Finding out your partner has being lying to you for most of your relationship would ruin your life, but I can see why you want to twist it around to make it seem like OP is acting morally
Why is it getting to the point of rejected advances? Set some firm boundaries with people, tell them you're in a relationship.
Honestly, my only advice would be to communicate, to tell her that you don't feel like you're both on the same page in terms of what you want sexually. Communicating is really the only thing you can do. The alternative option is leaving, of course, which is something you can also do.
I mean, it took you getting all the way to her house in the car to change your mind. That's quite a big thing. I don't just think it's her who should be recognising the severity of that – you should be too. No lack of a sex life excuses behaviour like that, and the severity she should recognise from it is the risk of you cheating.
You sound really lovely and she sounds absolutely awful. You did NOTHING wrong. She’s treating you horribly. I hate that you’re even wondering if you did something wrong.
Keep yourself and your kids away from her. You deserve to be treated so much better (we all do). Heal, keep standards high for yourself, and soon enough you’ll have someone wonderful to spend Christmas with.
This can’t be real, everything in me is praying you are a troll. If it is I don’t even know what to say. So many people have spelled it out for you but you refuse to see it because you are naive and 24! All your responses chose exactly why he chose you. I know you don’t see it now but once you are older you will.. I hope you get out before it’s too late
It is not your job to teach him how to “deal with difficult emotions”. He is not a toddler that needs to be taught about his big feelings by you, his mommy. We women imo tend to really overcomplicate things when we don’t want things to be what they are.
You want an exclusive relationship. That is not unreasonable to want. He is in another country changing his OKcupid profile. You truly believe he wasn’t hooking up? You want advice on how to stop overreacting when what you’re experiencing are valid feelings. You would like the person you have now decided to be exclusive with to see you when you come back. He is acting like that is a huge burden and he’s “worried about seeing you” and “taking some time” because you’re hurt about getting put on a back burner. He’s making you the insecure bad guy.
I bet you’re lovely (I can tell you care about people a lot). Someone would feel very lucky to lock you down! I know Reddit often jumps to “break up”, but this is barely an established relationship to break up from.
We haven’t been able to meet in person because he lives on the other side of the country. I’m going to be visiting him in the summer but can’t atm because he says he wants to focus on finishing his degree.
I'd assume he's delaying or avoiding moving in. You need to ask him that.
All you said here was that he said he made a commitment to his flatmate to stay until May. Did he follow that by saying the two of you can look for flats together for May?
Thank you I really appreciate that. I’m struggling with communicating this with him without sounding whiny. How do I ask for things like dates and stuff without feeling bad?
This is unfortunate and it was unfair for him to be playing around with someone too young for him all the while still harboring hopes for his past relationship. Sorry this happened to you.
If this was me, and I had ended a relationship with a person and had cats together, I can tell you, with no hesitation, that I would try to see the cats and only the cats. I was together with a guy who had a cat from before we knew each other so when we broke up I knew I couldn't ask to take the cat, because he was his cat from before, but I missed the cat so much. The cat, not the guy at all. So take her at her word that she only misses the cats, don't assume she misses you unless she says so.
Secondly, she’s garbage. A terrible, terrible person. What does that make you if you stay? And please, scorch the earth on the way out—tell her whole family what she says. They deserve to know.
Yeah. I mean it’s easy for me to say as a mid 30’s guy who has been through some crazy ass relationships, but this is pretty simple…
She’s right. She’s a cunt. OP you’re young as hell and this hurts like hell I’m sure, but there isn’t anything left to do. She’ll just do more stuff like this in the future.
Thanks. I want to figure out a way to get him help if needed without giving him the idea to claim psychiatric issues as an excuse for himself. I don’t want to have to hear that I can’t blame him and have no right to be upset because he can’t control it, if there ISNT actually anything wrong. You know?
