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Found out I’ve been cheated on for two years

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JudgeandJury · 23/10/2018 10:40

In a nutshell I started seeing a man two years ago who had been a Facebook friend for many years having met through mutual friends but it never went further until two years ago when we started talking quite a bit . After initially being very full on he pulled back saying he wasn’t ready for a relationship but just wanted to go with the flow . Unfortunately I fell in love with him and therefore invested way more than I should . His family all know me and can’t believe that he refuses to label us . I’ve met friends of his however was always introduced as the “friend” which crucified me . We have done a lot together and spend a lot of time together yet I’m just a friend Hmm . He’s never treated me like a FWB more like a girlfriend and believe me we have had many exhausting fall outs where I’ve challenged him over his refusal to acknowledge our so called relationship . Incidentally he calls constantly .. I probably see and hear more from him than my ex husband when we were together .
A few months ago I stepped back finally realising that he was probably never going to commit .. worked on my self esteem and started having a more fulfilling social life . This has caused him to literally pursue me like crazy . Surprise surprise but still a refusal to call me his girlfriend .
Last week out of the blue I had a Facebook message request from someone on his fb list . A woman who I know he has known for many years .she said quite simply . That I had to stop harassing him ! That he had made it clear to me he wasn’t interested and why could I not leave him alone ?! I was absolutely flabbergasted . When I told her we had been seeing each other she accused me of being a stalker and said he had been confiding in her for months about his “friend” who had an unrequieted crush on him . I felt physically sick and told her I didn’t believe her so she then forwarded me screenshots of his messages to her . He had been whining to her since April about me ! He had told her that I was a friend with benefits who had developed deeper feelings for him do he’d ended it but that id been unable to take no for an answer . In a very recent message she had asked him if I was behaving Angry he had replied that it was difficult to keep someone st arms length who liked him a lot but that he’d drawn a line under it and wasn’t seeing me at all . Bloody liar . I had no desire to enter into further conversation and basically told her where to go then went to see him . Waited until he was asleep and opened his iPad . An hour later of reading his messages (and yes I know it was wrong but I needed to know just how much of a liar he was ) I had concluded that a year ago he was seeing someone else for a four months . He had been chasing at least four old female fb friends and had slept with one the day after telling me how much he loved me and recently was chasing a young model . A fb friend he had known for years and in between telling two other female friends that I was a friend who he didn’t find in the least bit attractive Sad So .. It’s over ! He’s a pathological liar and is obviously constantly searching for validation and doesn’t consider me girlfriend material . I am ending this fast but do I tell him what I know ? I can’t confess to snooping but I can tell him about the friend contacting me however he’ll orobably give me some story about how he was confused and or put it all on me .
Incidentally he contacted one woman he had slept with who had messaged him saying she didn’t want to see him again because she felt he wasn’t treating me fairly and was leading me on .. saying that she never gave him s chance to let him know how he felt about her ..
shall I tell him what I know .. do I message these women and tell them what a piece of shit he is .. or do I was walk away with no explanation ? I actually feel sick at how he lied to me for two years and made a fool of me 😞

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BettySwollocksandaCrustyRack · 23/10/2018 10:44

You owe him nothing. Just walk away and delete him out of your life.
He hasn't made a fool of you, he's just shown himself to be the utter arsehole that he is.

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SparklyMagpie · 23/10/2018 10:45

Walk away and leave it

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JudgeandJury · 23/10/2018 10:55

I really wanted to go to the woman who contacted me and show her proof that he is in fact a liar but I’m wasting my time aren’t I ?

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JudgeandJury · 23/10/2018 10:58

It’s worth pointing out that I’ve spent family occasions with him . Christmas New Year etc . Why has this piece of crap strung me along when he clearly didn’t give a damn about me

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Joysmum · 23/10/2018 11:05

I’d forward any screenshots you have. It’s not her fault she’s believed in him as you have done.

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rainbowtrain · 23/10/2018 11:05

Sorry OP. Unfortunately this man never wanted and never did commit to a relationship.
He did not behave in a decent way but he did tell you that you were just friends.
I know, I know, this happened to me before. Man treated me like we had something but always refused to label us, then I really liked him so it went on and on. I stopped it when I realised it was never going to change and then he pursued me.
Same old story. I blocked him and moved on.
Sorry OP. Do whatever you need to di to move on but the sooner you walk away the sooner you will be happy

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Notaprimeminister · 23/10/2018 11:07

Tell him you are just not feeling it anymore and give no other explanation. It will drive him crazy and give you your power and dignity back. Make him feel like he is not good enough for YOU for a change.

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JudgeandJury · 23/10/2018 11:09

Rainbowtrain the thing is he would never tell ME we were just friends as such it was always Oh I love you so much . Etc etc I’m just scared of committing for (insert lame reason) he would literally call when drunk talking about “us” saying we’d been together so long etc and always behaving as though we were in a relationship . He has constantly claimed he is not looking at other people .. didn’t want anyone else but me 😡 constantly asking me to give him time .. meh

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Bluntness100 · 23/10/2018 11:10

To be brutally honest here, it's the other women he is lying to. He has never committed to you or said he is in a relationship with you. Clearly you have just found out why. He's seeing other women and is lying to them about you.

