to think that his behaviour is inappropriate??

[MsEBennet]

Oh blimey, this is a bit of a tale.. but I could really use some outside perspective. My friends say I'm NBU but when I tried to talk to my BF about it he made me feel like I was going crazy and it was all in my head... Help!
I live with my BF and a few weeks ago we went to the pub to meet some of his colleagues. I didn't know one of the girls and he said she was a new member of the team. I got a weird, flirty vibe between them and questioned him about it when we got home. He said they were just really good friends and she was here a few years ago on placement and so they've known each other for ages (..despite never mentioning her to me before, plus why introduce her as a new workmate and not a friend??)
Anyway, a week or so later, having spent the weekend at a friends in London I was on his laptop and found all their skype chats to one another. They had been having cosy little chats every morning before he went to work and they met up while I was in London. He told me they went for a run on the Sunday so I knew that but they also went for dinner early on the sat evening. Plus he was messaging her asking if she wanted to go for breakfast each day (she conveniently lives down our road). The nature of their chats was so flirty, not just, "shall we grab some food?", but "if you take me somewhere fancy I'll cancel all my plans for you". Plus I found their messages prior to her arriving and they were all saying how much they missed each other, how she would track him down once in the office (winky face) and he actually wrote that his life was barren without her around.

AIBU to think that this is out of line? I asked him what was up and he got so defensive saying they're good friends and I shouldn't be looking through his stuff etc... But this would never be tolerated from me...

[DameDeepRedBetty]

Red flag, prepare exit strategy. Sorry.

[TEErickOrTEEreat]

LTB

[thatmum48]

you are definitely not being unreasonable, confront him once again and if he doesn't give you a better answer give him an ultimatum

[WhispersOfWickedness]

I have never said this before, but LTB. Definitely inappropriate.

[NotMeNotYouNotAnyone]

Yanbu

His behaviour alone isn't a massive deal, although not what you want from your dp. It's the fact that this is obviously someone important in his life, even if she is just a friend, and he hasn't bothered telling you about her .

[jumperooo]

Yanbu. He's on the defensive too. Bad sign.

[Helltotheno]

I wouldn't bother wasting precious time out of your life with the confrontation OP; shed him, he's not into the gig.

[TigOldBitties]

TBH, I'd go fucking mental and I'm not one for going down the phone or that sort of thing.

I'd make copies of the conversations and confront him with it.

Saying his life is barren without her says it all, what were you, just some filler until she came back?

He either has feelings for and wants to be with her not you (doesn't matter if she reciprocates this) or he wants to be with you and has just gone over the top with this. Either way something needs to change. It willl be difficult if they work together as they're going to be interacting a lot.

[ChippingInNeedsSleepAndCoffee]

His life is barren without her is it :( Poor bloke.

I'd move out. No-one needs this shit in their lives.

[CoffeeTea103]

It's blatantly clear what's going on here. Sorry but ltb. Does he really think that this is an acceptable way to treat friends? He is taking you for a fool. You are spot on by having these concerns. You don't want to be with someone where you have to point out that this is wrong.

[ENormaSnob]

Dump asap

You are being taken for a fool

[AgentZigzag]

Bloody hell, that's a lot of stuff to be keeping from you.

There can't be any other reason can there?

Don't let him turn it round onto you with the accusations of 'snooping' through his stuff, even if nothing else is going on, all that crap is inappropriate when it's behind your back.

How long have you been together?

Any children?

[ImperialBlether]

Both of them are taking you for a fool. I would get out now.

[Writerwannabe83]

I Would be bloody furious!!!!

This would end any relationship of mine I think....

[MsEBennet]

Thank you for your replies, I actually teared up with relief that it's not me going insane and being some jealous GF.. I just read some threads on controlling behaviour and it sent alarm bells ringing, perhaps I should have seen something like this coming.

To be fair we had a slightly calmer discussion and he agreed to change his behaviour but I'm concerned that he didn't think it was an issue in the first place! He is only changing because I called him out on it..

Been together less than a year and no children. I am currently studying so he has me nicely dependant on him.. But it's not insurmountable-my friend has offered me her spare room.

[ImperialBlether]

It's great that your friend as offered you her spare room - pack your bags and take advantage of it, even if it's a temporary measure.

People who agree to change because they're told to change, almost always revert back to their old ways.

[FunkyBoldRibena]

I'd move into the friend's room pronto.

[Mojavewonderer]

Take the friends spare room and get rid!

[DigestivesAndPhiladelphia]

Move into your friend's spare room and don't look back. You don't have children & are not married so this is a good time to walk away and then, when you are ready, you will have the chance to find a boyfriend who treats you with respect.

[OvaryAction]

Take the room and be glad you found out what a twat he is now and not later on when you'd be more invested in him.

[AgentZigzag]

I don't agree that he doesn't see it as an issue, why would he keep it from you else?

And then try to turn it round to make you out to be the baddie looking at his skype.

Cheeky fuck.

Take up your lovely friends offer of a spare room and support, and don't give him a second thought, you're worth more than he's able to give.

[BlackeyedSusan]

take the spare room.

[Sinful1]

Well you've already destroyed any trust left in the relationship by violating his privacy, so it's probably going to die a death soon anyway.
May as well move out while it can still be amicable rather than waiting for you both to get bitter and angry.

Just be ready for him to go on the rebound to her so you're not too upset by seeing/hearing of them together

[MetellaEstMater]

You need to leave. Even if he is agreeing to behave better it is really too late. I can almost (and sorry for this) hear them discussing the fact you've called him on it and having a giggle at your expense.

I'm so sorry it has worked out like this for you but in many ways better now than further down the line.

[Choos123]

Really, it's not a good sign for the future if he's doing that with someone at work a year in. Yeah I'd move out in your shoes, don't invest time trying to get him to reform, a decent bloke wouldn't have gone there to start.