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Am I ok to finally leave over this

64 replies

orangedog22 · 29/05/2026 05:46

Hi Im sorry as this could possibly be long. No matter what he has done or does I am always the bad one and in the wrong .

from the start . 4 years theres been severe issues with porn . He was massively addicted . We couldn’t even have sex because I just didn’t do it for him he would then finish watching porn . Loads me to this but we would be here all day . Before we started seeing each other i said how much I hate porn and do class it as cheating .

i had to put up with this for 2 years . Now I know it never ended after all the lies and promises .

addicted to drugs and alcohol. Also again lied to this whole time . Cocaine is the main one for him. He would lie to my face after taking it . These would be when hes in work , in his house and just got worse towards the end . Sneaking off when I’m cooking and cleaning his house pretending he’s fixing something outside and sneaks to a friends house to do it then come back . I don’t like two things in a relationship drugs or porn . I know i am controlling . He has said it so many times . And this is why when ever I leave I always go back because I feel the one in the wrong .

he doesn’t understand how me not wanting a person I want a future with doing drugs is any of my buisness or how it shouldn’t affect me at all what he does.

he done coke again two weeks ago so I left . I stupidly went back because I listened to another promise from him . I said to him this would be the last time because through all this i have become so depressed.

iv had a feeling for so long about the porn . But he would flip if I ever asked him if he had watched it again. But would also say how it also turns him sick now and how he sees it my way . He would also watch all the videos of half naked women on social media too . Doing the most disgusting things . Again I don’t want to be with a man whos a slimeball . Watching 18-19 years old girls younger than his daughter do these things .

sex has gone down hill again , him never being able to finsh and also him wanting to do different things having sex even having a fixation on me sucking his you know what all the time just loads of stuff .

I couldn’t get the feeling out of my head last night and because I have wanted to trust him for so long i havnt felt like I needed to see if I was right by looking at his phone . His phone he takes everywhere by the way . He fell asleep and I looked . And straight away I found so many videos of drunk girls in Benidorm being filmed riding them mechanical bulls but they are all close up and only of young women all skinny , no older women , chunky women or even men . So obviously he was just looking for these kind of videos . I don’t know if anyone hasn’t seen them but it’s where obviously a male photographer videos them at times where their bits fall out and their arse comes out stuff like that .

I just felt so sad and stupid . And just like that I know what I finally have to do . When I woke him up and had his phone in my hand and said he went nuts grabbed his phone and said he hasn’t watched stuff like that . And again it’s all in my head . Hes definitely got some narcissistic traits . Hes got no empathy at all . And will lie until you actually feel like you made it up in your own head . Like I said earlier so much has gone on . Really horrible things so I think you could understand a bit more why I feel the way I do .

what he will do now is get off his face on coke every day in work and after and hate me even more whilst im just left to suffer on my own . I havnt got anyone anymore . My mother and father stopped speaking to months ago because of how much I had changed since being with him and also because of how pathetic i was constantly going back after the stuff he does .

thankyou for getting this far . I really need to know am I a horrible person for leaving over this

OP posts:
Tabarnak · 29/05/2026 09:42

he doesn’t understand how me not wanting a person I want a future with doing drugs is any of my buisness or how it shouldn’t affect me at all what he does.

He doesn't have to understand - he isn't the one living your life - you are! So, you don't want a future involving a porn addicted drug addict - don't live that future!

He will not change, he will get worse. Leave before he really damages you.

I was in a relationship with a coke user. He did something that almost resulted in me having to leave my job and caused me massive social embarrassment.

He doesn't care about YOUR boundaries, YOUR life .

Live the life you choose. Take control of your own life.

BitOutOfPractice · 29/05/2026 09:43

You should’ve left him years ago. Make it stick this time. I’m sure your parents will support you when they see you’ve left for good this time.

Tabarnak · 29/05/2026 09:43

Jellox · 29/05/2026 09:38

I genuinely don’t even understand why you’re asking the question.

How is this better than being single?

I will never understand why people have such low bars that they’d rather stay in awful relationships, rather than just be single and independent.
It must come from being afraid to be alone or something silly.

I can't talk for the OP but it often comes from past trauma, abuse or emotionally unsafe childhood so best not to victim blame

Tabarnak · 29/05/2026 09:57

What is your living situation @orangedog22 ?

You say you cook and clean in 'his' house - do you live with him?

Unfortunately living with abusive men does separate people form their families. Read this thread and hopefully it will give you the motivation to follow through with your question - yes, it's OK to leave. It's VITAL to leave!