I’m so sorry. I think it’s important to keep things in mind, regardless of how nude it will be. She will admit to what you tell her to admit to at this point, probably. But remember, she will still not be admitting to anything you don’t have perfect proof of. If you don’t have proof and force her to admit that she said awful things about you that would be divorce worthy in themselves, she will not tell you. And when you find out and she does, she will cry more and try to make your relationship instincts turn on and comfort her. Remember, you’re the victim.
She will say she wants to be with you, and MAYBE agree to cut him off. If so, almost as a rule she will start up contact or he will and it will resume. Or she will say she loves you both and isn’t sure, and try to guilt trip you into letting her keep “talking” to him. She will continue to keep “talking” to him and tell you periodically that you’re controlling despite the fact she has cheated on you.
OP, this is a nightmare, I know. Find someone you can confide in— NOT HER. NOT HER FRIENDS. She will use it against you as soon as it’s to her advantage. She’s already been using your suspicions of the affair she’s in against you, yelling at you that they’re only friends. She will use every other emotion, no matter how valid, against you.
For some reason this is the only comment i can read among the other 5/6 i can spot on the comment icon xd For sure i'd never treat gf for what she does not deserve, I rather completely ignore the roommate if the things get worse 🙁
There's a term for what happened to you, it's called Rape by Fraud. Is in, you were raped because the person in question led you to believe they were someone else, and you would not have consented if you'd known who she actually was.
The fact that she still tried to force you to have sex with her proves this was not just an accident/miscommunication. She raped you. I am so sorry this happened to you.
If your girlfriend is truly a good person, then she should believe you and cut ties with that friend of hers. If she treats you like a cheater, or insists she should stay friends with a rapist, then she is not someone worth dating. If she isn't sure who to believe, then okay it is your word against hers, but you have told her in the past how uncomfortable her friend makes you. (And, as others have pointed out, see if you can get evidence of her admitting to what she did, whether through text or recording)
What happened to you was horrible, and I hope you can heal from this event. This was in no way your fault. Just remember that.
I don’t disagree that it’s a lot and I’m having a simple wedding as a result of that. My fiancé is also very anti-wedding but is happy to acquiesce to the things that are important to me. If I’d have wanted a bridal shower, I would’ve had one and he would’ve supported me, regardless of his feelings about it. Just be careful that you’re not preventing your fiancée from having experiences that she does actually want, otherwise you’ll be starting off a marriage with resentment and regret. It’s not a moral failing to want to have a traditional wedding with the elements that go along with it, and since you’ve stated you’re spending $90k, it’s clearly not about money.
Unless she’s had an abortion, has kids or is lying about that being her only effort at avoiding pregnancy, it’s not lying to say she’s had success with the pull out method, in fact it’s been 100% effective for her so far.
It makes her insanely lucky and I personally wouldn’t do it if you paid me, but it’s not lying.
I love him but I feel like no matter what I do, there’s always gonna be a criticism.
It doesn't matter whether he's controlling or you are insecure.
You shouldn't be in a relationship that makes you feel this way. If it's you, you need to work on yourself before getting into a relationship. If it's him, well – you know what you need to do.
He's not asking for her help through it or even implied as much, he just wants to let her know he's going through naked times
I'm the depressed one in our relationship but I hate when he tries to hold things back for my sake, I often can and want to help him because I've had a lot of psychotherapy. That may not be the case for her but at least if she knows what's going on she won't be paranoid that it's all about her
Also you have no idea that she isn't getting help for her depression
The success rate for meds is like 60% and if you aren't getting the right psychotherapy for what that particular person responds well to, it won't be effective on top of the cost which makes it unattainable for many people all together
Are you sure you weren't drugged or someone slipped something in your drink? Blacking out for five hours is extreme.
And are fucking in the supply closet or emailing thru work emails where OP cant see
Oi cunt, don’t be unkind. No need for that
Finding out your partner has being lying to you for most of your relationship would ruin your life, but I can see why you want to twist it around to make it seem like OP is acting morally
Why is it getting to the point of rejected advances? Set some firm boundaries with people, tell them you're in a relationship.
