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Am I horrible..

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Jaysmum2009 · 15/11/2024 21:58

Me and my partner have been together 4 years and we don’t live together. We go weeks without seeing eachother sometimes as I work full time and he doesn’t. He has 4 kids and seeys them every other weekend. I’m not to sure about the relationship with the children’s mum because he doesn’t talk about her often. Last year I was pregnant and he talked me into having an abortion as he claimed ‘it would upset his children’ so I did! I aborted my baby because it would upset his children! Also I was unsure about having a child with an absolute waste of space who has never had a job. We didn’t see eachother for 9 weeks as I refused to drive and see him, it was a test to see if he would get a bus which is 45 minutes to see me as he claimed he missed me, nope, 9 weeks went past. I feel like I have been tricked! He told me to collect him in my days off as he had a special surprise planned, so I did.. only to learn there was no suprise. He asked me to take him to smiths toys to do Christmas shopping for his kids and me being a mug I did! When we got there I felt such a overwhelming feeling of sadness, as we was walking past the prams and the baby items it hit me that I should be shopping for our baby’s Christmas presents yet we are filling up the trolly for his 4 kids. Nothing thrown in there for my daughter (I have a teenage daughter who’s dad died when she was 3) no mention of my daughter. It was all about his kids, then he gets the phone out and calls the ‘baby mum to ask her a question’ this left a bitter taste in my mouth. I walked off and dyed a few tears with the sleeve of my jumper. I went silent.. stone cold silent, he kept asking in a sarcastic tone ‘what’s your problem’ I replyed ‘nothing’. We haven’t spoken since and heys sat downstairs in my house. I thought he finnaly might have realised that he isn’t doing enough to sustain the relationship and finally he has seen sence and he finally saw my worth and wanted to treat me.. nope no treats.. just shopping for his kids. This happened last year too when he promised me a handbag but it was a ploy to take him to Ralph Lauren to but a tracksuit for his son! Again walked away feeling like a taxi driver. I am battling feelings of resentment, resentment towards them all.. he talked me into aborting our baby but yet drags me out to but his kids gifts and expects me to be okay with this. Please can anyone tell me if I’m being evil? I have so much pent up emotions.

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WinterBones · 16/11/2024 10:32

take him home, block him, and report him for benefit fraud.

getting higher rate pip for things like this mean he has to have lied or exaggerated (i should know i get it for my son for asd/adhd, dyspraxia and anxiety - and his adhd is severe but barely scored any points, only thing that featured was needing me to prompt him to remember to eat/go to the bathroom) so how a grown adult got higher rate baffles me.

Jaysmum2009 · 16/11/2024 11:57

WinterBones · 16/11/2024 10:32

take him home, block him, and report him for benefit fraud.

getting higher rate pip for things like this mean he has to have lied or exaggerated (i should know i get it for my son for asd/adhd, dyspraxia and anxiety - and his adhd is severe but barely scored any points, only thing that featured was needing me to prompt him to remember to eat/go to the bathroom) so how a grown adult got higher rate baffles me.

I think he exaggerated on the forms, answering questions like ‘I need support when bathing and cooking as I could forget the cooker is on or the bath is running. He really is living the high life, gets all his rent and council tax payed and gets the highest rate of lcwra too. It infuriates me because my daughter was diagnosed with adhd and autism aswell as emotional processing disorder and she like your son gets the lowest rate and she really struggles, she is in a special school.

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PullTheBricksDown · 16/11/2024 12:24

That is infuriating and as you say particularly when kids who have these conditions can really struggle but have far less support.

What happened last night? Has he gone now? Did the 'surprise' ever appear? was it him getting his cock out

CatsLikeBoxes · 16/11/2024 12:29

So - what are his good points? Why are you with him? You don't live with him, you don't share children, so splitting up would be uncomplicated. How does he make your life better?

pinkyredrose · 16/11/2024 12:32

He doesn't give a fuck about you. Give yourself the best Christmas present and dump this waste of oxygen, start the rest of your life in freedom.

Jaysmum2009 · 16/11/2024 12:34

PullTheBricksDown · 16/11/2024 12:24

That is infuriating and as you say particularly when kids who have these conditions can really struggle but have far less support.

What happened last night? Has he gone now? Did the 'surprise' ever appear? was it him getting his cock out

Haha that tickled me.. 😂
its so upsetting that the kids are not getting the support financially but you get these waste of space people who are draining the system, all his friends are on pip too. Some have abused drugs so bad they have caused brain damage. His best friend was using drugs for so many years it lead to schizophrenia, best belive he is also on the highest rate and gets nearly 2k a month.. which goes in the pipe

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VanillaPlanifolia · 16/11/2024 12:36

Why are you with him?

EmpressaurusKitty · 16/11/2024 12:38

It’s not as if you ever have to see him again if you don’t want to. And it’s impossible to tell why you would want to.

Tell your friend you’re ready to ditch him NOW & ask for her support.

BeretInParis · 16/11/2024 13:00

Please stop being so passive. You don't even have to tell him he's dumped any time soon. It's not like he'll be taking the initiative to travel to your place. Just take him home as planned and then block him. Done. You'll never have to deal with him again.

Theoldbird · 16/11/2024 13:03

I'm starting to think this is just a benefit bashing thread. You would have left him a long time ago as soon as you realised he was defrauding, if you had this much contempt for benefit fraud

pikkumyy77 · 16/11/2024 13:09

Call a friend over and have them kick him out if he is still sitting downstairs. He can take a bus back. And promise yourself you will never pick him up again. As he is lazy and cheap he will not bother you again. Stop acting lije a booty call. Block him and then try to figure out how to live without accepting abuse from wankers.

Babyghirl · 16/11/2024 13:17

Ohnobackagain · 16/11/2024 10:28

@Babyghirl he’s already at the OP’s house after his ‘surprise’ for her. I meant take him
back to HIS home and then block!

I would just put him in the garden with his shopping and let him make his own way home, no way would I be running him home.

AuroraBo · 16/11/2024 13:30

I really have no idea why you are with him!

N0tfinished · 17/11/2024 11:32

There is nothing connecting you to him. Walk down the stairs & say 'please leave my house and never contact me again'. What is stopping you?

Hye000 · 23/11/2024 12:50

Please tell me you have dumped him? I don’t know you… but girl!!! Come on, you know you deserve better than this! And with all due respect, he did you a favour, imagine bringing his child into the world that he would never have paid for, would have only saw the baby if you taxi’d the baby to him and back, if he can’t remember to bathe or feed himself then your child wouldn’t have been safe to be with him on weekends. You have your whole life ahead of you to make a fresh start and have a complete family with someone who brings more to the table than this dead beat worthless drain on society! ♥️

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