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He likes to tell me all the things I do wrong

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olivecosmos · 28/07/2024 08:05

I started writing a post but it was too long. I suppose I haven't talked about any of the issues and was trying to get it all out in words.
I deleted it and thought just a brief post wouldn't bore too much
From the advice of my doctor I sought help for my drinking. My partner also drinks. He told me I don't have a problem with alcohol but I felt that I did. I was drinking more than a bottle of wine every night and much more at weekends.
I am now abstaining from alcohol and have finished my programme with an alcohol support group. My partner still drinks.
He told me I create problems for myself and that I didn't have a drink problem and that he is sure I can find something else to have a problem with.
He often asks will I ever drink again and when I say I don't know , he says I don't think you ever will , but it doesn't feel like a compliment

I have since been trying to eat healthier and I have lost weight. Which he has praised me for repeatedly but also then he tells me I'm not eating enough, questions the food I put in my plate, pushes food at me.
This last few days I started calorie counting using an app to make sure I am eating enough.
He had 10 cans of lager and a couple of whisky's yesterday. I had to drive him to Something he needed to go to in the evening.
We stopped at the shop on the way home and I was hungry so grabbed a snack. When we got back I had a few things to do but then I recorded my calories on the app.
When I went to sit down he said I was obsessed that I rushed in to record calories and I should have sat down to relax first.
I disagreed and now it has escalated to he will cook his own food and I will cook mine. That was him saying that.
I'm sorry if this doesn't make much sense. My thoughts are so jumbled and I'm tired with not sleeping well

OP posts:
redastherose · 28/07/2024 11:08

Well done OP, you obviously did have a drinking problem at 7 bottles + a week and healthy eating habits and losing 2 stone is impressive.

He, however, doesn't have your best interests at heart. If he is constantly putting you down and criticising you, leaving you to run around and do everything in the house and doesn't make you happy what is he bringing to your party? It sounds like your relationship has probably run it's course as you are no longer compatible.

INeedAnotherName · 28/07/2024 17:06

I just didn't want to use it to run away too
There comes a point when running away equals saving yourself. It's not cowardly or selfish or whatever you think it might be, it's called self preservation. Live to fight another day and all that.

I am proud of what I have achieved.
Hell yes, you should be extremely proud 💪. However it will also be extremely easy to slip backwards especially when living with someone who might sabotage it all. You don't have to end the relationship but you really do need that breathing space between you,

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