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To leave him over this?

28 replies

Forwveryuv · 19/05/2024 23:34

I’ve been with my boyfriend around six months, we live in London and he currently shares an apartment with a female. I think they’ve lived together maybe 2 years.

She is attractive and I think it’s been the case that since they met he’s fancied her but she hasn’t been interested in him. She also has a boyfriend (but this is also a recent relationship).

I 100% don’t think she’s jealous I’m with him but I think she’s jealous she doesn’t fully have his attention anymore, but I also think she’d actually never date him given the chance. They’ve also both been single at the same time as well.

Hes never given me reason to think he’d cheat but then today he was late meeting me because it was because he was comforting her because she was upset about her grandad passing - I have no idea when he died but it’s not a recent thing.

Maybe I’m being harsh, but she has her own boyfriend to comfort her and I know grief can hit at any point it just felt I would have been more understanding if the death was recent? It’s ultimately made me think that she’s always going to have some pull on him and I can’t be bothered to compete so maybe it’s easier to end it early on? Or am a I heartless cow?

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Scurryfunge12 · 20/05/2024 00:17

Yup, leave him. No good will come out of you being constantly suspicious that he will/has cheated. What’s the point?

Mothership4two · 20/05/2024 00:12

Is it just this one incidence or have there been similar ones? I am assuming this is a pattern and can understand you cooling off. If it's only this one time, I think that's a bit extreme unless there are other factors that you aren't happy about. So, it depends.

Personally I would have had to have asked when the grandad died. Although, grief can rear its ugly head unexpectedly sometimes.

A few times I have seen women 'compete' with their 'admirer's' new love interest or girlfriend even though they don't want him themselves. Not sure if they take his interest for granted and don't like it when it goes away?

cuckyplunt · 19/05/2024 23:36

Yeah, pack him in. There’s no point if you don’t trust him.