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MamaBear9420 · 13/05/2023 12:24

So my partner always tells me he finds me really attractive and I appreciate that and we’ve been through some bad patches but last night he said, I really find you attractive, this is why I can’t leave you if I was to get horny I would always think of you. As for your personality I would’ve left a long time ago.

He reassure he loves me and cares for me and also says he is with me because I’m reasonable and etc but that comment threw me off..

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Usernamenotavailabletryanother · 13/05/2023 15:59

He seems to be very clear about why he’s still with you.

Why are you still with him?

SunflowerTed · 13/05/2023 16:01

He sounds shallow as a puddle

toodlesofoodles · 13/05/2023 16:40

He sounds rancid.

My husband wouldn't even THINK what came out of your "d"p's mouth, let alone say it to me! Imagine thinking that little of someone that you'd tell them they have a shit personality and don't even expect them to bat an eyelid because you made a backhanded "compliment" about their looks at the same time.

No. He is awful.

JMSA · 13/05/2023 17:08

What a dick he is. He's basically telling you he fancies you, but you're a shit person.
Lovely Confused

chergar · 13/05/2023 17:13

That is a horrible thing to say, looks fade or accidents can happen. Relationships cannot be built on looks alone, personality is the main thing, he doesn't love you for being you.

Not to be alarmist but I remember reading an article about a woman whose partner said similar, he disfigured her so nobody else would want her as all she had was her looks.

PollyThePixie · 13/05/2023 17:27

MamaBear9420 · 13/05/2023 12:43

I’ve never had a healthy relationship, so don’t know how one is supposed to look like and I’m really struggling. I think I keep staying because this is the most safest I’ve been in my whole life.

But you’ve learned from your past that what was said didn’t sound right at all. It means you’re developing emotionally and beginning to understand what’s healthy and what isn’t. You’re becoming healthy.

porridgeisbae · 13/05/2023 18:04

Ugh! I had one like that. How disrespectful. I suggest separating from him.

porridgeisbae · 13/05/2023 18:09

He's telling you that you have no personality.

Worse- he's saying her personality would've caused him to leave if he didn't think she was hot. Shock

So mean.

billy1966 · 13/05/2023 18:20

What an awful nasty thing to say.

Not surprised that you have had a baby.

Nasty abusive men love to ramp it up when they feel their victim is stuck.

Help yourself OP.

Do NOT have another child with him.

Go back to work full-time.

Keep your own money.

This is not a good safe relationship and he is not a good man.

Do not trust him.

arethereanyleftatall · 13/05/2023 18:30

Oh no op. That's awful. That isn't in any way near acceptable. I would be absolutely getting my ducks in a row, ten month old baby or not.

MacarenaMacarena · 13/05/2023 22:10

After reading your other post this evening, this is the least of your worries. You need to look at the bigger picture. Addressing one gross aspect of an unhappy situation is not chipping away and sorting things out, it's displacing the big problems.

Rainbowqueeen · 13/05/2023 22:23

There’s no need to raise it with him if you do want to leave. All you need to say is that the relationship isn’t working for you.

It sounds like you are realising that this is toxic. Start getting your ducks in a row.

DGay · 13/05/2023 22:34

Sounds like he is into for your looks only. What happens if your looks go? Betting he goes, too. Personality is much more important than looks.

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