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I dont know how to move forward from my relationship and marriage.

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WorthyHelper · 30/11/2025 14:01

my husband and i got married in
early 2024. we were in a 2 year long distance relationship. a month after wr got married i got a job in my hometown and this was a 3 year contract potentially extended to 5 if we had children. i told my husband from the second date that life with me was not going to be easy as i needed to do my training and could not guarantee where i was going to live. he initially agreed to support me and said wed get through anythijg because he loved me.

in october 2024 we reserved a house and he asked me to put my half of the holding deposit down but never put his half in and that caused a big argument and when i texted my mum about this she said just get hum to put the rest of the money down for the housr and if he acts up kick him out. This was not a gfrat rrsponse but my husband got my phonr went thrlugh my messages and saw these and villified me fkr the next 11 months saying me and ny mum plotted to get his money off him.

In december 2024 the day before legal completion of the house he tried to pull out of the sale as he wanted assurances that in 3 years time we will move back to his city. he then put the majority of the mlney down for the deposit about 80% of it. we moved in the house in january 2025 and he only moved in with a backpsck and left the rest of his stuff in his hometown. we lived togetjer for 3 months and it was diffocult - we had lots of arguments about money and he wouldnt let me sleep at night before work. he lived on thr house half a week for 10 weeks beflre giving up and telling me he wanted a dkvlrce in late april 2025.

we didnt speak for 6 wreks in may 2025 and then between june to november he was coming fown to the marital home intermittently saying he wanted it to work and half didnt. in november we moved back in and said we would give it a month but we lasted 2 weeks because the old issues resurgaced - hed keep me up at night before work, call me names, get angry and would go to his city when angry without resolving conflict, he would expect me to be out with him every evening when i came home from work and of not hed just drive my car around the city but not fill the petrol tank up or complain about fillin petrol tank up. Hed expect me out on the weekends when i wanted to rest and wouldnt really help woth household chores - id ask for help then be told im controlling. It was really difficult and this lasted 2 weeks.

He earned 3x my wage but in september pulled the direct debit and expects me to do 50% of the mortgage and bills each month which is putting me under massive financial strain.

yesterday he told me again he doesmt think the marriage will work and we should go our separate ways and he siad his life job career gym family and frienfs are all in his city but at the same time he trlls me he has handed his notice in at work and im not sure i belive him. Whenevwr he gets lonely he will syart calling me and then coming back to tje marital home.

he pressured me into filing for divorce i spetmber 2025 bevause he withdrew the mlrtgage dorect debit but i never wanted the divorce and was happy to retract the papers. I dont know how im going to get kver him. He was the love of my life and man id planned my whole life with and i have no idea what do.

Im honestly scared ill be on my own flrever and not be a mum after all of this and spend my life hearrbroken pining after him.jnable to move on.evwry single thing reminds me of him. I feel like i cant go to tje supermarket or walk around town wothour thinking of hom and dont know how to mkve on woth my life qhen it has been so entangled woth someone else who is not there anymore. Im nlt lookkng forward to xhristmas eotber as all tje traditions have been thrpwn out the qindow and am dreading it all.

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Endofyear · 30/11/2025 14:53

Sorry OP but he sounds like a selfish bully and you're better off without him.

ClickClickety · 30/11/2025 15:06

Horrible man who would be a horrible father. You are well rid.

FeistyFrankie · 30/11/2025 15:31

He has treated you TERRIBLY. Are you sure he doesn't have some kind of double life going on, another relationship/family in the city he's from?

Regardless.. he is obviously not fully committed to you. Let him go. You will find someone much, much better for you once the heartbreak has healed.

WorthyHelper · 30/11/2025 17:04

FeistyFrankie · 30/11/2025 15:31

He has treated you TERRIBLY. Are you sure he doesn't have some kind of double life going on, another relationship/family in the city he's from?

Regardless.. he is obviously not fully committed to you. Let him go. You will find someone much, much better for you once the heartbreak has healed.

No i dont think he does. Hes just been very inconsistent with me. Doesnt want to lay for the mortgage or bills in a house he lives in half the week according to him. He tells my his friebds familynlife snd gym are all in his city bht he dkesnt see any of his friends and they all livr across the country nkt in his city and his famiky onky consists kf three immediage membera. He is nkt close to the resr kf his famiky. Im having auch a hard gime with it bwcause i cant grapple wkth the fzct that we were once so close and so happy and i feel ljke things have cjnaged so drastically in such a short peruod thst my whole head is confused. I never wanted our good relautonahip to end but the entirety of 202t has been my worsr nightmare. He said yesterday thst he wanted to punish ne for closung the joint bank account in may and im just at ny wits end because to lose my husband and oartner like this geels like my right hand is beung cut off. I just cannkt imagine my life wotjout him in it at all.

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OhRight7 · 30/11/2025 17:38

This man is abusive and controlling. He is emotionally and financially abusing you. Even not letting you sleep is abusive behaviour. And I promise it will only get worse if you stay with him.
He has shown you who he really is. Believe what you see and please get away from him. Walking away is not worse than suffering for years and years with this abuse, and it will 100% get much worse if you have children with him. You deserve someone that supports you and makes you happy. He is not that man.
Maybe have a look at the women’s aid website, it lists all the ways a partner can abuse you. I’m sure many from that list will be ticked off. Maybe it can help you see this abusive relationship for what it is. You could also contact them for support with how to navigate going through with a divorce and separating yourself financially from him.
So sorry you’re going through this. I know you’re heartbroken and confused. But none of this is your doing. He has made you feel this way by his actions…. He is a horrible abusive man and he doesn’t know how to love, he just wants control and power over you…

FeistyFrankie · 30/11/2025 21:05

But why is he only ever with you half of the week anyway? Seriously. He could so easily be living a double life. And it would explain a lot.

But as I said before. He is treating you badly and that is reason enough to walk away and get a divorce.

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