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am i wrong here?

Started on Thursday May 15th 2008 at 3.42 PM

travinda
2 posts

am i wrong here?

about 1 year ago

ive been with my boyfriend for nearly 5 years, lots of ups and downs but last august he asked me to marry him and we got engaged. 2 months later he was being rather distant and off with me. he sold a bike to an older woman in october and they became quite friendly, he told me it was just friends with a comon interest. he s told me that she texts and calls him a lot, and after a while she told him she had feelings for him, which he says he told her there was no chance. he said that as she is a respected and highly quailified nurse and councilor he had told her all about us and our relationship ups and downs and how he trusted her. i wasnt happy with this as she seemed to be giving him wrong advice, i did tell him how i felt and that i thought she had ulterior motives. they fell out for a short while after xmas when he told me he had realised this! they are very friendly again now and it is causing so many problems. ive sugested i meet his new friend but he was adament that she didnt want to as she already didnt like me for the things he had told her,
i found out 4 days ago that he had joined a dating site last august, 5 days after we got engaged! and that was how he really met her. just days after the engagement, not in october like he told me............. i realised then that this woman probably didnt know we were engaged so e mailed her and said i had no hard feeings, and explained what he had led me to believe. i also questioned him about it all, he says they are just friends but now he wont speak to me as he says im trying to ruin their friendship? how would i do that if she knew everything anyway? am i missing something here............. it just doesnt add up!

Nina
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303 posts

Re: am i wrong here? In reply to: travinda

about 1 year ago

I'm going to sound blunt here, but it does sound like something's going on. Why doesn't your bloke want you to meet this woman and why won't she meet you? Also, I wouldn't be very happy if my hubby had been telling all our marriage secrets and troubles to someone I'd never met - if you're having relationship troubles, you should both be seeing someone. If she's a friend then they should have no problem with you meeting her!

I think it's WELL out of order that he's joined a dating agency - never mind that it was 5 days after you got engaged, it was all while you were a couple wasn't it?

If I were in your shoes, I would speak to him directly about your concerns and tell it to him straight that something's not right about this situation. If he doesn't do anything about it, then maybe you're better off without him?

Again, I'm sorry if I'm sounding blunt but it does sound like he's treating you really badly and you don't have to put up with it.

travinda
2 posts

Re: am i wrong here? In reply to: Nina

about 1 year ago

thanks nina
i have trito talk to him, tell him about my concernes, ive said its discusting behaviour for an engaged person but he just says that he regards her as a councilor and she is a great help to him. he says he joined the site to make friends with similar interests, but my arguenent is ...... why not tell me he was joining it for that reason at the time, not keep it a secret, i really want it to work out for us but i cant put up with his ways, and the unreasonable behaviour. he wont speak to me now so i cant even confront him,

Princess23
4 posts

Re: am i wrong here? In reply to: travinda

about 1 year ago

Hi i really think you know what people will say, and thats to get rid of him. Sorry to be so forward but he can obviously see this is hurting you and should end the friendship, What relationship is better off saving? The one he has with you or a person who hes just " friends " with.

You deserve better in a relationship, not someone who is not willing to sort this out with you.
I really hope you sort this out and he relises whos more important. Take care.

tim
18 posts

Re: am i wrong here? In reply to: travinda

about 1 year ago

Well sorry to say but I think you are right to have serious reservations and that your gut feeling is normally the one you should go with. From a blokes point of view unless your sex life was rubbish or he just cant keep it in his pants then its bang out of order what he has done if you accept it and let him carry on as he has done so far it's gonna lower your own sense of self worth. Seems to me he aint got the back bone to come an talk to you to see if his issues can be sorted whatever they may be, an he just expects you to put up with it please dont be a doormat for any bloke there really is someone for everyone out there. It also makes me wonder if he proposed through guilt for something he knew he was doing was wrong whether he admits it or not.
In a nutshell cut an be free at least you will still have a sense of self esteem even though it's so so hard as they say easier said than done. good luck!

tim
18 posts

Re: am i wrong here? In reply to: travinda

about 1 year ago

Well sorry to say but I think you are right to have serious reservations and that your gut feeling is normally the one you should go with. From a blokes point of view unless your sex life was rubbish or he just cant keep it in his pants then its bang out of order what he has done if you accept it and let him carry on as he has done so far it's gonna lower your own sense of self worth. Seems to me he aint got the back bone to come an talk to you to see if his issues can be sorted whatever they may be, an he just expects you to put up with it please dont be a doormat for any bloke there really is someone for everyone out there. It also makes me wonder if he proposed through guilt for something he knew he was doing was wrong whether he admits it or not.
In a nutshell cut an be free at least you will still have a sense of self esteem even though it's so so hard as they say easier said than done. good luck!

*Vicky*
27 posts

Re: am i wrong here? In reply to: travinda

about 1 year ago

Ive been in a similar situation and if it was me i would say to him that unless you can all meet up as friends then he shouldnt see her at all. If he says that he wont do it then ask him what means more to him, a friend who hes only met recently or a 5years relationship with someone he intends to marry. I mean letting you meet her is the least he can do after hes lied to you to reaasure you nothing is going on!! If he wont let you meet her and still refuses to stop seeing her then he obviously doesnt respect you or think that much of you and quite frankly you're better off without him. You cant marry someone you dont trust. You'll always be having doubts about whether hes seeing someone or cheating on you or lying about where hes been etc.

mish
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39 posts

Re: am i wrong here? In reply to: *Vicky*

about 1 year ago

Finish it. Sorry but thats the bottom line. I was with someone for 10 years and i believed lie after lie after lie until i one day caught him in bed with someone. That opened my eyes and i left. Looking back, i realised just how many times he had told me he had "lady" friends that were just mates and i wasnt allowed to meet. It is clear why !!!!????? Trust is the biggest thing in a relationship. My partner Nick, is completely trustworthy and i have never been able to say that before. Im so glad he is the father of my daughter. If you cant say that about a man, get out why you can ... sorry to be so harsh



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