Honestly, my only advice would be to communicate, to tell her that you don't feel like you're both on the same page in terms of what you want sexually. Communicating is really the only thing you can do. The alternative option is leaving, of course, which is something you can also do.
I mean, it took you getting all the way to her house in the car to change your mind. That's quite a big thing. I don't just think it's her who should be recognising the severity of that – you should be too. No lack of a sex life excuses behaviour like that, and the severity she should recognise from it is the risk of you cheating.
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You sound really lovely and she sounds absolutely awful. You did NOTHING wrong. She’s treating you horribly. I hate that you’re even wondering if you did something wrong.
Keep yourself and your kids away from her. You deserve to be treated so much better (we all do). Heal, keep standards high for yourself, and soon enough you’ll have someone wonderful to spend Christmas with.
Please please please go to couples counseling before you get married.
Literally not even 4 months in
Yea maybe thats the best solution
This can’t be real, everything in me is praying you are a troll. If it is I don’t even know what to say. So many people have spelled it out for you but you refuse to see it because you are naive and 24! All your responses chose exactly why he chose you. I know you don’t see it now but once you are older you will.. I hope you get out before it’s too late
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It is not your job to teach him how to “deal with difficult emotions”. He is not a toddler that needs to be taught about his big feelings by you, his mommy. We women imo tend to really overcomplicate things when we don’t want things to be what they are.
You want an exclusive relationship. That is not unreasonable to want. He is in another country changing his OKcupid profile. You truly believe he wasn’t hooking up? You want advice on how to stop overreacting when what you’re experiencing are valid feelings. You would like the person you have now decided to be exclusive with to see you when you come back. He is acting like that is a huge burden and he’s “worried about seeing you” and “taking some time” because you’re hurt about getting put on a back burner. He’s making you the insecure bad guy.
I bet you’re lovely (I can tell you care about people a lot). Someone would feel very lucky to lock you down! I know Reddit often jumps to “break up”, but this is barely an established relationship to break up from.
We haven’t been able to meet in person because he lives on the other side of the country. I’m going to be visiting him in the summer but can’t atm because he says he wants to focus on finishing his degree.
I'd assume he's delaying or avoiding moving in. You need to ask him that.
All you said here was that he said he made a commitment to his flatmate to stay until May. Did he follow that by saying the two of you can look for flats together for May?
Thank you I really appreciate that. I’m struggling with communicating this with him without sounding whiny. How do I ask for things like dates and stuff without feeling bad?
This is unfortunate and it was unfair for him to be playing around with someone too young for him all the while still harboring hopes for his past relationship. Sorry this happened to you.
If this was me, and I had ended a relationship with a person and had cats together, I can tell you, with no hesitation, that I would try to see the cats and only the cats. I was together with a guy who had a cat from before we knew each other so when we broke up I knew I couldn't ask to take the cat, because he was his cat from before, but I missed the cat so much. The cat, not the guy at all. So take her at her word that she only misses the cats, don't assume she misses you unless she says so.
First of all—you can report him. Do it.
Secondly, she’s garbage. A terrible, terrible person. What does that make you if you stay? And please, scorch the earth on the way out—tell her whole family what she says. They deserve to know.
Yeah. I mean it’s easy for me to say as a mid 30’s guy who has been through some crazy ass relationships, but this is pretty simple…
She’s right. She’s a cunt. OP you’re young as hell and this hurts like hell I’m sure, but there isn’t anything left to do. She’ll just do more stuff like this in the future.
Thanks. I want to figure out a way to get him help if needed without giving him the idea to claim psychiatric issues as an excuse for himself. I don’t want to have to hear that I can’t blame him and have no right to be upset because he can’t control it, if there ISNT actually anything wrong. You know?
