Meet the Other Phone. A phone that grows with your child.

Meet the Other Phone.
A phone that grows with your child.

Buy now

Please or to access all these features

Relationships

Mumsnet has not checked the qualifications of anyone posting here. If you need help urgently or expert advice, please see our domestic violence webguide and/or relationships webguide. Many Mumsnetters experiencing domestic abuse have found this thread helpful: Listen up, everybody

missing dh - worried i've done the wrong thing

45 replies

vbadindeed · 01/12/2008 12:31

after trying for ages to make make thngs work with dh i finally gave up a couple of months ago and moved out to stay with xp. xp and i are having a relationship (dh just thinks i'm staying as friends). I se dh every weekend to drop off ds. dh didn't want me to go but also put up no fight when i said i was going, during the 5 weeks i've been away he hann't aksed me to come back but has said he misses me, still loves me and wants things work. Until a week or so ago i thought i'd done the right thing and getting back with xp was right but i'm now doubting things. Dh has aspergers (but won't admit it). out counsellor told me she could see he has it (she also works with aspergic children). The knowledge that he has this, makes it easier to understand some of dh;s behaviour (being insular, uncommunicative, saying inappropriate things etc) but there are stil other things which he refused t change, Eg, we slept separately for the last 2/3 yrs bcos of his snoring (doc told him to lose weight but he didn't) and also virtually no sex for years I stopped feeling that way as i never felt he was interested and some of the things he's said to me in arguments have upset me so much that i felt too exposed even being naked in front of him.
However he' s a fantastic dad to our 2yo ds, is very unselfish with money, time , does alot round the house etc and part of me misses him so much now.

DP had been great with ds but he'll never be his dad. He's very different to dh - gentle (wouldn'ttever hurt me emotionally or physically) . He also fancies me and make me feel atrtactive.

Why could i be considering going back to dh?

OP posts:
vbadindeed · 01/12/2008 17:16

no, i hate the idea of being unfaithful. I'm just worried that ymaybe dh and i haven't tried enough. When i started being more than friends with dp, i truly believed there was no way dh and i stood a chance. now im doubting this

OP posts:
vbadindeed · 01/12/2008 17:22

woops, don't know what happened there!!

OP posts:
Blinglovin · 01/12/2008 17:23

You're bumping in a subtle way! Aaargh, I can't believe I got sucked in again. I promise never to read or comment again.

vbadindeed · 01/12/2008 17:47

i wasn't !!

OP posts:
vbadindeed · 01/12/2008 17:47

i wasn't !!

OP posts:
thenewme · 01/12/2008 18:07

What have I missed, Blinglovin?

lou33 · 01/12/2008 19:59

but if he doesnt know then you are basing any reconciliation on lies, and if he finds out after then he will feel decieved

if you tell him then he knows upfront, and if he and you try again then he cant use it against you, or if he does then to me it would be a sign he doesnt want it to work, he just wants to make you pay

vbadindeed · 02/12/2008 10:35

Yes lou, you're right. If i want to get back with him, of course i must tell about dp. It's just so hard knowing what to do. I love dp and in many ways he's perfect for me. I'm just scared of the completely cutting my ties with dh (other than him seeing ds)

OP posts:
lou33 · 02/12/2008 10:43

what scares you about it?

vbadindeed · 02/12/2008 11:26

he could get very angry and frighten me with his reaction and also if if did decide i wanted to be with him, i think him knowing i'd slept with another man would end it anyway Main thing atm is i'd be terrified of his reaction

OP posts:
lou33 · 02/12/2008 11:29

i am struggling to find a reason why you would honestly want to be with this man

vbadindeed · 02/12/2008 11:30

dh or dp?

OP posts:
Tortington · 02/12/2008 11:32

your being a shit house and you know it
cake and eat it

ffs let one of them go and stop being the cnetre of all this DRAMA

lou33 · 02/12/2008 11:35

h, but i really think you need to stop bobbing back and forth to either of them tbh and take some time out and be on your own

vbadindeed · 02/12/2008 11:44

summary of both:

dh - plus

  1. unselfish with money, 2 great with ds, 3, gives me freedom to do stuff without ds,4 gives me massages, 5. lets me decide most things

minus - 1. horrible temper, shouts in front font ds and can't/wont stop when asked, 2. don't fancy him anymore, 3. can appear rude/aloof,4 snores and hasn't done much about it since it started nearly 4yrs ago

dp plus 1. fancy him and he fancies me, 2.can have difficult conversations without it getting nasty, 3 he's senstive and shows his feelings, 4 has been great with ds, 5 has forgiven me for leaving him for dh, 5 has set up a joint account for us even though we've only been back together a month!, 6 happy for me to continue as sahm and support me and ds

minus - 1. i'm worried i will feel uncomfortabe being supported by him and ds isn't his. also worry that he ll see everything as his and mine rather than ours as he's been on his own fr so long. feel i wont have much say over fiancial/big decisions.
dp and i have discussed this and he says he's happy for me to use the joint account - maybe i just need a while to get used to things and not having 100% control over the money

OP posts:
lou33 · 02/12/2008 13:36

on apaper if i had to choose i would choose dp, but i still think you would be better on your won for a while

if either of them are serious and want to be with you, they will wait

vbadindeed · 02/12/2008 13:42

lou, i'm sure you're right but i have no where to go and dh can't afford to keep paying mortgage and pay for somewhere else for him or me to stay. The only other option is staying with my mum but we don't have the best of relationships and i expect i'd just end up going back to dh or dp to get away from her. DP may let me stay in his house as friends but i think that would be very hard and unfair on him

OP posts:
unavailable · 02/12/2008 17:38

I am shocked to read your summary of good and bad points of your dh and dp. It is very calculating and focused on what you can get out of each one. You sound very self centred and immature, with no concern for the hurt you may be causing either of these men and your ds. As I and most other have said previously, you need to be on your own for now, but I guess it is unlikely you will do this as you are clearly enjoying the drama. Be warned tho' - one or both of your unfortunate partners is likely to come to their senses sooner or later. I hope it is sooner.

pamelat · 02/12/2008 18:42

why does it have to be either of them? Do you love either of them?

Your list doesn't mention love.

lou33 · 02/12/2008 18:43

vbad, does your h not have family or friends he can stay with temproarily?

New posts on this thread. Refresh page
Swipe left for the next trending thread