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Angel1234
02-28-2008, 11:17 AM
Hello please can you offer me some advice?

I have been with my boyfriend for almost 5 years, we do not live together. Over the past year he has become very cagey about his mobile phone - takes it everywhere with him including the bathroom. Last autumn, he left it in the lounge with me on a Saturday night and it buzzed and a strange girl's name came up. I didn't read the message but asked him who she was. He replied that he had met her in a nightclub about 6 months earlier and snogged her but nothing else had happened and she had persistently text him. I stupidly believed him and he agreed to delete her number. A week later he told me that he wanted some space and time apart from me. I was devastated but agreed in the hope he would come back to me. Our time apart lasted for 3 months and wasn't very successful as he saw me every weekend and called me virtually daily although apparently we were no longer "a couple". 10 days ago I decided I had had enough and went to his house to end the relationship, he cried and told me he wanted to be with me and that he loved me and we got back together. However he is now saying that he wants this to be a trial period and is very grumpy and angry with me all the time. On Sunday he left his mobile behind and went out for 10 minutes. In that time I read his phone and found graphic texts to the same girl from last year, there was also a folder of topless photos of her (dated from June and November last year) and most worryingly a history of calls and texts about mundane things like work etc so he is confiding in her as well... All texts were from the last week.

Why did he only tell me 10 days ago that he wanted to be with me when he seemed to be fully intent on continuing this relationship with her. I am not sure if this has yet become a sexual relationship with her, it hasn't been possible for the past 2 weeks as he broke his leg in a fight recently so he is house-bound. Is he continuing to text her/call her as a punishment to me because suddenly he is more reliant on me? Is it just a boredom thing as he is having to work from home for the next 6 weeks and is therefore alone rather than in the office? He is a natural flirt and often has texts from girls but has always been honest about them with me and they have always seemed harmless so I have always trusted him. Now I am double reading everything he says, it is making me stressed and ill and I have been signed off work for the past week, I have dropped a dress size in a week worrying.
I love him and cannot imagine my life without him and am utterly devastated that he can do this to me.

Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks.

Mojo
02-28-2008, 11:31 AM
oh Dude..
that's rotten.
I think we've all had that one at some stage..
terrible situation.
but if it makes you feel any better.. you CAN do better, and you WILL find better.. you deserve someone who is faithful.

what do your friends and family say?

Angel1234
02-28-2008, 11:42 AM
Have only confided in a couple of friends as I suppose I am still in shock. They were as gobsmacked as I was. They think that he is probably just bored being housebound and is texting to amuse himself and therefore he doesn't classify it as cheating??
I have my doubts about this theory surely he must realise what he is doing??? He is also being very short, cross and angry with me all the time - classic guilty signs?!?!

Mojo
02-28-2008, 11:48 AM
man.. i don't think you really need to be told do you?
you don't wanna hear the truth because you love him..
and that's understandable..
like i said, we've all been there at some stage so we know how you feel..
it's hard to admit to ourselves that someone we love could do something like that to us, especially when they go to such lengths to cover it up, like they still love us...
but it happens all the time..
people cheat.
unfortunately.
and after it's all over we say to ourselves "why did i kid myself?"..

TJames03
02-28-2008, 03:38 PM
ANGEL1234, this is EXTREMELY common behavior in men (it is just a matter of how long and how well they can keep it a secret). Don't be shocked - you will encounter this many times over. It is sad, I know, but this is real-life.

mztx71
02-28-2008, 07:47 PM
My advice - Move on! Get tough girl, I know it's easier said than done but you need to do it. I NEVER give second chances, if I am considerate enough to be faithful then I expect the same, if not then they can shove it!

Wolf J. Flywheel
02-28-2008, 09:31 PM
Stay with him and attempt to become a failed candidate for the President of the United States!

Wolf J. Flywheel
02-28-2008, 09:32 PM
To be serious you are just boyfriend and girlfriend so at least it is not too late to get out without damage. Time heals a broken heart.

TJames03
03-09-2008, 06:31 PM
Go sleep with his friends - that will even up the score.

Mayor Gregory
03-09-2008, 06:33 PM
1) sleep with his brother
2) sleep with his friends
3) tell him, "they were ALL better"
4) post web pictures of him, with photoshopped smaller wang.
5) Laugh.

Pammy P
03-09-2008, 06:34 PM
Dump him full stop. Anyone cheats on PP then they history!!! No 2nd Chances ... trust all gone! Start over, hard, but do it!

jen.n
03-09-2008, 06:53 PM
If there is no promise of exclusivity (marriage, etc.), then there is no "cheating".

If you are still just in dating mode, and he is seeing others, then it is time to seek other options.

canuck
03-09-2008, 08:16 PM
Once the trust is gone, the relationship is doomed. I am speaking from experience. And, this is just my opinion, but once a cheater always a cheater, and taking them back and forgiving them is almost like giving them permission to do it again.

Oh yeah, the revenge f*ck, like some people suggested, never a good idea. It may seem so at the time, but it just makes things worse.

Best of luck to ya , it is not an easy thing to deal with.

MsTexas73
03-10-2008, 11:48 AM
Angel...I RARELY if ever get involved in discussions like this...BUT...I must say something here...and I'm putting myself out a bit by saying this...

I was in a relationship with my step daughter's dad for a LONG time...too long to be honest. I didn't want to leave him because I really did love him...and I believe he loved me...to an extent...but he couldn't be faithful and I had to realize that he probably never would be and basically afters YEARS I cut my losses. Now IMO I waited too long to leave, staying thinking that if I just hold on that things would get better...but it didn't and the behavior continued to the point that he had TWO children while we were together...one I know about...that's my step-daughter who eerily looks like I gave birth to her...and the other I didn't know about till years later.

So trust me...do yourself and your heart justice and leave now...don't wait...time doesn't wait...your heart WILL mend...and there will be someone for you who will be JUST FOR YOU.

TJames03
03-11-2008, 12:59 AM
Yeah, your heart will mend, but be prepared to encounter this sort of behavior over and over and over again.

Hopefully one day you will find a nice and faithful man, but it is going to take A LOT of looking.

Good luck to ya....

emmalovesdallas
03-11-2008, 09:39 AM
Sorry to say this because you obviously love him but DITCH HIM!!!

You deserve better and he obviously just wants to play around. You will find better as they say,there is somebody for everybody you just haven't found that person yet.

BloodyFairy
04-22-2008, 01:00 PM
HI Angel, All I can say is get rid of him now, The longer you keep him around the longer you are gonna hurt, Its obvious that you love him and are devoted to him but from what I just read, it doesn't look like he is returning your feelings, Guys like him are a dime a dozen and you are way out of his league, You can do sooo much better, I wont tell you that your not gonna hurt for a while because you will, 5 years is a long time, but I can promise that the pain wont last forever, it might last up to a year but I guarantee you that you will get over him and when you do you will think back about this guy and wonder what you were doing with such a loser, I tell you this much, leaving his sorry a$$ will be the best decision for you to make and in the future you will be happy you did.