My partner completely unexpectedly (in my view) walked out on me and our baby almost 3 weeks ago. Everything was fine, we had petty words due to exhaustion, and then he packed a bag and left, while I (shamefully) was crying and begging him to stay and talk to me.
Since then, hes barely been in contact, despite our baby being in hospital on two occasions and it being their first birthday. He always appeared to be a very loving, hands on father and everyone who knew him thought he was an "amazing" dad. He was, or seemed to be, very close to the baby, saying how the baby is all that matters, the best thing to ever happen to him etc and he did show that in his actions everyday.
Following my maternity leave we made a joint decision for me to leave my job and cancel our nursery place, he was extremely encouraging of this. So now I am left with no job or nursery place. Since hes left I've discovered he wasnt paying some/a lot of the bills he told me he was paying and we are in lots of debt, CCJ, baliffs involved etc. I had no idea about this, however as I am still in our privately rented property I am liable for these debts, as it was things like council tax. It also means I am giving up our/my car as its in my name and I can no longer afford it, that adds onto "my" debts. When he left he went onto my banking and sent himself 1k.
I messaged his ex partner who advised he had left her in a similar position and everything he has told me about his past and relationship history has been a lie. He also has used drugs while in our relationship 2 years ago, which he vehemently denied, but i rightly or wrongly messaged his old colleague who confirmed, as i did have some suspicions a few years ago.
I just dont know how i begin to process this? I have spoken lots and lots with family and friends who are very helpful, but i am sick of burdening them and I have used the Relationship board in the past and found it helpful. I have NC for this. I feel like I've discovered something new everyday and cant explain the shock, at all the lies, the situation hes left me in and most of all, him not bothering with our baby! When he does get in touch its to threaten solicitors, but hes not actually checked in, didnt message happy birthday or send a card, hasnt been to visit and it's feeling more and more like hes doing a runner from it all, including our baby.
I'm absolutely heartbroken, I didnt expect this from him at all, he seemed like the best dad and family man, everything was 50/50, he did everything for us/me, or so it felt like. He really was as involved in everything as me, so I dont understand how he can do this. I am coping okay, better than I would have thought, I just did not expect to be a single parent 11 months in. Ive applied for CMS, however they cant locate him.
Thanks all, any support or insight would be invaluable, im sure I've missed loads, but its also cathartic typing it out.