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Christmas work do strop

297 replies

Bradley28 · 07/12/2025 12:24

It was my partners Christmas work do last night. When he got back, he was really drunk. For reasons I don’t understand, he stripped off all his clothes and began behaving in a lewd and inappropriate way. I was stone cold sober and asked him to put some clothes back on because he was making me feel uncomfortable. he threw a massive strop and said I must hate him and find him disgusting, that I’m uptight for not taking advantage of the situation (!). These strops are common for him and can last 24 hours or more. I’d had a hard week of helping him sort a new job and had been looking forward to seeing him when he got in. I didn’t have the patience to deal with his drama, and tapped his face to try to shake him out of it. He then slapped me, threatened to hit me with a bottle of wine and then locked me outside the house (it was cold, I had no shoes, no phone and my kids were asleep in the house). After I was allowed back in, he walked off (well staggered) down the road- which is a dark, country road. Last I’ve seen of him. I received a string of abusive texts at 4am about how awful I am, and since then he has blocked me on all platforms (the blocking is standard strop behaviour for him). Have no idea where he is today. This all feels really full on.
Dunno what I’m looking for here, just needed to put this into words I think.

OP posts:
EverythingElseIsTaken · 07/12/2025 13:52

Bradley28 · 07/12/2025 12:36

@AttilaTheMeerkat I own my own home

Great! Get rid of him!

GildedPaulieWalnuts · 07/12/2025 13:53

CinnamonJellyBeans · 07/12/2025 13:50

It was foolish/aggressive of you to "tap" his face, knowing that he was drunk and was likely to retaliate.

I'd kick him out.

Would your kids prefer life without him?

Not all women fawn though. Or freeze.

No woman knows how they’ll react till something horrible happens.

GildedPaulieWalnuts · 07/12/2025 13:54

excelledyourself · 07/12/2025 13:47

This isn’t your first thread about this awful man. He’s abusive, aggressive, and takes advantage of you.

Get rid of him and get therapy. If not for your own sake, then for your children.

Oh.

Poor kids.

Rubinia · 07/12/2025 13:54

He locked you out of your own house with your children inside?
be glad he’s blocked you! This relationship should remain over.
Don’t ‘tap people’ in the face (wtf does this even mean. If you hit him say so!) and don’t inflict abusive men on your children or yourself.

YourWildAmberSloth · 07/12/2025 13:54

Sounds like the end of the relationship, but what did 'I tapped his face' mean? Did you hit him first? Would he say he 'tapped' you back? Not excusing his overall behaviour but sounds like you both need to keep your hands to yourselves.

Monty34 · 07/12/2025 13:54

Please never slap anyone again.

BuckChuckets · 07/12/2025 13:55

Report him assaulting you to the police, change the locks.

Swash89 · 07/12/2025 13:56

Don’t let him back in. Split up for good.

MrsElijahMikaelson1 · 07/12/2025 13:58

The best things I’ve learnt recently is the term let them/him. So he’s left-let him. Don’t let him walk back in and restart the process till the next time.

Mothership4two · 07/12/2025 13:59

The classic MN response to LTB is a running joke, but LTB - kick him out

skyeisthelimit · 07/12/2025 14:00

Report him to the police for slapping you and threatening to hit you with a bottle, and locking you out of your own home with your DC inside. That puts you on their radar. Do a Claire's Law request on him to see if he has a history of this behaviour.

Change the locks, do not let him back into your house. Pack his stuff up and get somebody to collect it for him. If he unblocks you on anything then block him immediately.

This relationship has to be over. You need to protect your DC even if you don't care about yourself. What if he had harmed them while you were locked out?

SkinnyOatFlatWhiteForMePlease · 07/12/2025 14:01

Thats not a strop, don’t underplay the severity of the situation. You must end this relationship now for not only your own sake but for your children too.

Brefugee · 07/12/2025 14:01

Make him an ex.

But don't "tap" people on the face. You never know how they will react.

