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Is there a name for this behaviour and how do you deal with it?

27 replies

Ontheirtermsonly · 26/11/2025 21:18

When you have a disagreement with OH and need some time to get over it but they suddenly decide that they’ll say ‘sorry’ and it HAS to be over then. On their terms and in their time? No matter who is wrong or right or even if nobody is to blame ?
I feel like I’m never allowed to come round in my own time ? When I say ‘no sorry I don’t feel ready to make up yet - I’m still hurt and need some time alone’ they just fly off the handle about how difficult I am.

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RescueMeFromThisSilliness · 27/11/2025 16:58

Ontheirtermsonly · 26/11/2025 21:58

It’s exactly like that. I said to him once that it really showed the apology was insincere the way he lost his temper when I didn’t immediately jump up smiling as if nothing happened?! That it just shows it wasn’t meant at all but was just being used to try and force me to conform somehow like I can switch emotions in an instant

My ex is an ex for a reason, and this is one of them.

He always used to pull stunts like this about a half an hour before we were due to go out to see friends, or to a party or something. Then he'd be displaying a jovial happy-go-lucky front to everyone else, whilst I was still trying to get over my upset. He'd often whisper things like 'stop looking so miserable ffs' in my ear, just to keep it going, so people at the event thought he was the life and soul of the party and I was a moody miseryguts. Bastard. I should have got rid of him a lot sooner than I did, to be honest.

AttilaTheMeerkat · 27/11/2025 17:04

He now needs to become your ex. Such men do not change,

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