Break up with her for cheating. Demand a paternity test at birth and DO NOT sign the birth certificate until paternity is established that you're the father.
I only want it to end on good terms because I know if it doesn’t, he’s very likely to expose them. I don’t know where he keeps my images other than on his camera roll, but I know he’d keep a copy no matter what. I just feel so stuck and like unless I get him to dump me, I’ll be trapped in a relationship or have my intimate images exposed.
I think everyone is very fast to come to conclusions about your bf without knowing him. I can think of two potential scenarios.
1) he is indeed mysoginistic, and you'd have to consider whether such values match with what you want long term for yourself, especially w.r.t. kids and family etc.
2) he's always been in that misogynistic environment but has enough empathy and brain power to change his way of looking at things. If you have an open and respectful conversation (from both sides) with him about that, and he is rethinking what he said, there might be good chances you can help him out of his bad environment. May take some energy, and again, you would need to reflect on whether this is something you want for yourself etc.
Not all of them do that. Some of them are tight enough that it can be slightly difficult. Some guys don't realise they have, what is it?… phimosis, which can occur to varying degrees. And some guys have plenty of flexibility but it just doesn't pull back by itself. Truly a case of everyone is different.
Yup, this. It's a real addiction. So many people downplay it, but porn addiction is VERY real.
Be open with your gf, and try to realize why you may have lied to her to begin with. If you can work out why you lied (therapy can help with this a LOT), you can start to work on the actual issue, why you lied.
You seem to be taking this really personally and want to start a fight, strange.
Ehh… no, it's strange that that's how you read things. I'm just saying that we haven't seen anything in the post that suggests that OP's bf is autistic, only that he's abusive. OP has an autistic child and is dedicated to making this relationship work despite… everything, so if she believed that he was on the spectrum she would likely have brought it up in his defense. There are no mentions of meltdowns and tantrums – only anger issues, physical abuse, verbal abuse, silent treatment, holding her to a much higher standard then himself, and her being socially isolated. Some of those could be part of a meltdown, sure, but they could also just be another case of abusive behavior without autism as a factor.
And yes, autism has a genetic link, but the child could just as easily have inherited that from OP. Just tossing out “autism could explain his (abusive) behavior” is irresponsible.
My advice, you're too new in your relationship to be doing shit like that. Boundaries are still being established so you brought this on yourself. Get a good night's sleep, as you said he immediately let go and apologized so get some sleep, tomorrow just move on but quit that type of play till you two actually know one another a bit more
Wow, she insulted your character for absolutely no reason. That's a severe insult, not a joke. I wouldn't bother trying to resolve this. If she's ghosted you, let her stay gone. If she turns up in a few months, I'd suggest insisting that she apologize sincerely and give you a damn good explanation about why she flipped out, before you consider taking her back.
So she hasn't committed to a change despite you telling her how this makes you feel? I agree with a lot of the other comments how it's up to her to make a plan and follow through. You can't set goals for her, they have to be her own. Maybe it's time to decide if this is behavior you can online with or if you should cut ties so you both can find some one with more compatible goals.
What is keeping you in this relationship? Why do you keep asking her what she wants.. what do you want? It’s fair to want a partner who acts like they want you, and doesn’t just answer in the affirmative when you check in. There isn’t anything wrong with walking away from a relationship that isn’t right for you, even if there hasn’t been any big, huge thing. Everyone isn’t a fit for everyone else and getting along while you’re in the same room is the bare minimum, not a reason to stay.
I kinda feel like the fact you refer to her as “Monster in law” shows a lack of genuine desire to have a good relationship with her anyway so maybe you're half the problem.
Ypu: the amount she brings home every week changes to be more than what she claimed
Due to overtime which is never guaranteed and should never be used in budgeting?
Let's say she was on commission in addition to her wage, do you want that as well? What if she finds $20 on the ground, you want her to split it? What if she did any other sort of side hustle that you could absolutely do to make up this 'income disparity' like food delivery, dog walking/sitting, do you want that too?
What if she didn't make the same amount one month and made significantly less money, would you immediately adjust this little budget to save her money? It doesn't seem that way
I must say I do consider it weird but then I never grew up with a sister. I wouldn't like anyone sharing our marital bed but then we have the luxury of a pull out guest bed in the den. Having said that our grandmother 16 and her brother 14 stayed overnight recently and one took the pull out in the den and the other the sofa in the lounge and they did share when they were younger, so maybe there is an age where it becomes inappropriate.
Oh fr? I didn’t see that, I thought he commented somewhere she was drunk too. In that case, I would also argue that’s assault? If he’s drunk enough to not even remember
My point with the finances is it's one sided. He has no problem spending a few hundred on a new game or even an in game purchase but when it comea to me he never actively asks me out on a date anymore.