ChristieMcVie · 07/12/2025 14:01

Let me guess. Useless cocklodger who can’t hold down a job or even apply for one without assistance, and needs your house so his kids don’t have to spend their contact time in a house share. But sometimes he can be “lovely”. 🙄

BellaBal · 07/12/2025 14:01

Good grief OP - that escalated VERY fast from a drunken argument to something nastily abusive. He hit you and locked you out of your home with no shoes while your kids were inside? That is horrific.

Honestly I’d be changing the locks this afternoon and telling him never to return.

If you can’t afford to be without his financial support then I’d say get a lodger, get a second job.

happysinglemama · 07/12/2025 14:01

I hope he's left for good . Your house,your kids why would you put up with this shit?!why put your kids through this?? I understand when it comes to women who are stuck as they have nowhere to go ( like I was for years)etc with no homes of their own or income. LTB

IAmKerplunk · 07/12/2025 14:01

MrsElijahMikaelson1 · 07/12/2025 13:58

The best things I’ve learnt recently is the term let them/him. So he’s left-let him. Don’t let him walk back in and restart the process till the next time.

Very true. He has left so op doesn’t actually need to do anything now. She can choose who she invites into her house. Lock the doors from the inside and get on with your day.

Am I the only one thinking I bet he is already back in?

LittleMi55Nobody · 07/12/2025 14:02

Bradley28 · 07/12/2025 12:24

It was my partners Christmas work do last night. When he got back, he was really drunk. For reasons I don’t understand, he stripped off all his clothes and began behaving in a lewd and inappropriate way. I was stone cold sober and asked him to put some clothes back on because he was making me feel uncomfortable. he threw a massive strop and said I must hate him and find him disgusting, that I’m uptight for not taking advantage of the situation (!). These strops are common for him and can last 24 hours or more. I’d had a hard week of helping him sort a new job and had been looking forward to seeing him when he got in. I didn’t have the patience to deal with his drama, and tapped his face to try to shake him out of it. He then slapped me, threatened to hit me with a bottle of wine and then locked me outside the house (it was cold, I had no shoes, no phone and my kids were asleep in the house). After I was allowed back in, he walked off (well staggered) down the road- which is a dark, country road. Last I’ve seen of him. I received a string of abusive texts at 4am about how awful I am, and since then he has blocked me on all platforms (the blocking is standard strop behaviour for him). Have no idea where he is today. This all feels really full on.
Dunno what I’m looking for here, just needed to put this into words I think.

bag up his stuff and chuck it outside...dont forget to piss and shit in it... as you sweetly tie up the bags to stop the rain getting in ...seriously get rid

Wells37 · 07/12/2025 14:03

JLou08 · 07/12/2025 13:36

"tapped his face to try to shake him out of it".

You hit him and are trying to minimise it. He hit you back. You're both awful. You need to end the relationship and do some work around healthy relationships and controlling your tempers.

Spot on. It’s not a healthy environment for your kids

ItsDarkNow · 07/12/2025 14:04

Unbelievable what some women will put up with. And depressingly common.

Shinyandnew1 · 07/12/2025 14:05

Bradley28 · 07/12/2025 12:36

@AttilaTheMeerkat I own my own home

Were you in this house when he locked you out? Of your own home? Were your children inside? Does he live in your house as well?

If he does, pack his stuff up now, put it by the door and get the locks changed first thing.

replay2025 · 07/12/2025 14:06

You need to end it for good and you know that. When a relationship comes to hitting each other it's dead in the water.

Andregroup · 07/12/2025 14:09

Obviously you must end it with him. But you should not have 'tapped' his face. You're minimising there.

Monty34 · 07/12/2025 14:09

I like the way she 'tapped' him. But he 'slapped' her.

You both hit each other.

Clearinguptheclutter · 07/12/2025 14:10

You need to draw a line under this relationship today

what’s the situation re house and finances

hopefully it’s your house and you kick him out and change the locks if necessary

if it’s his you leave immediately (can you go to you’re parents?)

if it’s joint then harder but hopefully you can persuade him he needs to leave at least short term while you work something out