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Would quite like to get it all off my chest. This is probably the only place I can do that today.

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itsmeitsmeolord · 25/02/2010 11:48

DP is selfish, always has been. He talks the talk about being a devoted father but in reality he is fucking lazy, I don't think he really cares for me much either. Its something we have argued about before and he strenuously denies there is a problem, in fact he calls me "mental", tells me I'm a nutter and I'm just like his ex etc etc.

I have no printed baby photos of my dd, her bio father broke in when she was about 2.5 and pissed all over my belongings including the photo albums, set fire to other bits, you get the picture I guess.
I had a usb stick with alot of the photos on, dp asked one night if he could put them onto an external hard drive so that he could use the stick for work.
When we went to get the photos off to print them about a year later we found it had corrupted and couldn't be read.
I was absolutely gutted, he promised he could recover the photos, it has been a year sonce then. I have asked so many times for him to look at it, he told me the more I asked the longer he would take....
I even asked for him to do it for christmas rather than buy me anything. He refused.
On Sunday he agreed to get the software out and sort it, when i asked him if it had worked he went into a rant asking me where the power leads were.
I was like this Didn't really know what he was on about, power leads??

I went upstairs, I knew it was a diversion tactic because he wanted to watch the football.
Monday came and went, he told me he was popping out to drop some bits to his brother (5 mins away).
He didn't come home till after midnight.
He also befriended a woman on his facebook that evening whilst he was out that I have never met or heard of before. I know all his friends and have no issue with female friends.
On Tuesday, he called me at work, he was being really rude, I said I would talk to him later as I felt he was looking for a row, he then accused me of having affairs, he called me a slag and a cunt, apparently his justification was that one of the people on my facebook page ( a married bloke I went to school with) had posted a new profile photo of himself without a tshirt on...

I decided it would be better to delete my profile, facebook is pretty pointless really unless your family are distant etc. When I went to delete it I found that he had deleted me from his list.

He is not speaking to me, he has told me to fuck off and get hold of someone else as I don't want to be with him blah blah.

Today I have found out that he went out on Monday, it wa a preplanned night out and this woman was there, she took a liking to him, I don't know any more than that.

This isn't the first time he has been at the very least indiscrete with someone else. He told me a while ago he was going to a football match with a couple of blokes, it was an evening match with a sit down meal, drinks etc. He was really excited, I later found out he went with a woman and it was just the two of them. She is a sales rep who visits his workplace.

I'm so fed up and tired of it all. I've got an assignment due in tomorrow, there isn't really anyone in real life to talk to today and this post is all jumbled up and crappy, there's loads more but I wouldn't know where to start.

Feel free to send virtual bacon sarnies and tea this way.

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QueenofDreams · 25/02/2010 12:17

Good luck. He sounds like a complete tosser. You will be well rid of him. When you're with someone who is emotionally abusive/controlling you don't really see it at the time. Once you're out of it you see it clearly and feel a massive sense of relief not to be in that situation any more.

kittyonthebeam · 25/02/2010 12:30

Oh itsme, oh you poor thing. And your poor dd I am so sad for you losing pictures of your dd's childhood in such a horrid way. What a bastard/cunt/wanker her biofather is!!!

From the sounds of it though, your D(?)P doesn't seem to be a good egg either.

First and foremost I have help at hand for your USB chip. An ex of mine broke my laptop, stod on it, trampled on it and doused it with water. A whole 5 years of pictures, all my life abroad since Uni was gone...so I thought. Through work I found out that there's acompany that could 'pull' all my files out of the broken laptop and put them on a mobile hard drive. They showed me how to upload them (via USB cable) onto my new laptop and that was it. This data recovery cost a bit over £600,- but bear in mind, this was a whole laptop with thousands of files, not just pictures, but videos, music, etc.

This is their link: www.tecnica-ltd.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11&Itemid=34 Please give them a ring and see what they can do, they were really fab with me.

As for your ex I can only echo what others have said: ditch him. He's a useless POS who cares nothing for you and God knows what your little dd thinks of it all.

Stay strong & keep your chin up girl! You're nobody's fool!

kittyonthebeam · 25/02/2010 12:31

PS: Virtual triple bacon sarnie & cuppa with a splash of whiskey on the way!

mrsboogie · 25/02/2010 12:58

I will follow your thread as well if you decide you want some virtual support in your new life after getting rid of him...

Please do it for your DD, if you cannot see you are worth more at this time.

I hereby promise to provide tea and bacon sarnies on a regular basis...

mrsboogie · 25/02/2010 13:01

oh and if yu having been paying towards the mortgage he owes you money - tell him you accept what he says about the relationship being over (it so is) and that you will need financial help with moving out.

SolidGoldBrass · 25/02/2010 13:06

You've had lots of good advice here, and I have one more piece for you:
Remember that just because a man doesn't actually hit you, doesn't mean he's not abusive. It is unfortunately very common for women who have had one abusive partner to go on to another one, rationalising it to themselves as 'He's selfish and lazy but at least he doesn't beat me up' or 'He's shouty when he's angry but he doesn't chase other women' or 'He's mean with money but he doesn't drink or gamble'.
IT's FINE TO BE SINGLE! If you have internalized the idea that any man is better than none, you will go from one fuckwit to another, some will be violent, some will be emotional vampires, some will consider you the equivalent of a washing machine with a fanny. WHile there are nice men around, you will not be able to find one until you accept that you are worth a lot more than nothing.
Good luck with getting away from this vile man.