Can you go to your parents and say you now know exactly why they were so exasperated, you now know that they were right about him, you understand that he is addicted and emotionally abusive and that you need their help to re-build your life. Do you think they would respond?

Or do you have a friend who knows how awful the relationship is and can help?

There may be other sources of support:
Advice for the families of people who use drugs – NHS - NHS

Partner Support for Sex & Porn Addiction | The Laurel Centre

Can you access counselling? If you talk to your GP and explain that you need professional counselling support to leave or following a relationship with an addict they may help.

But don't fall into the trap of thinking you need to wait for counselling etc on order to leave. Leave anyway. You can leave and then get help to rebuild.

nhs.uk

Advice for the families of people who use drugs – NHS

Information and advice for families or carers of people who use drugs, including details of where to find local help and support.

https://www.nhs.uk/live-well/addiction-support/advice-for-the-families-of-drug-users/

clearlyy · 29/05/2026 10:02

You are not controlling because you don’t like drugs or porn. Leave this absolute loser you deserve better. You are not a horrible person. He’s literally a fucking bellend.

Jellox · 29/05/2026 10:05

Tabarnak · 29/05/2026 09:43

I can't talk for the OP but it often comes from past trauma, abuse or emotionally unsafe childhood so best not to victim blame

I’m not trying to victim blame.

I have had all of those things and so I understand how it can affect people.

But this is ridiculous.
It doesn’t sound like he has any good points to him at all so I can’t fathom why OP chose to stay with him for 4 days, let alone 4 years.

DierdreDaphne · 29/05/2026 10:07

"I had to put up with this for 2 years"

No you didn't! You could have walked out after a week. This is such a revealing sentence.

Can you make a start on understanding why you felt you had to put up with it? It is important to know so you don't make the same mistake again? (With him or any other arsehole)

Lurkingandlearning · 29/05/2026 10:07

You are not the first woman to have been manipulated by a man like him. I’ve no doubt he was lovable in the early days. They always are. Then as you become more attached and invested in the relationship their mask slowly starts slipping. You realise the relationship is toxic and leave all the while wishing it could have continued as it had been in the beginning. They know that and promise, if you come back, it will be. They don’t mean that for one minute it just suits them to keep you on the hook. Eventually he will find a new victim and he will dump you without a second thought.

You will find plenty of threads that bear that out if you scroll through the relationship board.

Don’t allow him to keep doing this to you. Try to patch together your self respect that he has stomped on, block him and refuse to have him anywhere near you ever again.

Do you think your parents took such a hard line to jolt you into seeing sense? Or maybe it really got too painful for them to watch you being treated that way and seeing you keep going back for more. Watching someone you love being in an abusive relationship when they don’t seem to be able to leave and you have no way of making them leave, to me, is very similar to watching someone descend into serious addiction. It’s heartbreaking. If any of that rings true they might do everything they can to support you if they can see you are committed to staying away from him. That might take a bit of time to convince them so for now keep posting here for support and get that parasite out of your life

Mcdhotchoc · 29/05/2026 10:36

Don't focus on the time you have wasted on this scum.
Focus on the lessons you have learned and the gift of freedom from his destructive nature

Dancingintherain09 · 29/05/2026 18:37

orangedog22 · 29/05/2026 05:57

Thankyou so much for not telling me I was in the wrong . I won’t be putting myself through any of this anymore

Not wanting drugs or corn in a relationship is NOT controlling its having standards. He is not meeting those and hes making you feel like you are wrong., which you are not. Each to their own but you told him what your deal breakers were and he lied.

Sorry, but he sounds like a walking red flag sleaze ball 🚩🚩🚩🚩

OP raise your standards as he is falling way short.

Glitchymn1 · 29/05/2026 18:38

You don’t need a reason, but he’s given you many very valid reasons to kick his ass out.

TiredMagpie · 29/05/2026 18:39

I only had to read your first few sentences …porn addiction, crap sex for you, drugs and booze.

He sounds absolutely disgusting and I would have dumped his pathetic arse a long time ago.

Of course you should leave.

Cherrysoup · 29/05/2026 19:05

Dunno why you’re asking a bunch of strangers, you leave if you want to, I would! Bloke sounds like a hopeless case. Get yourself out, have a life.

momtoboys · 29/05/2026 19:13

I must have missed the part where you don't live together. Kick that sorry excuse for a man to the curb, reconcile with your parents and get some therapy.

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