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My partner is angry because I wont tell him my Bodycount

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northern2025 · 12/12/2025 21:57

He has repeatedly asked me and I haven’t answered him but now he has sat me down and said think carefully exactly what you say and wanted me to talk about my sec life since I was a teen, when I am mid forties now
I have been single for quite a bit of this time and had several short term relationships
he is making me feel anxious and isn’t speaking to me now as thinks I can’t be trusted

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awrbc81 · 14/12/2025 10:46

Good luck OP, you don’t need a loser like that dragging you down, buy yourself a lovely coat and boots as a Christmas present and make 2026 a fabulous year x

northern2025 · 14/12/2025 11:27

AngelicKaty · 14/12/2025 09:51

@northern2025 It's great to read your update OP, but please don't text him to say you "agree" to his proposal that you "take a break'. Merely agreeing allows him to retain control but you need to take control of this situation and of your life. Please message him something like "No, not a 'break'. I want to end our relationship. Don't contact me again, we're done." No explanation, no elaboration, nothing for him to latch on to and come back at you about - just a clear and unequivocal end. And then block him so you don't have to read any more of his nasty BS. It's absolutely clear that he isn't really intending to break up with you (a "break" is temporary, not permanent) but in texting you that, he fully expects you to crumble and go crawling back to him - it's such an obvious power play and yet another example of his odious controlling nature. Please show him that he does NOT get to dictate how this goes. YOU do.
Then set up a shopping date with a friend for that coat and boots - what about these beauties: https://duoboots.com/products/freya-red-leather?variant=41572912398438&currency=GBP&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=20457086798&gclid=CjwKCAiA3fnJBhAgEiwAyqmY5c60X4cRJTCB82yqGc3msezfAFDv6qj4jnsU1xOU2VwbRE1Lg-OWJxoCYBAQAvD_BwE
I sincerely wish you a FABULOUS 2026 OP - full of all the opportunities that you've been deprived of for the last five years. 🤗

Thank you for all your kindness, and time. These boots are fantastic, I m normally not one to treat myself but perhaps it’s time to, and wear them as part of my armour against horrible men.

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ForZanyAquaViewer · 14/12/2025 12:01

AngelicKaty · 14/12/2025 09:51

@northern2025 It's great to read your update OP, but please don't text him to say you "agree" to his proposal that you "take a break'. Merely agreeing allows him to retain control but you need to take control of this situation and of your life. Please message him something like "No, not a 'break'. I want to end our relationship. Don't contact me again, we're done." No explanation, no elaboration, nothing for him to latch on to and come back at you about - just a clear and unequivocal end. And then block him so you don't have to read any more of his nasty BS. It's absolutely clear that he isn't really intending to break up with you (a "break" is temporary, not permanent) but in texting you that, he fully expects you to crumble and go crawling back to him - it's such an obvious power play and yet another example of his odious controlling nature. Please show him that he does NOT get to dictate how this goes. YOU do.
Then set up a shopping date with a friend for that coat and boots - what about these beauties: https://duoboots.com/products/freya-red-leather?variant=41572912398438&currency=GBP&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=20457086798&gclid=CjwKCAiA3fnJBhAgEiwAyqmY5c60X4cRJTCB82yqGc3msezfAFDv6qj4jnsU1xOU2VwbRE1Lg-OWJxoCYBAQAvD_BwE
I sincerely wish you a FABULOUS 2026 OP - full of all the opportunities that you've been deprived of for the last five years. 🤗

THIS IS THE COMMENT! Please do all of this!

JustSawJohnny · 14/12/2025 12:35

This isn’t how I want 2026 to be, I want to buy a leopard print coat and wear bright red boots with matching lipstick......

Girl, YES!!!!! ❤

JustSawJohnny · 14/12/2025 12:37

ForZanyAquaViewer · 14/12/2025 12:01

THIS IS THE COMMENT! Please do all of this!

Agree with every word.

Time to take the reigns and yeet the man baby off to his next victim.

Then go coat shopping 😁

TwistedWonder · 14/12/2025 12:40

Agree with PP. Dont agree with him on a break, tell him its over then block him. Don't enter into any communication with him.

Make 2026 the year you give yourself the gift of freedom. Buy the coat and the boots, eat the cake, drink the wine, go out with friends and come home as late as you fucking want

Learn to celebrate YOU and avoid red flag parade men.

