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AIBU- Text exchange with partner

43 replies

whiteumbrella · 13/07/2026 07:28

By way of background, I’m 47, partner is 53. Ben together 4.5yrs, live apart. every time we see each other (once a fortnight, we are intimate multiple times including 2 weeks ago)
Currently worried about investigations for change in bowel habit and abdominal pain and job being on the line through no fault of my own, HR involved.
I Haven’t been responding to his daily/sometimes several times a day, frankly juvenile sex messages about how horny he is these part few weeks.
this is our last text exchange:
Him: U definitely lost your libido babe
Me: I know 🤷🏻‍♀️. Hopefully this pain resolved soon.
Him: What will I do with my unsexual, unhorny, dry middle aged babe 🥲🥲
Me: Find another sex toy i guess
Me: Dick
Him: Oh u spoilt little princess
Him: Bitch

i’ve blocked him which I know is a bit juvenile, but I can’t stand any communication with him right now. AIBU for ending a 4.5yr relationship by blocking and ghosting?

OP posts:
allthingsinmoderation · 13/07/2026 09:17

He is coming across as unsupportive,uncaring and thoroughly selfish.
It comes across as if your "relationship" is based on casual sex.sexual gratification and when this is lessened due to your health issues, he's nasty,uncaring and cruel.
You deserve better,
YANBU to block/ghost him he's vile...

meringuenests · 13/07/2026 09:26

He sounds awful

whiteumbrella · 13/07/2026 10:57

I ended it properly. Thank you all for being a sounding board 🤗

OP posts:
Werhere · 13/07/2026 11:25

That was quick!!

Werhere · 13/07/2026 11:32

whiteumbrella · 13/07/2026 07:42

We always planned to move in together when my daughter goes to uni in 2years, say I love you, met each other’s family & friends and thought it was serious.
I do not speak this way and we have definitely never used the word bitch.

2 years? So aged 12?

Toffeepieandcream · 13/07/2026 16:40

Good for you, @whiteumbrella ...he sounds horrible!

@Werhere - I don't understand your post...At what point did the OP say her daughter is 10 years old?

FrustratedApples · 13/07/2026 16:58

Well done for ending it.

whiteumbrella · 13/07/2026 21:56

Younger me woukd have entertained this nonsense for longer. Perimenopause me is like “I don’t have time for this s**t” 😂

OP posts:
MrFlintstone · 13/07/2026 22:36

Well done for getting rid, he isn't a man, he's a selfish twat. You deserve better. Hope you get better soon and your job is secure.

Frenchlady14 · 14/07/2026 09:15

Well done for making your decision - I have my own thread in AIBU after my partner of 6 years said a horrible hurtful thing (again). It's a horrible feeling and I hope you are ok - look after yourself x

Funnytaster · 14/07/2026 18:11

whiteumbrella · 13/07/2026 21:56

Younger me woukd have entertained this nonsense for longer. Perimenopause me is like “I don’t have time for this s**t” 😂

whats he been like for the last 4.5 years @whiteumbrella ?

Hotthread · 15/07/2026 08:30

Funnytaster · 14/07/2026 18:11

whats he been like for the last 4.5 years @whiteumbrella ?

Yes I’d be curious too.

Because behaviour like this surely hasn’t come out of the blue

Marvellousmeadows · 15/07/2026 08:32

That made me feel a bit sick , he’s 53 really ?

Jellycatspyjamas · 15/07/2026 08:35

Anyone called me a bitch we’d be done - well done for ending it. I hope your tests all work out ok.

PetulaGordeno · 15/07/2026 08:41

I hope he has to get his prostrate checked, gets a big finger up his back passage, comes home. Steps on a plug and then gets the shits.

ImpatientlyWaitingForSummer · 15/07/2026 08:46

Oh my god he sounds vile, please never unblock this idiot!

DeepRubySwan · 15/07/2026 09:04

I would probably unblock and tell him that it's over and then wait for response and immediately block again.

TheBlueKoala · 15/07/2026 09:09

@whiteumbrella Well done for ending it. I lost my libido 14 y ago. My dh is not happy but it is what it is. He loves me and wants to be with me even though I have said I understand if he wants to leave.

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