I’m so sorry. I think it’s important to keep things in mind, regardless of how nude it will be. She will admit to what you tell her to admit to at this point, probably. But remember, she will still not be admitting to anything you don’t have perfect proof of. If you don’t have proof and force her to admit that she said awful things about you that would be divorce worthy in themselves, she will not tell you. And when you find out and she does, she will cry more and try to make your relationship instincts turn on and comfort her. Remember, you’re the victim.
She will say she wants to be with you, and MAYBE agree to cut him off. If so, almost as a rule she will start up contact or he will and it will resume. Or she will say she loves you both and isn’t sure, and try to guilt trip you into letting her keep “talking” to him. She will continue to keep “talking” to him and tell you periodically that you’re controlling despite the fact she has cheated on you.
OP, this is a nightmare, I know. Find someone you can confide in— NOT HER. NOT HER FRIENDS. She will use it against you as soon as it’s to her advantage. She’s already been using your suspicions of the affair she’s in against you, yelling at you that they’re only friends. She will use every other emotion, no matter how valid, against you.
Then do some therapy one way or the other.
For some reason this is the only comment i can read among the other 5/6 i can spot on the comment icon xd For sure i'd never treat gf for what she does not deserve, I rather completely ignore the roommate if the things get worse 🙁
Fair enough, maybe not surprise him. But talk to him about it, go look at them together etc.
There's a term for what happened to you, it's called Rape by Fraud. Is in, you were raped because the person in question led you to believe they were someone else, and you would not have consented if you'd known who she actually was.
The fact that she still tried to force you to have sex with her proves this was not just an accident/miscommunication. She raped you. I am so sorry this happened to you.
If your girlfriend is truly a good person, then she should believe you and cut ties with that friend of hers. If she treats you like a cheater, or insists she should stay friends with a rapist, then she is not someone worth dating. If she isn't sure who to believe, then okay it is your word against hers, but you have told her in the past how uncomfortable her friend makes you. (And, as others have pointed out, see if you can get evidence of her admitting to what she did, whether through text or recording)
What happened to you was horrible, and I hope you can heal from this event. This was in no way your fault. Just remember that.
Doesn't sound like the perfect girlfriend to me!
Most people would consider sexting a form of cheating. The perfect gf does not cheat on you.
I don’t know why it’s so difficult to let her go.
Have you been in many relationships before? Is the pussy really good?
I don’t disagree that it’s a lot and I’m having a simple wedding as a result of that. My fiancé is also very anti-wedding but is happy to acquiesce to the things that are important to me. If I’d have wanted a bridal shower, I would’ve had one and he would’ve supported me, regardless of his feelings about it. Just be careful that you’re not preventing your fiancée from having experiences that she does actually want, otherwise you’ll be starting off a marriage with resentment and regret. It’s not a moral failing to want to have a traditional wedding with the elements that go along with it, and since you’ve stated you’re spending $90k, it’s clearly not about money.
Unless she’s had an abortion, has kids or is lying about that being her only effort at avoiding pregnancy, it’s not lying to say she’s had success with the pull out method, in fact it’s been 100% effective for her so far.
It makes her insanely lucky and I personally wouldn’t do it if you paid me, but it’s not lying.
I love him but I feel like no matter what I do, there’s always gonna be a criticism.
It doesn't matter whether he's controlling or you are insecure.
You shouldn't be in a relationship that makes you feel this way. If it's you, you need to work on yourself before getting into a relationship. If it's him, well – you know what you need to do.
We have never showered together but I might suggest this to him.
If she is that freshly out of it. Did you have a paternity test?
Why can’t she visit your place?
He's not asking for her help through it or even implied as much, he just wants to let her know he's going through naked times
I'm the depressed one in our relationship but I hate when he tries to hold things back for my sake, I often can and want to help him because I've had a lot of psychotherapy. That may not be the case for her but at least if she knows what's going on she won't be paranoid that it's all about her
Also you have no idea that she isn't getting help for her depression
The success rate for meds is like 60% and if you aren't getting the right psychotherapy for what that particular person responds well to, it won't be effective on top of the cost which makes it unattainable for many people all together