I don't expect him to buy me a Prada but a monetary contribution to the fun stuff we do/ him initiating a date would be nice for a change.
There are testers that deduct your pregnancy 6 days before getting your next period. So assuming she had her period right before having sex it could be possible that it is his.
You know what else is “fun”? Just going to a wedding, eating and drinking and dancing your ass off, comporting yourself well, and being a spectator like everyone else there.
There's like a 1% chance this goes over well. I get that your wife is usually not the attention seeking type, but there's something about weddings that makes people lose their heads a bit. I've been to more than a few where someone, usually a relative of the bride or groom, well meaning or otherwise, feels the need to do something to get their little 15 minutes of wedding reception fame. They hear the polite applause but don't see the eye rolling.
The thing is, seens like he doesnt feel safe to be himself around you anymore, like if anytime he relax a bit and go back to be his old self (spending some money with himself, do a less amount of chores, eat the junk food he likes, being more emotionally open to you, being a goofy guy around the closest ones), you and everybody will leave him, and the reason he is like that with everybody is because when you gave him the ultimatum, EVERYONE, his family, friends, everyone sided with you, so he basically dont feel safe to be himself with anyone, because he think once he do that he will be left you like you said you would do.
I know that you want him to be happy and to do think he likes, but will not be easy to make him feel confortable enough be be himself around you once again, talk with his counselor about this and his help.
Just break up with him so he can go find someone who will appreciate his gestures, man I read a lot and there a whole lot of men would have told you to do it yourself but he decide to make a actual attempt you get immediately passive aggressive and your comment don’t do you any justice trying to justify you being a asshole. So here the solution break up
You clearly shared this with him for a reason. Do you know how often I share excel spreadsheets from my work? Do I come home with printed out emails to share? No.
You deliberately sent a sexual video of yourself with another man to your bf and now you're hiding behind it being “just a job”. You shared it for a reason. You wanted him to be jealous, or you wanted a reason to call him unreasonable, to be mad at him.
And now that he's reacting in a perfectly normal way, it's all “wtf, he's crazy, i'm freaking out, i did nothing wrong!!”. Well, my friend, here are the consequences of your very deliberate and planned out actions.
Why would you get back with this guy?? He is willing to cheat on you, doesn't put time in for you and makes you feel insecure. What does he do that's actually good for you??
Invite who you want to your birthday but I'd leave both the bf and his friend out personally.
Nothing here suggests OP so abusive. NOTHING. However wife is checking many boxes for abuse. Check yourself and read the post. Wife shuts down all disagreement, stress pukes only happens with OP, also gaslights and refuses to even talk about her puking problems so therefore she doesn’t see them as problematic. That’s manipulative and abusive.
Training you to “walk on eggshells” , give her her way on everything. Teaching you fear. Other people do it different ways , but still classic abusive behavior rather than discussing and handling things like adults.
Don’t over think this. You’ll ruin a good thing by ruminating on something that’s nothing. Your best bet is to ask her. “Hey, whats your texting style, are you a quick texter, slow texter, get to it when you get to it? I enjoy texting with tou, of course but want to make sure we’re on the same page.“ and see what she says.Do this casually when in person.
He’s got ADHD so it’s hard seeing him move from one shiny thing to another. Somehow he moves quickly to a new person before closure of the previous ones so I’m not sure how this would pan out.
I guess it’s something I’ll have to watch helplessly on the side.
Or hes an insecure ass
yes but again im very prideful so i dont know i dont wanna look like a dumbass u feel me
Break up with her for cheating. Demand a paternity test at birth and DO NOT sign the birth certificate until paternity is established that you're the father.
I only want it to end on good terms because I know if it doesn’t, he’s very likely to expose them. I don’t know where he keeps my images other than on his camera roll, but I know he’d keep a copy no matter what. I just feel so stuck and like unless I get him to dump me, I’ll be trapped in a relationship or have my intimate images exposed.
Intelligence has a genetic factor and honestly you might need to think about your kids' future
I think everyone is very fast to come to conclusions about your bf without knowing him. I can think of two potential scenarios.
1) he is indeed mysoginistic, and you'd have to consider whether such values match with what you want long term for yourself, especially w.r.t. kids and family etc.
2) he's always been in that misogynistic environment but has enough empathy and brain power to change his way of looking at things. If you have an open and respectful conversation (from both sides) with him about that, and he is rethinking what he said, there might be good chances you can help him out of his bad environment. May take some energy, and again, you would need to reflect on whether this is something you want for yourself etc.
