Ex started off very well-behaved, but soon showed his true colours. At first I was just pleased that his comments weren't aimed at me - but of course as the years passed and our relationship became more strained he did start to aim his remarks at me.
To a friend of mine at a dinner party (his favourite venue for advertising his 'wit')- 'never did trust a woman who could grow a better moustache that I can'.
He sent me to the kitchen to get him something. Someone remarked that he was nearer -'You don't buy a dog and bark, yourself'. I wish I could remember more of the things he used to say, but it's probably just as well that I can't.
He would be furious if anything broke down, and would blame me! One day the freezer and the washing machine both broke, on the same day. He told the repair men that it was my fault. I asked why he blamed me - he replied that since I was the only one to use them, obviously it was my fault...
One day at the start of our marriage he bought me a new car. I loved it, it was a customised beetle in a beautiful bronze colour, with the most amazing painting of a black beetle on it. A year later he sold it without even asking me... After that he just bought and sold cars for me and I had no say in it, but one day he disposed of one I really liked, a bmw sports car. I was furious. We always had a spare car, I wasn't without one, I just resented how he treated me. A young man drove up with a honda accord instead, they hadn't been out for long. Ex was away and I saw my chance - I told him to take it away and to get me another sports car. He came back with an XR3i navy blue convertible, I signed the paperwork and I piled all of my possessions into it, a load at a time, took my daughter and went to live with my best friend.
The reason I mention cars is that one day he took me to Ascot on ladies day and we were in a box with people I had never met before. He introduced me as his wife, and then said 'but she had better mind her Ps&Qs, I don't think she has noticed what her new numberplate is yet!' I felt quite sick, it was XYF...
Before I could think twice, I retorted 'That's ok, my next husband will have a bigger willie'. Strained laughter all round, but Ex was a lot more careful about what he said to me in front of others after that.