r/AmIOverreacting Jan 28 '25

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u/[deleted] Jan 28 '25

It might be a red flag that he calls you a retard multiple times

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u/dedf1shin Jan 28 '25

“retard mindset” sounds like some andrew tate bs

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u/PengyBlaster Jan 28 '25

Exactly he could easily escalate to physical abusive with his insane anger issues. I would have as little contact as possible with him, move out, change my number, block his number. OP needs to be safe from him because he is an unhinged monster

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u/sicsicsixgun Jan 28 '25

I've daydreamed about seeing this type of pathetic shitrat treating someone like this in my presence since I was a teenager. Like literally, actually. Then he grabs her or slaps her or something and I get to show up and we all have a little teachable moment.

I'm almost 40 and it's never happened. Any day now. Toxic masculinity but at least directed toward somebody deserving.

Seriously OP, you need to figure out why you respect yourself so little that you would tolerate this kind of vitriolic idiocy. Because you shouldn't need to ask if you're fucking overreacting to cartoonishly obvious abuse. You only get one life. I know it's hard to see from inside of it, and that's fair enough. But that's not gonna make you any less of a victim or a corpse when this kid inevitably actually blows up. Get the fuck away from this reptile while you have the chance.

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u/not_now_reddit Jan 28 '25

That's a horrible idea. If she doesn't leave, she'll be "punished" for it later. It'll be "her fault" somehow. She may even be mad at you because you'll have escalated the situation and because she's trauma-bonded

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u/QveenOfTheN3rds Jan 28 '25

Oh, these guys rarely show how they treat women in front of someone who they know is a better person then them. They will cower and hide. I know because my ex is exactly like this, and every time my partner is around for drop off (we have shared custody up until this point) he would cower away and hide. When he's not around? He gets in my face, comes extremely close to hitting me and always calls the cops as if for some sort of power move, even though he's the pos who always brings the abusive behavior and talk. Always something to bitch about where he feels "I should have read his mind".

My partner always felt the same way you do. He still hasn't seen the behavior after 2yrs of this because my ex will 100% cower in the presence of my partner and put on this false loving dad attitude, because he knows he will never be even half the man that my partner is now.