Start with telling your parents the truth!
Not all of them do that. Some of them are tight enough that it can be slightly difficult. Some guys don't realise they have, what is it?… phimosis, which can occur to varying degrees. And some guys have plenty of flexibility but it just doesn't pull back by itself. Truly a case of everyone is different.
Yup, this. It's a real addiction. So many people downplay it, but porn addiction is VERY real.
Be open with your gf, and try to realize why you may have lied to her to begin with. If you can work out why you lied (therapy can help with this a LOT), you can start to work on the actual issue, why you lied.
Is It actually possible to control your feelings in this way?
You seem to be taking this really personally and want to start a fight, strange.
Ehh… no, it's strange that that's how you read things. I'm just saying that we haven't seen anything in the post that suggests that OP's bf is autistic, only that he's abusive. OP has an autistic child and is dedicated to making this relationship work despite… everything, so if she believed that he was on the spectrum she would likely have brought it up in his defense. There are no mentions of meltdowns and tantrums – only anger issues, physical abuse, verbal abuse, silent treatment, holding her to a much higher standard then himself, and her being socially isolated. Some of those could be part of a meltdown, sure, but they could also just be another case of abusive behavior without autism as a factor.
And yes, autism has a genetic link, but the child could just as easily have inherited that from OP. Just tossing out “autism could explain his (abusive) behavior” is irresponsible.
My advice, you're too new in your relationship to be doing shit like that. Boundaries are still being established so you brought this on yourself. Get a good night's sleep, as you said he immediately let go and apologized so get some sleep, tomorrow just move on but quit that type of play till you two actually know one another a bit more
Why is he in hospital? Is this from terminal illness?
Sounds like you are angry but can’t just leave him because that’s not who you are or want to be, you must be going through the motions.
Quite a gesture you are making here, whatever happens, I hope you find bliss in your future.
Thanks again bro I appreciate it
Wow, she insulted your character for absolutely no reason. That's a severe insult, not a joke. I wouldn't bother trying to resolve this. If she's ghosted you, let her stay gone. If she turns up in a few months, I'd suggest insisting that she apologize sincerely and give you a damn good explanation about why she flipped out, before you consider taking her back.
An American friend told me he went to a strip club and the strippers had tape crosses over their nipples, I asked him if he asked for his money back ?
Went on holidays with some friends some time ago. Bunch of them played a few games on the poolside with beer and drinks every day.
They evaluated their games every single time. And they were amateur players, nothing crazy.
So she hasn't committed to a change despite you telling her how this makes you feel? I agree with a lot of the other comments how it's up to her to make a plan and follow through. You can't set goals for her, they have to be her own. Maybe it's time to decide if this is behavior you can online with or if you should cut ties so you both can find some one with more compatible goals.
What is keeping you in this relationship? Why do you keep asking her what she wants.. what do you want? It’s fair to want a partner who acts like they want you, and doesn’t just answer in the affirmative when you check in. There isn’t anything wrong with walking away from a relationship that isn’t right for you, even if there hasn’t been any big, huge thing. Everyone isn’t a fit for everyone else and getting along while you’re in the same room is the bare minimum, not a reason to stay.
I kinda feel like the fact you refer to her as “Monster in law” shows a lack of genuine desire to have a good relationship with her anyway so maybe you're half the problem.
Ypu: the amount she brings home every week changes to be more than what she claimed
Due to overtime which is never guaranteed and should never be used in budgeting?
Let's say she was on commission in addition to her wage, do you want that as well? What if she finds $20 on the ground, you want her to split it? What if she did any other sort of side hustle that you could absolutely do to make up this 'income disparity' like food delivery, dog walking/sitting, do you want that too?
What if she didn't make the same amount one month and made significantly less money, would you immediately adjust this little budget to save her money? It doesn't seem that way
You sound greedy and entitled.
He disrespected her right to dictate what he allows to happen to his body?
I must say I do consider it weird but then I never grew up with a sister. I wouldn't like anyone sharing our marital bed but then we have the luxury of a pull out guest bed in the den. Having said that our grandmother 16 and her brother 14 stayed overnight recently and one took the pull out in the den and the other the sofa in the lounge and they did share when they were younger, so maybe there is an age where it becomes inappropriate.
You were the guy she was having an affair with.
She's totally playing you. $1100 for a utility bill? Come on…
Yup 100%! Good job OP you did the right thing here! You doves a bullet! What a misogynist douche bag!
Oh fr? I didn’t see that, I thought he commented somewhere she was drunk too. In that case, I would also argue that’s assault? If he’s drunk enough to not even remember
You realize you could just move on right? You don’t need to keep being a part of this?
