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I need a little push to leave…

34 replies

Forestwitxh · 28/04/2025 00:22

My 45M bf flipped out and it came out of nowhere.
For context, I 32F get up at 4:30 to get ready for work so he can get in the shower for 5:30, well this morning he comes in the bathroom at 5:15 demanding I get out, I said I was almost done and that he usually doesn’t go in until 5:30. He started gaslighting me saying he never told me that and he’s always maintained that he has to be in the shower for 5:15. When I changed shifts I made sure to ask him what time I needed to be out of the bathroom so he could do his thing he expressly said 5:30 because he wakes up at 4 and plays his video games until then. I have adjusted myself to HIS schedule and routine. He’s a recovered addict and has to have routine. I woke up late and didn’t go into the bathroom until 5. Fast forward to the bathroom incident, I told him “all you had to do was ask me to leave or remind me of the 5:15 time” he responds with “first of all I don’t have to do anything” and goes on a tirade, calling me a dummy. He then gets in the shower and proceeds to call me a borage of names (retard and dummy mostly) and tells me to switch back to 3rd shift with all the other (vile names) because I can’t get up early enough. I didn’t bother trying to argue I just simply asked him “do you even like me” and he says “I hate you” …
Hearing that broke me and I instantly started crying, I was shaking, I was a mess all day.
He never apologized.
This convo is me asking why, how pathetic am I.
I know i need to leave but I’ve sank so much into this relationship and now I have nothing.

I need a little push to leave…
I need a little push to leave…
OP posts:
Itiswhysofew · 29/04/2025 21:30

He sounds like a bloody awful human being.

Would you be able to move closer to family, if that'll help in any way?

Could you look for a new job, so you don't have to be in the same building as him, then save enough money to move out ASAP?

Don't give him anymore of your time. He doesn't deserve anything from youFlowers

LittleGreenDragons · 29/04/2025 21:46

First of all is the house rented or owned?

Get onto rightmove and look at rentals and how much they are, preferably looking at the other side of work so you won't need to bump into him.

Get a cheap little run around - go on autotrader and put in your price, type etc and see what shows.

Stop paying for his son or any other extras. You are wasting your escape fund and I actually wonder if his poor money management is a deliberate ploy to keep you trapped. Do not sabotage your escape because you are scared. It's more scary staying.

You CAN do this.

Forestwitxh · 17/10/2025 14:54

UPDATE:

Hey everyone,
I just wanted to say thank you to everyone who left a comment, word of encouragment, anyone who validated me, it gave me the strength & will power to take the next step. Because of you all I was able to see through the fog and make an exit plan with the help of a therapist. It’s been the hardest year of my life but i am free! I am sending love to you all and to anyone who is where I was. Community makes all the difference in the world 💟

OP posts:
Merseymum1980 · 17/10/2025 20:29

Forestwitxh · 17/10/2025 14:54

UPDATE:

Hey everyone,
I just wanted to say thank you to everyone who left a comment, word of encouragment, anyone who validated me, it gave me the strength & will power to take the next step. Because of you all I was able to see through the fog and make an exit plan with the help of a therapist. It’s been the hardest year of my life but i am free! I am sending love to you all and to anyone who is where I was. Community makes all the difference in the world 💟

This is amazing, did you leave,how did you manage etc

notsorighteousthesedays · 17/10/2025 20:38

Congratulations. Onwards and upwards xx

RandomMess · 17/10/2025 21:10

That is such fabulous news, see how strong you are!

AttilaTheMeerkat · 17/10/2025 21:45

Fabulous news indeed!

IGJ10 · 17/10/2025 21:46

Congratulations! You are an inspiration to all the women struggling to get out of toxic or abusive relationships. Sending lots of hugs x

BonneMaman77 · 18/10/2025 12:45

You do have something left in you, this is what drove you to stand your ground during your conversation with him and to post here. Now listen to your own cry for help which is why you posted here. You have a lot left in you and that piece of you is going to help you leave.

Leave now. Don’t lose anymore of yourself where you don’t want to.

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