ItsGraceAgain · 25/02/2010 13:31

Good advice from SGB as usual, itsmeitsmeolord. You really have been going through the mill, haven't you?

Please do all that's been recommended towards finding a new place to live, also look at private rentals & tell him you'll move out on condition he pays 6 months (or whatever's appropriate) rent upfront for you ... make that 7, you'll need a month's deposit as well. He will fight: cover as many options as you can, but also stand firm over the payment

I second the recommendation for tecnica. I got the impression your pictures are on an external hard drive? (A box that's plugged into the computer, not inside the machine itself.) If so you can post it and it shouldn't cost anywhere near as much.

Good luck!!!

ItsGraceAgain · 25/02/2010 13:36

Explanation about the rent thing: If you need to claim benefits while you're renting privately, housing benefit will cover your rent as long as it's within accepted limits for your area. It's worked on flat rates: the business about how many rooms you're "allowed" has been dropped on this scheme. Your local authority website will have a calculator to tell you how much rent it would cover for you.

ItsGraceAgain · 25/02/2010 13:37

Final addition A good place to start is always at the Citizens Advice Bureau.

Seabright · 25/02/2010 13:42

Do you feel able to tell us what part of the country you are in? There are MN'ers everywhere and we might be able to give you some practical help as well as virtually Tea & sarnies.

mrsboogie · 25/02/2010 13:48

"a washing machine with a fanny"! Brilliant!!

RoseWater · 25/02/2010 13:52

Listen to rhubarb and SGB please - you don't need someone like this in your life.

gonnabehappy · 25/02/2010 14:07

Ok Loads of excellent advice, I think you knew he is a total loser really. It is brillant to hear you might be able to get your pictures back! One really positive thing to come out of your post. Another; CAB is a very good place to start and they will also know about local housing benefit arrangements. Don't forget to telephone the Tax Office too, depending on how much you earn/work the Child Tax Credit for a single parent can be a very significant chunk.

What are you studying? Being a student has some compensation if you are single too. If a part time student it is worth exploring, at the very least you may find fees are paid.

So for now keep your head down, ignore him unless he makes you feel scared, and start exploring alternatives. Knowledge is power...get the information you need and make your choices.

itsmeitsmeolord · 26/02/2010 09:17

You are each and every one of you utterly lovely. Thank you.

I will try technica today for the hard drive. The practical tips are wonderful, if I can get the photos back that is a huge deal to me.

Ok, re everything else. I have a full time job, when I leave I think I may be eligible for a small amount of tax credits towards childcare ( think about £45 a month from what I can work out).
I won't get housing benefit but I won't need it so that's cool.

I spoke to the council yesterday afternoon, they basically said that as I work full time and don't rely on benefits they are highly unlikely to help. The waiting list is too long and my dd and I are seen as very low priority.

Being realistic, although I can do something which involves putting a charge on the property (caution against deeds) so that it can't be sold unless he resolves the dispute (ie paying me a share of the equity), I think this would be unlikely to net me any of the money I should be due.
He is awful with money and I think the equity would disappear fairly soon. Even if it didn't he is not able to get a loan to pay me, the only option would be for him to sell and he would probably not get another mortgage.
If he sold he would have to go back to private rented, which is fine for just him but dsd really needs a secure (ish) home due to the situation withe her mum.
(will post a link to thread explaining a little more ofd that side of things.)

So, I need about two months to save the deposit plus months rent in advance and fees/moving costs.

Partner was fairly civil last night but he is being very smug/dismissive, oh I don't know how best to describe it but basically he is acting as if he has been hard done by but is going to Be Good about it and tolerate me. He has told his mother that I have cheated on him, there was a lot of whispering/can't talk right now going on when she called last night.

For now, I am going to be civil but keep out of his way as much as possible until I can move out with dd. Two months isn't too long in the grand scheme of things, I'm only 33 so 8 weeks more is bearable.

I have decided to get some sort of counselling once I've left as well, I take on board the comments about poor choices. It's true, so high time I looked at that.

I'll keep coming back here and let you know how I am getting on.
Thank you.

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pithyslicker · 26/02/2010 09:29

If you are not married, and the house is in his name, can you put a charge on the house until he pays half the equity?

He could argue your contribution to the mortgage was rent.

Hullygully · 26/02/2010 09:36

Um, and what are his good points...?

I hope he is hung like a donkey and handy with it.

Hullygully · 26/02/2010 09:37

Ah - cardinal sin of Not Reading the Thread.

itsmeitsmeolord · 26/02/2010 12:03

Hully.

Sadly no donkeys here.

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Hullygully · 26/02/2010 12:05

Off with his head.

itsmeitsmeolord · 05/03/2010 09:41

Very quick update.

DH (dickhead) is being overly nice, he wants to paint the kids bedrooms this weekend. We are not sleeping together now and I am staying out of his way but he was insisting on coming to parents evening this week.

He had a selfpitying whinge about me deleting my facebook account because lots of people were asking him why I was no longer on there. I told him to tell the truth, he had accused me of cheating when it is him who is diplaying questionable behaviour so I decided not to bother with it anymore.
He didn't say a lot to that.

His mum is not talking to me. Surprise.

His brother is being that odd kind of nice but reserved.

I am looking for rental places at the moment and have put some money aside from this months wages, I think I can move in a couple of months.

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