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Is this normal.

33 replies

Daisy12Maisie · 09/09/2023 17:32

Ill change a few details so i cant be identified but the "facts" are:

Ive lived alone wirh my children for a long time.
Full time stressful job plus overtime.
Own business that is purely an investment for children and in 5 years i can close it down. It is costing me money at the moment due to interest rates so very stressful. Hopefully there is a resolution for this but not confirmed.

So i am aware i may be over reacting due to stress.

3 weeks ago i broke my arm so cant drive. I have been struggling to walk to bus stop (quite far away) because of heat. Shopping is harder. I can order online but things i need daily im trekking to the shop for as well as the usual working, running a house etc.

Bf of 2 years hasnt offered to help once. We live separately and recently its emerged that he always wantd to live separately. I dont as i think life would be easier in a couple eg if something breaks not 100% my problem to fix.

Ive said im strggling with shopping at the moment.
He has told his mate that the accident was my fault. It was but its still not nice that he said that.

There is a household thing i need to sort out (cant explain without being outing). Very difficult with broken arm and he has said ill help you when im back from my holiday next week. He also said he would help me if i needed a lift to the shops then. My issue is i dont believe him. He hasnt helped until now despite me asking. So he is basically saying 4 weeks after you need help i will help you but i dont think he will. He is away for 3 nights next week.

Im not usually so needy and can look after myself but its been a horrendous 3 weeks and i feel like what is the point of having a bf if the one time i need help he doesnt help me. A friend came to visit and got me some flowers the day after the accident. She mentioned that when i spoke to him on the phone he just spoke about himself and didnt ask if i was ok.

When ive brought up something perfectly reasonable before he made out i was being ridiculous so i know he will react badly if i say i feel really alone and crap and basically still single as i get no support. If it was the other way round i would definitely be helping him because i wouldnt want to watch him struggle.

I may be over reacting as life is stressful at the moment.
Any thoughts or advice?

Im not going to say anything else to him before he goes away but i will when he gets back.

OP posts:
Daisy12Maisie · 10/09/2023 06:24

Thank you. I hope you feel better soon.

OP posts:
Poppyblush · 10/09/2023 07:30

He clearly doesn’t give a toss about you. If he did, he’d be helping. Get rid.

something2say · 10/09/2023 07:35

When it comes down to it, will your mate or friend or partner stand by while you are suffering, and if so, they are not good choices to have next to you in life.

Sorry love x throw him back and find a man who would RUN to you if you needed help.

Watchkeys · 10/09/2023 08:17

I might just say the truth but very briefly so there is less to argue with. "The relationship is not making me happy as i feel like im on my own

That's a good plan. You're telling him something, after all, not opening a conversation and seeking out his opinion.

Pumpkinpie1 · 10/09/2023 08:32

Hope you feel better soon . You deserve better

Denimdreams · 10/09/2023 08:33

The only words you need are.

"This isnt working for me, I'm ending our relationship"

Don't explain or justify.

When words and actions don't match its a sign of a toxic and manipulative person.

Tilllly · 10/09/2023 08:36

That's shocking, I can't believe anyone would treat a partner so carelessly
You don't matter to him
🏃‍♀️

Isabellivi · 10/05/2025 08:08

Listen he doesn’t value you, and I’m sorry to say that bluntly. You need to break it off with him. He is using you and has no intention of staying with you long term. You have been with him a long time and he has no intention of living together, is going on holiday without you, and never helps you. This is not a BF. It isn’t even a friend

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