Well it would appear I've lost an additional 14 odd stone this week....OH is sticking to his guns so I've asked him to move out permanently. Apparently I'm overreacting and being a drama queen but I don't think I am. He has always been a bit arrogant and blunt but underneath is loving and well meaning...or so I thought. We came back from a lovely weekend away last weekend and I was saying how nice it had been when I was unpacking and said we should do it more often and he said that if I played my cards right and kept losing weight and got to target maybe next Valentine's Day he would take me away again and a proposal might be on the cards. So I said why did I have to get to target to "earn" a proposal from him? And he said he was going to propose this year but he's talked to his mum and they had both agreed that wedding photos are something you want to show off and look back on proudly and you can't do that...and I'm quoting his actual words...with a fat bride in the centre of them. He told me I should use this as an incentive to stay on track and finally get there this time. To say I was hurt and angry was an understatement so I replied and who's to say I'd say yes if you asked anyway? And his answer was for me the final nail in the coffin....he looked me up and down and looked me in the eye and laughed and said well there's hardly a queue of men waiting round the block for you. So I am supposed to be grateful it would seem that he would do me the honour of taking a burden like me on. Well I don't think so. I'd rather be on my own than with someone who thought they were doing me some kind of favour by being with me. He is unrepentant and says it's what he thinks so why should he apologise and that I'm taking it all the wrong way. Am I? Whatever weight I am, I am the same person. I never realised he was so shallow. Like I say he can rub people up the wrong way and be a bit of a twat but I thought we had something more than what we obviously had. I'm just glad he moved into my house and the break up will be easy as we had a legal agreement drawn up (his mother's idea to protect her little boy!) when he moved in and all we need to do is sort the stuff we bought together. That's fine on the practical side but emotionally today I'm feeling like a real idiot for not realising what he was really like sooner. And him saying that if it's something he genuinely feels he has a right to say it is all good and well but how many people just go around saying whatever they feel and to hell with the consequences or hurt they cause. Even on Minis I read posts from all different sections and some make me mad, sad and at times I'm itching to say something but I don't because being too vocal with your opinions isn't always a good idea. I'm of the "if you haven't got something nice to say then don't say anything at all" brigade. Why would you knowingly hurt someone? Long rambly post but I must admit I'm feeling a bit sorry for myself today as I feel like a complete fool.
Oh Ali - I'm really shocked - don't really know what to say - I'm reeling from just reading that so I can't imagine how ur feeling - but presume that cos u've posted that painful stuff and from what I gather from ur previous posts - u wd like some feedback.
Obviously, we're all here to support u - but I'm concerned cos our communication is 'blind' and we're not having a direct conversation I might 'say' something insensitive - if I do - hope u'll realise that's the opposite of my intention.
Firstly, I've think u've reacted really well - u asked him to leave and now asked him to move out (thank goodness for the legal doc) and I hope that goes as well as it can.
I agree that no relationship can continue on that basis. Also as u say - none of us shd have to 'earn' a proposal - it also beggars belief that he'd had a discussion with his mother about such an intimate subject.
It wd be easy to say now that u've had a lucky escape from him and his mother but that's not for now cos ur understandably alternately between hurt and anger.
He's a loser not just for how he's treated u but he'll also come to regret that he's lost u.
Altho' I don't know u in the real sense of the word - but u'll know that u can read a lot about a person from their posts and I'd say ur intelligent, honest, sincere, sensible, measured and lovely - so pls don't call urself a fool or any other derogative term - it can affect ur self confidence (I say that from bitter experience).
As u say whatever size and shape we are and however much that may change we're still the same underneath. So as well as ur ex showing how ignorant, unkind and arrogant he is I'd say he's very shallow and disloyal too (in discussing u in that way to his Mum). You deserve better than that Ali.
Is it realistic to suggest u delete his txts without reading then - I know I cdn't - or wd it be too much hassle to change ur no.?
I'm going away for a few days 2moro - but will be thinking of u and sending positive vibes - not sure I'll be able to sign in here but will catch up with u on Weds eve.
Ur diet will be the last thing on ur mind - but again from experience of stuffing myself with
rubbish that it just made me feel crap - but u do what u thinks best - loads of support here - take carex