My point with the finances is it's one sided. He has no problem spending a few hundred on a new game or even an in game purchase but when it comea to me he never actively asks me out on a date anymore.
I don't expect him to buy me a Prada but a monetary contribution to the fun stuff we do/ him initiating a date would be nice for a change.
There are testers that deduct your pregnancy 6 days before getting your next period. So assuming she had her period right before having sex it could be possible that it is his.
You know what else is “fun”? Just going to a wedding, eating and drinking and dancing your ass off, comporting yourself well, and being a spectator like everyone else there.
There's like a 1% chance this goes over well. I get that your wife is usually not the attention seeking type, but there's something about weddings that makes people lose their heads a bit. I've been to more than a few where someone, usually a relative of the bride or groom, well meaning or otherwise, feels the need to do something to get their little 15 minutes of wedding reception fame. They hear the polite applause but don't see the eye rolling.
I'm with you. This is a BAD idea.
Honestly great advice. Thank you. I will try this because the arguing with her and accusing her just isn’t doing it.
*I know he is not telling the truth.*
HOW do you know he's lying to you, Op?
*I am a jealous person*
I would most definitely talk to a therapist about your jealousy .
And I strongly suspect your jealousy is spurring you on suspecting your boyfriend.
Wait she’s only 22 I’m confused
The thing is, seens like he doesnt feel safe to be himself around you anymore, like if anytime he relax a bit and go back to be his old self (spending some money with himself, do a less amount of chores, eat the junk food he likes, being more emotionally open to you, being a goofy guy around the closest ones), you and everybody will leave him, and the reason he is like that with everybody is because when you gave him the ultimatum, EVERYONE, his family, friends, everyone sided with you, so he basically dont feel safe to be himself with anyone, because he think once he do that he will be left you like you said you would do.
I know that you want him to be happy and to do think he likes, but will not be easy to make him feel confortable enough be be himself around you once again, talk with his counselor about this and his help.
Just break up with him so he can go find someone who will appreciate his gestures, man I read a lot and there a whole lot of men would have told you to do it yourself but he decide to make a actual attempt you get immediately passive aggressive and your comment don’t do you any justice trying to justify you being a asshole. So here the solution break up
You clearly shared this with him for a reason. Do you know how often I share excel spreadsheets from my work? Do I come home with printed out emails to share? No.
You deliberately sent a sexual video of yourself with another man to your bf and now you're hiding behind it being “just a job”. You shared it for a reason. You wanted him to be jealous, or you wanted a reason to call him unreasonable, to be mad at him.
And now that he's reacting in a perfectly normal way, it's all “wtf, he's crazy, i'm freaking out, i did nothing wrong!!”. Well, my friend, here are the consequences of your very deliberate and planned out actions.
Why would you get back with this guy?? He is willing to cheat on you, doesn't put time in for you and makes you feel insecure. What does he do that's actually good for you??
Invite who you want to your birthday but I'd leave both the bf and his friend out personally.
Nothing here suggests OP so abusive. NOTHING. However wife is checking many boxes for abuse. Check yourself and read the post. Wife shuts down all disagreement, stress pukes only happens with OP, also gaslights and refuses to even talk about her puking problems so therefore she doesn’t see them as problematic. That’s manipulative and abusive.
Training you to “walk on eggshells” , give her her way on everything. Teaching you fear. Other people do it different ways , but still classic abusive behavior rather than discussing and handling things like adults.
With me nothing tbh I am not an alcoholic who plays on people
Men aren’t pets though. Pets lack the ability to care for their own health. Stop making women be caretakers for men
Don’t over think this. You’ll ruin a good thing by ruminating on something that’s nothing. Your best bet is to ask her. “Hey, whats your texting style, are you a quick texter, slow texter, get to it when you get to it? I enjoy texting with tou, of course but want to make sure we’re on the same page.“ and see what she says.Do this casually when in person.
Call the police. You are currently disabled, they will take this seriously. Say you need them to send a social worker!
Omg RUN
Who considered that to be underweight? 5'8 and 130lbs is in normal range. As is 5'2 and 110lbs.
He’s got ADHD so it’s hard seeing him move from one shiny thing to another. Somehow he moves quickly to a new person before closure of the previous ones so I’m not sure how this would pan out.
I guess it’s something I’ll have to watch helplessly on the side.
Sorry – misunderstood. But you sound like you are on the right track at least. I hope things work out for you, OP!
Time for a new girlfriend
I think in this case it just means OP wants her partner to give her a cuddle after sex and recognise she's there as a human, rather than a sex doll