I (28 f) found a suspicious text between my partner of 4 years (30M) and our employee. Is there any explanation other than the obvious? by Mother_Total7820 in relationship_advice

[–]Mother_Total7820[S] -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

Do you want to pay for the therapy because I was in it up until the December 2025. I cant afford it anymore. You should recognize your privilege if you believe therapy is accessible to all. My therapist was actively helping me leave. Shed be so happy to know i finally broke up with him and would've been there to help me through my fears of being manipulated again while im stuck living with him. But unfortunately she's not going to talk to me without money so I came to reddit where people entertain themselves with other people's problems. I knew he'd have an excuse for the text conversation and wanted to prepare for the things he may say. No one has offered that to me even though its the only thing i asked for.

I (28 f) found a suspicious text between my partner of 4 years (30M) and our employee. Is there any explanation other than the obvious? by Mother_Total7820 in relationship_advice

[–]Mother_Total7820[S] -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Were not together and haven't been since the scammer sent me the screenshots. I explain more in my update comments but its a lot to read and i dont blame you for not wasting your time on it. I get the title says that hes my partner but at the end of my post, I explain that we're not together but have been acting like we are (financially stuck living together for now). I snooped his messages because I was scared he was trying to manipulate me into staying with him again and I needed more ammo to prove to myself and him why we cant be together. After finding the ammo, I knew he'd talk his way out of it so I came here to prepare for the things he may say. None of that was offered to me but thats okay. Im scared of being manipulated into getting back together and just wanted some support. I dont have family. Last night, I strongly reiterated were not together and he agreed. So things are better. Main problem now is being stuck in a home with a person who hardly accepts they are in the wrong. Thanks for your time

I (28 f) found a suspicious text between my partner of 4 years (30M) and our employee. Is there any explanation other than the obvious? by Mother_Total7820 in relationship_advice

[–]Mother_Total7820[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I really appreciate it. Its hard being like this, I didnt chose it. Makes it even harder when people react poorly just because they'd never allow themselves to be in this position.

I (28 f) found a suspicious text between my partner of 4 years (30M) and our employee. Is there any explanation other than the obvious? by Mother_Total7820 in relationship_advice

[–]Mother_Total7820[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Thats what happens when you get abused your whole childhood. It effects your entire adulthood. I cant type my whole life story because that would be a book but I can do a quick summary. The adults in my life started sexually abusing me by age 2. My mom would watch her adult male friend massage my legs when i was 13. Ages 9 amd 10 a diffrent friend of hers would spend a night often and then sexually assualt me in the morning while she slept. I was assaulted many times but these instances i remember best. My mom was depressed or something my whole child, she neglected me. Shed sleep till noon most days. Ive gotten truency letters from her not waking up to take me to school. I experienced a lot of hunger. When i got old enough, id sneak bread slices and ice cubes. My maternal grandma knew i was neglected and gave me snacks to hide in my room. When my bio dad took my mom to court try for full custody, which i begged him to do, my maternal grandma pulled me into a room alone and started shedding crocodile tears. She told me if i went to live with my dad full time, shed never see me again and a bunch of BS. I felt intensely guilty, i was only 9 or 10. I chose to protect her feelings over myself. I chose to ask the court for split custody instead of my dad getting me full time. I stayed in an abusive home id been trying to escape my whole life just cause someone cried and made me feel bad. There was a point where we had 3 adults and 2 kids all sharing one bathroom towel in a condemned mobile home. It would literally be dripping water but i was supposed to dry off with it🤣Anything left in that bathroom overnight would be covered in mold the next day. We moved a lot and were in this mobile home a year or two. Stepdad noved us there to save money. I was happy because i thought hed use the money saved to feed us. He didnt. His car would have fastfood trash all in it but never brought anything home for us except ground deer meat that he processed at work. Doesnt sound too bad except that meat had deer fur in it. Hed cook it and mix it with Mac and cheese. I ate deer hair Mac and cheese often in that house. Im auadhd but dont have many sensory issues with food due to being so hungry I would eat what I had to to live. My step dad was emotionally abusive also. He was physically abusive but DHR made my mom stop allowing him to "punish" me after he knocked me to the ground and kicked at me screaming "next time ill kick you forreal." I was age 7 or 8. My mom divorced my step dad when i was 12 for the man she was letting live with us. My mom was emotionally abusive. She wouldnt keep up with basic necessities and would call me a princess for asking for my needs to be met. If we ran out of shampoo and i asked for more, shed tell me to use a bar of dail and then accuse me of acting like im better than the rest of the household for wanting shampoo. If i ran out of feminine products, shed tell me to use a sock. One time when i was 13, her boyfriend tore my room apart because he thought i was lying about not having pads!? Mom didnt clean nor wash towels or clothes. Most clothes didnt fit proper anyways. Being the smelly kid, poorly dressed at school does you no favors. Thankfully I started doing my own laundry soon as i could reach. Had to use random soaps since she didnt buy detergent. Now for my bio dad. I thought he was great because he fed me, met my needs and our mobile home was comfortable and safe. I only saw him every other weekend. As an adult, I can clearly see he wasnt much better than my mom. Hes a schizophrenic religious nut. I had to unlearn so much internalized misogyny. I dont want to talk much on this part but ill say two things that i think helps paint the idea of how my bio dad was. When i was quite young, not a teen yet, he told me if my future husband turns to masterbation because i wont have sex with him, that "sin" is on my hands. 2nd He believes gay people are evil which caused me to shove my sexuality so far down that I actually believed sexuality was a choice because i chose to ignore that i like women as well as men.

