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What do I do now?

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Jenna345 · 02/07/2023 06:53

I’m feeling very alone right now and I’m not sure how to keep strong or what my next steps are.

Me and my partner have been back together for a few months after being apart just over a year. In this time we both saw new people - nothing serious for either of us. In the past he’s had anger issues and a lot of them were taken out on me.

Last night we’d been to a party at my friends and decided to walk home after. Everything was fine we held hands , had a good night and everything seemed good. Suddenly on the walk home he turned and started demanding to know the surname of the guy I was seeing because he wanted to do him over. I wouldn’t give it to him and I said that I thought we were moving on from this. He proceeded to say that our sex life was rubbish because he didn’t want to go near me and that I was slag and a slut. He also knows I want a baby but said this is why he won’t ‘put a baby in that ‘. He started shouting in my face demanding his name , I was begging him to leave me alone but he kept blocking my way and pushing me. He pushed me a bit to hard and I ended up falling in a bush with spikes and ended up cutting my leg up. He then walked off leaving me on the side of the road having a panic attack saying that I wasn’t to come home.

Everything’s been so good and now I’m just left confused and back to square one. I’ve never cheated on him and the original break up was his choice. No idea what to do now…

OP posts:
Itstimetoquit · 10/07/2023 23:38

He's awful,i hope you find somewhere soon x

perfectcolourfound · 11/07/2023 11:23

Hi @Jenna345 that fact that you are doubting yourself or even considering that he might have a point is really worrying.

Facts:
Your relationship wasn't good first time around. He messed you around then.
You started again, and he pretended to be lovely for a while.
He's now decided to be abusive. He is absuive.

He doesn't have any right or need to know their names. Why would he? Those men did nothing wrong. You did nothing wrong. What can he hold against them? They dated a single woman. I would be very afraid of a man who could want to beat up another man for no reason other than he wants to.

And to use his logic - he also needs to share full details of the women he went with, so you can go and beat them up. Would he think that was OK? Would you think that was OK?

He doesn't need that information, and he has no right to it.

He was violent with you.
He is abusive.
He is trying to frighten you.
He is controlling you.
He is bad news, all the way through.

Yes there may be times when he's OK... that's how abusers ensnare people. If they were 100% rotten noone would date them. They are nice enough to reel you in, then they turn once they think they've weakened you enough to be able to treat you like shit and you'll stay. It's started for you - you're already doubting your own mind. You believe his opinions over your own. This is really dangerous.

Believe those of us on the outside - he is dangerous. vile. abusive. He doesn't love you.

In a good relationship, you don't have 'some' good times and some abuse. You have zero abuse. ZERO. Not any, ever. NONE. Please get out. Don't waste any more of your life on this scummy man.

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