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DP’s jealousy destroying relationship

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belnding · 25/04/2025 16:35

This is really weird- I’ve been with DP for 6 years, and now what feels like out the blue his jealousy is destroying our relationship.

He suddenly has a crazy hatred for my ex husband who I split from 12 years ago.

he absolutely hates my job and everything to do with it. But was equally hating when I reduced my hours to part time as it is me doing something I want to be doing (my take on it)

he hates the fact I’m on a club social committee- yet he too is on a social committee for another club

goes without saying loads of issues around my relationship with my children.

hates the fact I go to counselling- yet always watches programmes championing mental health etc. so it’s not that he’s against counselling- just against me doing it.

I feel really flummoxed- this has all come out of the blue really, and I feel really undermined on all of those issues above.

everyone is going to say ltb. I just feel really sad for what had been a really good relationship.

money is the only root cause I can think of. I have a house and he doesn’t and is in debt with no chance of owning one.

OP posts:
Gymnopedie · 26/04/2025 00:54

Could be an OW - not liking you being at work, not liking you being on the committee could be him projecting what he's doing on to you.

To me it sounds more like jealousy and resentment of what you have and do, but rather than trying to talk it though, or change his own situation, he wants to bring you down. Talking you down to feel better about himself. Every time he belitttles you, he feels bigger.

In the bin!

uncomfortablydumb60 · 26/04/2025 01:25

He dislikes every aspect of your life.
Immediate thought Guilty.. cheating perhaps

mathanxiety · 26/04/2025 02:17

This is an easy one.

You own the house? You throw him out along with all his stuff and you never let him back.

Springtimehere · 26/04/2025 03:27

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healthybychristmas · 26/04/2025 06:49

Has he moved in with you? If so he needs to move straight back out again. He has serious problems but you are not the person to resolve them. As I have read on here many times, women are not rehab centres for inadequate men.

Alongtoe · 26/04/2025 07:00

MoominMai · 25/04/2025 18:14

I so feel for you! I forgot to say like your DP my ex irrationally hated any and I mean any interaction with another male and if we were in on holiday somewhere and I said I’d been there before, he’d always give me the third degree re who it was with and if it was an ex BF he’d want to know more like so so weird then I may reluctantly tell him eg a lot of them were v successful more so than him but he pushes and pushes so I told - and then the best part is in an argument (always started by him over some other jealous moment) he’d throw it in my face that I made him feel less than talking about this or that successful BF!!? I mean yiu couldn’t make it up - Utter insanity!

Did you have children when with him? @MoominMai
Did he have big issues with your relationship with them?

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