And please look at doing the freedom programme

northern2025 · 14/12/2025 13:50

I feel the coat and shoes might need to wait til pay day but if anyone has recommendations for a bright red fuck you lipstick I would be grateful 😊

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Horses7 · 14/12/2025 14:02

Good for you OP - don’t give him satisfaction of a reply, just block and then ignore anything else! Go get that lipstick!

AngelicKaty · 14/12/2025 14:10

northern2025 · 14/12/2025 13:50

I feel the coat and shoes might need to wait til pay day but if anyone has recommendations for a bright red fuck you lipstick I would be grateful 😊

I would recommend you visit your local department store and spend some time with the assistants on the make-up counters. There's a belief there's a "red lip" for everyone, but you really need to ensure whichever lipstick you choose it goes with your skin tone (I've seen two women on TV this week wearing the wrong red for them and it wasn't a good look at all). It would be fun and time well-invested to get just the right shade for you. 😘

StarlightLady · 14/12/2025 15:07

northern2025 · 14/12/2025 13:50

I feel the coat and shoes might need to wait til pay day but if anyone has recommendations for a bright red fuck you lipstick I would be grateful 😊

You don’t need “fuck you lipstick”, you need fuck someone else (and someone else who is not misogynistic) lipstick.

PruthePrune · 14/12/2025 23:14

Please change your locks asap.

NewNameforThisPost2025 · 15/12/2025 01:15

northern2025 · 14/12/2025 13:50

I feel the coat and shoes might need to wait til pay day but if anyone has recommendations for a bright red fuck you lipstick I would be grateful 😊

Mac's Russian Red and Ruby Woo are two famous reds! Ruby Woo is a little brighter than Russian Red.

TheRevengeOfMobina · 15/12/2025 09:46

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SDurden · 15/12/2025 22:53

northern2025 · 12/12/2025 22:23

He is rapidly approaching 50 I am slightly younger

I'm 40, been single/celibate for over a decade. Do NOT stay with someone who is already treating you like this, just to avoid being alone. It only gets worse over time. If you're used to being in a relationship, being on your own can suck to begin with. But you do get used to it (and eventually reach the point where it would take a lot of convincing to get back into another relationship! 😆)

Asking about your past wasn't a red flag on its own. But the way he reacted afterwards and the videos he's sending you are massive stop signs! He sounds like a not-very-subtle control freak and he's already showing you the sort of content he watches and agrees with. Men like that view you as property rather than a sentient human being.

SDurden · 15/12/2025 23:00

(I'm also in favour of the boots!)

shuggles · 16/12/2025 01:07

@Ialwaysthoughtitwasadojo This is the Andrew Tate brigade, women need a low body count and men can have whatever one they want.

From what I'm gathering, this thread seems to be about past number of sexual partners.

In that case, what you have said is not true. It is frowned upon for men to have many sexual partners and most people would not regard that as being socially acceptable (especially among women, from what I've seen).

AngelicKaty · 16/12/2025 05:31

shuggles · 16/12/2025 01:07

@Ialwaysthoughtitwasadojo This is the Andrew Tate brigade, women need a low body count and men can have whatever one they want.

From what I'm gathering, this thread seems to be about past number of sexual partners.

In that case, what you have said is not true. It is frowned upon for men to have many sexual partners and most people would not regard that as being socially acceptable (especially among women, from what I've seen).

You misread @Ialwaysthoughtitwasadojo 's comment. She's saying "The Andrew Tate Brigade" believe this unequal behaviour is OK, not other (decent, respectful) men and women.

LargeJugs · 16/12/2025 05:35

He’s showing some really scary behaviour in the way he’s speaking to you.

My partner knows roughly, he also is a swinger so far more relaxed about these things. Context is everything - the question and the way your partner is handling this is LTB territory for your ow safety. 🚩.

AnotherDayanotherNameChangeX · 16/12/2025 05:36

bin this one

PumpkinsAndCoconuts · 16/12/2025 05:50

northern2025 · 12/12/2025 22:07

But would you judge sulk and call someone a slag? Because that is why I haven’t told him because he is not rational about it

No, I would not. That’s abusive and controlling.

User452023 · 16/12/2025 06:15

Please don't feel people are judging you OP because we're not. Most of us are outraged at this guys audacity because it's not okay to treat women like this. It's extremely disrespectful and when there's a pattern of disrespect we need to walk away. People need to learn that in order to have ''access' 'to others then they need to treat them with respect.

Perfect28 · 16/12/2025 06:36

Back in the sea you go

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