. Please make the break and he will be forced to pay for his child.

BluebellsareBlue · 22/03/2023 08:41

I know you are upset but im not sure what you actually get out of this relationship, do you know? Flowers

Kylie10987 · 22/03/2023 08:43

Thank you everyone, maybe my friend is right after all and he is good for nothing. I always think I'm the problem due to my depression but maybe he just uses that to get to me. I can't financially afford to leave comfortably, but I have savings that'll help me out

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Kylie10987 · 22/03/2023 08:45

@BluebellsareBlue I'm scared of not being financially stable and I'm scared of my son having a broken home. I don't want to leave but I know I have to. I guess I cope all week without him

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Hallmark1234 · 22/03/2023 08:46

Oh and grey rock him too. Don't expect anything from him and don't show you're upset, as he's getting a power trip from abusing you

You've done nothing wrong and deserve better treatment from him

Needanewnamebeingwatched · 22/03/2023 08:48

You've jumped from the frying pan straight into the fire 🔥

Leave him he is just as controlling

Kylie10987 · 22/03/2023 08:51

I feel stupid for getting lip filler as im swollen (it's normal first few days) and he'll take one look at me and and bang on how stupid I look and how he told me so.... I feel although maybe I shouldn't of got them done and listened to him. Is he angry that I've had them done or is he angry that I'll look stupid or then again is it because I did something he didn't want me to? I don't know.

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Hallmark1234 · 22/03/2023 08:58

Hopefully the swelling with subside in the next few day, but in the meantime, hold your head up high and ignore anything he says. He's just trying to belittle you. He won't leave, so don't worry about that. It's just another controlling and bullying tactic.

Faz469 · 22/03/2023 09:00

It doesn't matter what his reasons for being angry are. Its none of his business what you do with your body. Your body is yours and he doesn't get a say.

You had the decency to discuss it with him first. You went ahead and did what you wanted to do after that discussion. That's OK. Perfectly healthy and perfectly normal. As long as the cost of it doesn't affect the household.

Sounds like you deserve so much better. You've gone against what he wanted and now he's withholding day trips and holidays. That's emotional and financial abuse. I say LTB.

FruityLittleDrink · 22/03/2023 09:00

Before you do anything else take your 10K put of joint savings and put it in your own name.

MrsMoastyToasty · 22/03/2023 09:02

Let him take DC out on his own this weekend. Use the time to make plans to leave.

Ofcourseshecan · 22/03/2023 09:04

FruityLittleDrink · 22/03/2023 09:00

Before you do anything else take your 10K put of joint savings and put it in your own name.

Please do this. He is abusing you financially and emotionally. Please leave before the abuse gets physical too.

tothelefttotheleft · 22/03/2023 09:11

FruityLittleDrink · 22/03/2023 09:00

Before you do anything else take your 10K put of joint savings and put it in your own name.

This is the priority.

Lesvacances · 22/03/2023 09:12

@Kylie10987 when I decided to have my stomach pierced my dh wasn't keen.
However he realised I was serious and guess what he did?
He googled and checked out the piercing salons with me so that it would be done properly.
Because that's what good men do.

And when I worked part I paid a minimum towards the bills because dh was happy to support his wife and dc.
A good relationship is built on respecting and cherishing each other.

RoseMarigoldViolet · 22/03/2023 09:33

Please take your savings out of the joint account and keep it safe for you. You have said that he gambles. Your money will be gone.

Soakitup37 · 22/03/2023 09:36

Move that money asap. Seriously you’re worried about your financial Stability- well it’s gonna go downhill fast staying with him.

it is no coincidence that your ex has similar characteristics of your current partner. You need to break up and look at why you pick these sort of partners in the first place.

he doesn’t sound like he has any redeeming qualities and if anything he’s a bully who gets off on making you feel shit and controlling you (this control is what makes you depressed) He sounds like a man child, and he’s taking the absolute piss chopping and changing how finances are handled. And the gym? God forbid you better yourself! He would hate that.

open your eyes to this situation and see it for what it is. He’s a nasty piece of work. You didn’t leave one abuser to end up with another.

move YOUR money now! And leave.

FoxFeatures · 22/03/2023 09:38

You need to not think about a 'broken home'. It a foolish concern. You should be worried about your son growing up in a home where his mother is controlled by a liar.

Leave him and get you money out of the account today.

MoroccanRoseHChurch · 22/03/2023 09:39

Your friend is right.

FishChipsMushyPeas · 22/03/2023 09:44

He's ready to leave me atm

I bet he isnt, its just another control tactic.

ArcticSkewer · 22/03/2023 09:49

When you re-read your post, do you get any sense of the reality, op?

If you leave, don't look for a new partner. You'll just choose the same kind of man .. yet again. Instead, take time out to be alone, work on your mental health, look into the freedom programme, learn to spot the kind of man you need to avoid.

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