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Has he cheated?

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Geysbagahq · 26/07/2024 02:41

My partner and I have a newborn baby so I am unsure if I aibu and my hormones are all over the place and making me paranoid?
I went on my partners instagram to look at my profile and make sure it is definitely on private as we don’t follow eachother and I have pictures of my children on there and wanted to make sure it was definitely private. I went on explore to type in my name and it was full of naked women, this made me really upset as I’ve not long had a baby and also at the beginning of our relationship he made it clear to me that neither of us was to watch porn or look at any explicit things online. I have respected this and never looked at anything online. I confronted him in the morning and he denied it all, I was very upset and told him to leave. I expected him to go and stay with a family member and try to sort things out with me. Instead he went to the pub and got very drunk, he lied to me and told me he was at his dad’s. We share our locations with eachother so I could see he was at the pub. I phoned him later on and he answered the call outside and when he went back into the pub he put me on silent for a couple of minutes which I found very suspicious. He did not come home for a couple of nights but when he did come home he was very drunk because he had been drinking the whole time and enjoying himself. The day after he was back we had sex and he was doing new things that he had never done before. I can’t stop thinking that he has cheated and that’s where all these new things have come from. Am I just hormonal and thinking too much? I have caught him out many times lying but never cheating etc. he says he would never cheat on me but now I am unsure. Also I was crying on the phone and very upset, he did not care and was clearly enjoying how upset he was making me.

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Feelingmentallyunsettled · 26/07/2024 06:45

I'm sorry OP but I think your partner is not to be trusted at all.
For a start him " telling " you what you can and can't look at on line? I'm very anti porn myself but I accept that nobody can " tell" their partner that they can't look at it. And by your discovery it seems that his intention was to make one rule for you and another for him.

You were quite justified in being upset and challenging him about your discovery.

I think his behaviour after he left is frankly awful for the father of a young baby. Going off and getting drunk for days.
And yes I would say that he has probably cheated on you.

He has definitely shown himself to be an untrustworthy partner. And not the person you thought he was.

Catza · 26/07/2024 06:44

No, I wouldn't assume he cheated.
He follows Instagram "models" which can be upsetting if you let it be. But, he categorically doesn't cheat with any of these women. That's not how they make their money, frankly...
As far as doing "new things" while having sex it's just silly to believe that this is the proof of cheating. We all have things we want to try or tried before with previous partners but not yet with the current one.
Drinking and temper is something I would focus on as this is not OK. Stop calling him and crying as well - you asked him to leave so why are you tracking his location and calling to check up on him?

Yourdemonsyourproblem · 26/07/2024 03:53

You don't know if he cheated so why worry yourself over it.

yhk · 26/07/2024 02:58

No one can know for sure if he has cheated, based on the information that you provided. Unless you have some evidence I don't think you should accuse him of cheating. If you take umbrage with him looking at Instagram models, take that up with him and get him to explain his twattish behaviour, leaving you with a newborn.

What lies have you caught him out on in the past?

Geysbagahq · 26/07/2024 02:51

TracyBeakerSoYeah · 26/07/2024 02:48

Oh bless you, here's a very unMumsnetty hug 🤗
He's treated you abominably. You've just birthed a little human, his child & he goes and behaves like a right tool.

Hopefully he hasn't cheated & is just being a cruel twat, but still you do not deserve this behaviour from him.
Tbh he sounds like an immature little baby.
He needs to stop behaving like an idiot & grovel & make it up to you pronto!

Thank you for your message. Yeah I am just very upset as I never thought he would ever treat me this way, especially after having our baby. I really do hope he hasn’t cheated and it’s just me overthinking everything. It would completely destroy me if he ever hurt me like that.

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Geysbagahq · 26/07/2024 02:48

When I asked him why he put me on mute he said he didn’t but it was a wattsapp call and it told me he had, he said it must have been an accident so I decided to believe him. It wasn’t until we had sex and he was doing these new things I have really been thinking he might have. When I try and talk to him about anything he gets angry and tells me he will just leave again if I start so I don’t know what to do.

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TracyBeakerSoYeah · 26/07/2024 02:48

Oh bless you, here's a very unMumsnetty hug 🤗
He's treated you abominably. You've just birthed a little human, his child & he goes and behaves like a right tool.

Hopefully he hasn't cheated & is just being a cruel twat, but still you do not deserve this behaviour from him.
Tbh he sounds like an immature little baby.
He needs to stop behaving like an idiot & grovel & make it up to you pronto!

Chucklit · 26/07/2024 02:44

I'd advise you not to have sex with him again until you've got to the bottom of this. Why do that in the first place when you have suspicions?!