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Is this dodgy behaviour?

36 replies

Piggywiggydoodlepip · 22/08/2025 20:07

What would you think of a man who criticises you, and then when you get upset accuses you of "being in the huff"?

Then when you are even more upset refuses to give you a few minutes to yourself to to think, get your head together?

Is this gaslighting/manipulation?

OP posts:
BCBird · 23/08/2025 20:51

Piggywiggydoodlepip · 22/08/2025 23:24

He also once said to me "don't correct me". That's bad too, right?

Waaat? He needs to be gone

MemorableTrenchcoat · 23/08/2025 20:55

It’s not gaslighting, it’s simply unpleasant behaviour. Why tolerate it?

Whatareyoutalkingaboutnow · 23/08/2025 20:57

🚩 x 1,000,000,000 etc.
Get him in the sea, pronto.

Piggywiggydoodlepip · 23/08/2025 21:20

Dabberlocks · 23/08/2025 20:51

Yes. He needs to be dumped before his verbal aggression becomes physical.

This is what scares me. If I finish with him, what he might do.

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Hellohihola · 23/08/2025 21:24

From someone who’s been in this position to stay around to see it escalate, my advice is run.. now.

Dabberlocks · 23/08/2025 21:32

Piggywiggydoodlepip · 23/08/2025 21:20

This is what scares me. If I finish with him, what he might do.

Oh blimey. All the more reason to get out sooner rather than later then.

You simply cannot stay in a relationship with someone you are scared of.

Piggywiggydoodlepip · 24/08/2025 08:27

Thanks for all your replies. They really help.

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myrtlehuckingfuge · 24/08/2025 08:54

How long have you been together? Does he live with you? Do you have children? Do you have any support in real life?
Please don't stay with anyone who scares you, it will only get worse.

BitOutOfPractice · 24/08/2025 08:57

Do you live together op? Just trying to offer suggestions of staying safe if you leave him.

He sounds really nasty.

Piggywiggydoodlepip · 24/08/2025 16:37

We don't live together, and we don't have children.

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SageSorrelSaffron · 15/11/2025 05:51

Piggywiggydoodlepip · 22/08/2025 23:24

He also once said to me "don't correct me". That's bad too, right?

That’s actually horrific. Sally Challen’s husband used say “ Don’t question me”. An acknowledged abuser and monster.

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