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Relationship break up. Am I an abuser? Feeling confused.
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I don't know what I want from this. I think its just a place to air my feelings and gain perspective.
I have been suffering from stress over not being paid by work and bills and rent getting ahead of me. THe past couple of weeks I have expressed frustration with various things by swearing unnecessarily for instance when I receive another bill, or another message from work demanding more while I still remain unpaid. Anyway, last week on Tuesday (today is thursday week 2) I was at my partners house sitting with her on the couch. She was studying for a jo interview and I was reading my emails. I received a rude email from my property manager and swore under my breath (f'ing c). My partner asked if I wanted to talk about something and I said no babe, its ok. A few minutes later she said she was going to my home to get her jacket for the job interview and could I cook dinner, which I said yeah sure. Not long after she phoned and said I had made her feel unsafe and asked that she be alone tonight so I said OK and left.
When I arrived home she had not only taken her jacket but also all of her belongings that she normally leaves here. I messaged her and asked whats up, why have you taken your stuff and apologised for making her feel unsafe. She then followed up with a tirade saying she didnt have to explain herself, she had been in DV situations before and she shouldnt have to make an excuse to leave her home so she could feel safe asking me to go. Now, I am not and was not aggressive at all, I simply swore.
I went to call her to talk and she had blocked me. Sent an apology the next morning and she basically said 'not good enough etc'" so i gave her some space that day. That night she blocked me on instagram. I saw that and quickly sent her another lengthier apology explaining I understood how I hurt her etc. Still not good enough so I sent a further one along with an explanation of things I had done for her, defending myself in that I didnt see it as a big thing. She said she was done with the conversation so I left her be Thursday, Friday and on Friday night she posted photos on facebook which I commented on, along with 12 others. She 'loved' all of their comments, but intentioanlly left mine unliked which was upsetting.
Next morning I attempted a more in depth apology, she thanked me for my heartfelt apology but it wasnt enough as she was hurt by some of the things I had said.
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Thank you. Lets hope she feels the words are sincere also and it helps to calm her down and reflect positively on the relationship. Maybe even see her errors in judgement (but I doubt it). I hope she gets help. She has the capacity to love deeply, I felt it, and deserves it in return.
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Ahem, so do you deserve the deep love and caring you've shown her.
I reckon that if she was going to get help, that would've happened before meeting you.
It's amazing how with some people, everything that goes wrong in their life was always someone else's fault.
How are you doing today?
EM
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Lol thanks but no thanks! I stay away from drama like the plague hahaha.
Be kind to yourself. You're nursing a broken heart and that's okay. You know you have a heart!
Take your time, treat yourself like you would your own best friend.
How's your new job going?
I hope you're able to get some financial things sorted more now you're in employment.
Hope the kids are doing well too
EM
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She messaged me and said she is going to call me at her leisure and give me one chance to get everything off my chest and that there’s nothing I can say to change the outcome and after that it’s over for good. So I’ll see what I can say I guess. I have nothing to lose and I’m not overly hopeful so may as well give it a shot. I hope she’s not too nasty 😬
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