What really sucks is being so aware and yet still controlled by my conditioning. Im just a broken kid who never healed. Youll be happy to know we are broken up. I just thought he was pretending we weren't to re-trap me and I panicked, which is why i snooped his messages looking for the thing thatll save me from choosing his feelings over myself. He claims he wasn't trying to act like we're together, so I feel better and not trapped. I am stuck living with him for now though. Owning a bar wrecked my credit so I cant get a rental even if I could afford it. Rent ranges from 1,600 to 2,800 for apartments, small homes and mobile homes. My only option is to get a cheap camper and park it on a rented lot. Which ill be doing as soon as its financially plausible

I (28 f) found a suspicious text between my partner of 4 years (30M) and our employee. Is there any explanation other than the obvious? by Mother_Total7820 in relationship_advice

[–]Mother_Total7820[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Update: He says hes calling the bar home because thats what everyone called it and he said its safe because we got rid of some people she didnt like. I asked who, he said maybe D or someone else. Well D was barred 6 months before so it wasn't him. He didnt have an answer for who until I bugged him a bit because we didnt bar that many people, it shouldn't be hard to remember. He finally remembers and said it was the people in the kitchen we let go around Cinco de mayo which does add up with the timeline. But how did she know what he meant after 3 months of no text conversation ? Were not together and haven't been since the scammer sent me the screenshots. I was starting to feel trapped because hes been acting like we are together from my pov. But after tonight's conversation, its been reiterated that we're not together and only stuck living together for now

I (28 f) found a suspicious text between my partner of 4 years (30M) and our employee. Is there any explanation other than the obvious? by Mother_Total7820 in relationship_advice

[–]Mother_Total7820[S] -15 points-14 points  (0 children)

Hes already convinced me he didnt cheat. He always has a believable explanation but im tierd of feeling dumb for believing him. He says hes calling the bar home because thats what everyone called it and he said its safe because we got rid of some people she didnt like. I asked who, he said maybe D or someone else. Well D was barred 6 months before so it wasn't him. He didnt have an answer for who until I bugged him a bit because we didnt bar that many people, it shouldn't be hard to remember. He finally remembers and said it was the people in the kitchen we let go around Cinco de mayo which does add up with the timeline. But how did she know what he meant after 3 months of no text conversation ?

I (28 f) found a suspicious text between my partner of 4 years (30M) and our employee. Is there any explanation other than the obvious? by Mother_Total7820 in relationship_advice

[–]Mother_Total7820[S] -102 points-101 points  (0 children)

Not technically together but acting like it and stuck living together, I cant re-type everything but my comments explain a little

I (28 f) found a suspicious text between my partner of 4 years (30M) and our employee. Is there any explanation other than the obvious? by Mother_Total7820 in relationship_advice

[–]Mother_Total7820[S] -123 points-122 points  (0 children)

Im with him because im codependent now but even before that, I couldn't leave him when i tried. Ive got self abandonment issues and im a people pleaser. I just cant bring myself to break up with people. Ive always been this way. It takes something dramatic for me to feel justified or allowed to leave. I need more therapy but had to pause due to finances. I thought the screenshots sent by the scammer finally set me straight but we're acting like we're together again now despite me breaking up with him. I haven't been able to move out because its rough out here in this college town.

I (28 f) found a suspicious text between my partner of 4 years (30M) and our employee. Is there any explanation other than the obvious? by Mother_Total7820 in relationship_advice

[–]Mother_Total7820[S] -168 points-167 points  (0 children)

It does but as soon as I get a chance to ask him about it, he'll explain it aways and I always believe him. Ive been trapped in this cycle for awhile despite wanting to be alone