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Feeling deflated

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2018aajc · 19/05/2025 14:57

Partner of almost a year is showing more and more controlling ways due to their insecurities. Almost every day a comment is made to me how he doesn’t trust me or women in general (due to past relationships) not down to me. And when he doesn’t get to see me he will randomly start an argument to which then blames me for cause he’s not happy so basically I need to be un happy too. Nothing like this if we are together only when we aren’t. It’s getting really draining now? It’s just not normal behaviour, I do snap back because I have never been in this situation before and I say to him you are coming across abusive, like for an example he got upset over something at the weekend turned it on me and then said I need to make him happy, I said this isn’t normal behaviour and he said so your not going to try and make it better? Anyone been in this situation, I am a very strong minded person and very head on so I don’t just accept it when he saids it I have to have my say too, there is other things also, that there isn’t many men that would want me cause I have a child from a previous relationship and basically I’m lucky! I’ve never in my life come across behaviour like this especially in a relationship and I’m just looking for some advise?

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DorothyStorm · 19/05/2025 22:33

Advice? Stop analysing his shitty behaviour and just end the relationship and block him on everything.

why spend anymore time with an abuser?

category12 · 19/05/2025 22:34

Break up with him.

gamerchick · 19/05/2025 22:43

You have a kid OP. You don't have the resources to take on a badly trained bloke. It won't have a future as you can't progress and have him permanently in your bairns life.

These types of men are hard to shake off as it is.. don't prolong it.

Goldie83 · 20/05/2025 00:07

He sounds just like my ex. Awful when we were apart, nice when we were together. For around the first year. Only, the awfulness when we were apart started creeping into time together. Let me tell you, it doesn’t get better - and I understand why you stay - it’s because he’s keeping you off balance. Highs and lows are addictive. You might think by showing him your phone / staying off WhatsApp late at night so he doesn’t see you were online / letting him have your passcode / maybe even literally showing your commitment by getting engaged to him will ease his insecurity. It won’t. Me and ex DP were literally ENGAGED. I hadn’t looked in the direction of another man in 5 years, and he still managed to call me a ‘selfish sl*g’ and scream at me for refusing to divulge information about my PAST sexual partners when he’d had too much to drink one night. Don’t do what I did and waste 5 years on an emotionally inept man. Move on for yours and your child’s sake.

MarkingBad · 20/05/2025 00:26

I'm another one who will say he won't get better, he needs to sort out his trust issues with therapy, there is absolutely nothing you can do for him. You didn't cause them or keep him contining the behaviour. Whatever you do or say will never be enough to alleviate the issue.

I know because I had 2 like this and a couple of relatives like this, eventially it turns it to something altogether more nasty. One of my relatives did overcome it eventually, with help, but he sought help too so he was ready to work on it.

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