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Who the hell was my husband really?

59 replies

feelthehealer · 16/01/2024 16:44

He's 42.

Ex husband. Going through a divorce. He with his current partner days after we separated - more than likely over lapped. No proof but I'm sure we did.

I haven't seen anything of my ex husband in almost 3 months. We have a son together who he rarely sees.

I've been good at not snooping at them. He's blocked on my Facebook (which is all the social media I have) and she's blocked me for some reason. Never spoken to her or met her in my life so who knows why.

I also have a daughter - she's 13. (She's from a previous relationship- she is not my ex husbands child)

She came home from school and said 'mum I've got to show you this'.

She had stumbled across my ex husbands new girlfriends tik tok account . There's only a few videos and they are of him and her. In these videos, they are both either drunk or drinking. Bitb have a glass in their hand. Both dancing about, both just being daft. There's one of them doing a gavin and Stacey sketch.

He would have never of done anything with me. I went through a phase of doing network marketing (don't come at me!) and would always try get him in my videos but the answer was always no.

He's 42. Never drunk while he was with me. Claimed that life wasn't for him anymore. He was a gambling addict and used to do football bets every single night. We never went out. He never wanted too. He was happy apparently with our quiet life. Though was very abusive - I'm still in therapy.

It also worries me - it shouldn't - but he is a gambling addict. Could he easily get addicted to alcohol? I have my son to think about here. There's other tik told if hair her and her mate dancing about with cans in their hands. It looks like drink is now a very big part of his life.

She's late thirties - was in my year at school though I didn't know her. The absolute opposite of me. We weren't alike in the slightest.

This isn't the husband that I knew. It hurt to see it yet I also think they are both pathetic?

Also - he's never ever seen gavin and Stacey. I love gavin and Stacey but he would never ever watch it with me. So that did hurt to be honest. Even though I know it was just a bloody tik tok 🙄

Anyway my daughter didn't mean to upset me. It's just we haven't seen him in forever and she thought I would want to see. She also wasn't snooping - she came up as a suggested person as the new girlfriend has a daughter the same age as my daughter and they all have mutual friends - just not the same school thank goodness.

So yeah... not nice to see considering I haven't even seen a recent photo of him in months.

I won't look again and my daughter has blocked the account so she can't look either. We don't need to see it, it was just a shock for us both to see someone that still sort of feels like our family is now happy as Larry enjoying life while me and my family are still trying to pick up the pieces of his betrayal and abuse.

Everyone is telling me how classy I have handled this. I've let him go without saying a word. There's many things I could say. Many texts I could have sent when I feel he's let my son down but I'm just staying quiet. No reaction to anything. I ended up having to call the police the last time I saw him as he refused to leave our home and was scaring the life out of me. These tik toks were made 4 weeks later.

Don't know why I'm posting...just need to vent. Sorry x

OP posts:
Giggorata · 23/04/2024 08:04

It does indeed sound messy and stressy in the other household.
You sound a lot more moved on from it all, and I hope that you're getting some peace and that the DC are OK.

Lighteningstrikes · 23/04/2024 08:20

He's a shameful embarrassment of a man.

Stay strong and look after your precious DCs.

Train yourself to compartmentalise him.

You will be OK, it's still very early days, it just takes time, but you will get there.

You'll look back at him one day in the future and you will laugh at his downfall, because it will catch up with him, it always does with saddos like him.

Theunamedcat · 23/04/2024 08:26

My ex was like this quit smoking (I didnt smoke) didn't drink (he didn't really drink before we got together but I don't drink) got with an alcoholic smoker suddenly he is showing up to see the kids reeking of booze and cigarettes unfortunately he used to collect them from school so I couldn't stop him the school reported him and he started collecting them sober then he dropped them

caringcarer · 23/04/2024 09:16

Go through CMS for maintenance.

TrueMonday · 23/04/2024 09:20

It's very straightforward. He is whoever he is with at the time.

My therapist explained this to me (within the context of narcissism) and it was one of those 'Ah!' moments.

KiwiOtter · 23/04/2024 09:30

Sorry OP. He sounds like he is going through some midlife crisis. Reality will hit home for him when the baby arrives.

They hardly sound mature or stable enough to have this poor baby.

Hopefully you can see through the hurt that he is a loser that didn’t deserve you.

SheSellsSea · 23/04/2024 10:01

I think it sounds like you are very embarrassed of him. My ex also self imploded. A few years later he’s turned back into much the same spineless manipulative wanker he was when I knew him. Also was very insistent on filing for divorce then refused to do any of the normal steps. It cost me a lot of extra money chasing him. I thought he had a plan but I think actually he was just wanking himself senseless in strip bars while I looked after our children… anyway, it will cease to reflect on you and become more obvious it is his life as the bonds between you decrease.

birleywoo · 23/04/2024 11:23

PoochiesPinkEars · 23/04/2024 07:52

Wow he really is a total car crash isn't he.
Hope you are starting to be able to detach and just focus on protecting your son as best you can.
I hope this other woman can stop drinking while pregnant, foetal alcohol syndrome is no joke. 😔

To be honest I think my ex planned the whole thing. As I said previously, he was never into drinking really. The fact that she likes a drink and goes out will send his paranoia to spiral out of control. Getting her pregnant is the one way he can stop it all. Obviously I'm not the gambler out of me and him but I'd put money on it.

He wanted me to get pregnant straight away and the same with his other dc - his exs were pregnant very quickly.

I do worry for this baby but just have to remind myself it really isn't my problem. I do think it's got disaster written all over it though.

Giggorata · 23/04/2024 20:15

I'm sorry to ask, but I can't help myself. What's a “sex kit”?

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