Personally I'd just walk and block.

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JudgeandJury · 23/10/2018 11:10

Notaprimeminister I like that suggestion ! And tbh he ISNT good enough for me I deserve better
Should add we are both nudging fifty

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Bluntness100 · 23/10/2018 11:11

Ah ok, cross posted. He was lying to you too.

Walk and block.

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JudgeandJury · 23/10/2018 11:12

Thank you Bluntness should I bother telling the other women ?

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Hyppolyta · 23/10/2018 11:13

What an arse.

Id be tempted to sit him down and tearfully explain you have to end the relationship, because despite how much you love him you cant cope with such terrible sex and need to be with someone who satisfies you.

But Im evil. Grin alternatively just ghost or block the fucker, it'll confuse the hell out of him.

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Hyppolyta · 23/10/2018 11:13

What an arse.

Id be tempted to sit him down and tearfully explain you have to end the relationship, because despite how much you love him you cant cope with such terrible sex and need to be with someone who satisfies you.

But Im evil. Grin alternatively just ghost or block the fucker, it'll confuse the hell out of him.

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RomanyRoots · 23/10/2018 11:15

I'd tell them all tbh.
Any woman he's stringing along, send screenshots to each of them. Include messages he's sent to you about how much he loves you.
Finally, I'd let him know if he told anymore lies about you that you'll seek legal advice.
Then block them all and walk away.

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JudgeandJury · 23/10/2018 11:17

Hyppolyta oh god I would love to do that 🤣
I’ve lost count of the times he had behaved like a jealous idiot every time he thinks I might be talking to someone male saying I’m not giving “us” a chance . Good grief

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Bluntness100 · 23/10/2018 11:17

To be fair though I'd have a major issue with the fact he was telling people you were a mad stalker. I would tell him to fucking stop it. And about thr other woman's message.

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Singlenotsingle · 23/10/2018 11:17

I'd tell everybody, hopefully with proof. (Screenshots maybe?) He's not only stringing you along, but all these other women as well. He's laughing up his sleeve at you all, and he has to be stopped.

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JudgeandJury · 23/10/2018 11:24

Yes the big issue is that he is telling other women that I’m some kind of obsessed weirdo ... he could be honest and say oh I’m seeing her but it’s not serious and we aren’t in a relationship . He was also on messenger to this same woman swapping tinder experiences and telling her that he’s given up on meeting someone

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rainbowtrain · 23/10/2018 11:55

Oh I see OP.
Well in that case THAT happened to me as well.
Met someone who had ended a relationship to move abroad. Became friends. Became a couple. In hindsight, I probably pushed the couple thing but eventually we became one. Met his sister, got invited to sister's wedding...
Ha!
Well well then it turned out he had NOT broken up with the girl and told her that I was crazy, that I was pursuing him and etc. That he HAD to be with me because we were working together and I was "properly mad, with medication and everything" ( I had anxiety Tablets for a while)

So I called him up on it and broke up.

He is now still with her. So he was lying to whom? Me? Both?

Bah. I thought about messaging her, then I decided to count myself lucky and moved on

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JudgeandJury · 23/10/2018 12:07

Rainbowtrain that’s awful I’m so sorry 😞 I guess he will probably do the same to her one day . Two years I’ve wasted with this lying cheating piece of wotsit . He is so charismatic and manipulating . I remember a few occasions where he suddenly dropped off the planet and when I tried to get hold of him he called me a stalker .I also found out that he’d cheated on every single one of his ex’s

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Bacardibabe · 23/10/2018 12:07

Yeah let him chase you. Save the inevitable "I love you" etc (which will now be current)messages then screenshot the woman who is accusing you of being a stalker and say now who is being lied to?? Or now who is the stalker? Then shut the lot down. You will have had the last word and they wont be able yo respond. They just be Shock.

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Poster65 · 23/10/2018 12:47

I’d send on screenshots. I’d need to have my moment Grin

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gendercritter · 23/10/2018 12:55

You've had a shock but 5 minutes into this friendship, you should have walked away. Have you ever read 'He's not that into you?' You really should. This man has been using you for sex and affection. That's fine if you only wanted a fwb situation but you didn't and so were only ever setting yourself up to be hurt.

Cut ties, move on and learn from this. He isn't worth any angst at all.

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JudgeandJury · 23/10/2018 13:05

Gendercritter Funnily enough I said exactly the same to my friend after I found out .. he’s been treating me like a pseudo girlfriend . I was there to provide the shoulder to cry on . Listen to his constant whinging and sleep with him .TBH I’ve tried to walk away a few times and knew I should have gone after five minutes but I was lonely too and not in a good place . Over the last few months my life has improved and I’m happier and more content in myself and had been questioning staying around . Six months ago this would have broken me but not now . I actually think that the woman he slept with he IS really into and it’s destroyed him that she’s cut off contact . Although I doubt he can even spell the word faithful . Reality is I know I deserve better but now I have the proof of his bullshit ways it’s easier to go

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