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Kind of regretting getting back with him.

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DollyOakley16 · 18/05/2025 12:58

My partner and I split up for three months. I was fed up with his drinking and being a twat on alcohol sometimes. We don't live together. He pursued me relentlessly until I agreed to go back. I was doing fine. He promised to cut back on his evening drinking. First he said he was just sticking to beer as he is fine on beer. Bacardi is his spirit. He has started back to his usual drinking again after four weeks. I told him under no circumstances to start any rows with me on drink. He has been ok even though he drinks bacardi again and we have had some nice days out. Ive just got mixed emotions about the relationship. I actually quite liked being on my own with my dog and 20 year old son. I care about him but I feel nothing has really changed even though we are back together. If I tell him I want to be on my own again he won't take no for an answer. I think he feels he is fine as he is and cant aee an issue with it. He didn't stick to what he said he would do and thinks it's ok that he didn't. Have I a valid point here?! I have a drink twice a week. I'm not teetotal. I'm just a bit dillusioned.

OP posts:
category12 · 18/05/2025 16:24

Being fed up with him is a perfectly valid reason to dump him.

FinallyHere · 19/05/2025 13:26

You know you don’t need any reason other than you don’t want to continue. You’d say he won’t take no for an answer as if you don’t have any agency here. Of course you have the power to get him out of your life.

change the lock barrels (great how to videos on you-tube ).

why put up with him thinking he can agree to do stuff then just break his word? You have got this, don’t let him.

Gardendiary · 19/05/2025 13:30

It literally doesn’t matter whether it is valid or not. You have autonomy, he doesn’t get to decide whether you are together and pester you in to staying. You deciding it is not good enough for you is enough!

Mackerelfillets · 19/05/2025 20:21

Bottom line- he is an alcoholic. At the moment alcohol is more important than you. You cannot change this. Al-anon would tell you not to change your life to accommodate him. Staying with him whilst he drinks is stealing your peace of mind and enabling his drinking. You shouldn't have to put up with it. He might not think it's a problem for him...fair enough....but it is for you. Of course he's going to pursue you, why wouldn't he, his life is better with you in it....but yours is worse. If you want to give him an ultimatum tell him you are prepared to start dating again once he has been sober for 3 or 6 months. From experience this is unlikely to happen. Alcoholics have to stop for themselves not for other people. Sorry OP but there is no point sugar coating this.

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