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Lunch with another woman

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Lyingisnotok · 03/12/2024 06:59

NC for this.

My partner has a female friend. She has a long term partner. DP and her have known each other a couple of years. We have been in a relationship for over a year and are moving in together.

During the first few months of our relationship I didn’t meet her but was fine with them being friends. They went on a pre booked holiday together (twin room). He checked if it was ok for him to go and I was fine with it. No worries at all. Honestly trust him and felt genuinely fine about it.

A couple of months ago I finally met her, along with her partner and few others. She flirted with my DP a lot (ridiculous hair twirling, giggling, dominated his time - if you had looked in without knowing us all you’d assume they were together).

She largely ignored me. Made no effort at all. She responded to my attempts at conversation with her but then shut them down. Her partner and I exchanged a couple of glances as if to say ‘are you ok with this?’.

After that I calmly asked DP if he could only meet her when me and her partner are there as it felt uncomfortable for me the thought of her flirting with him without me there. I trust him not to take it anywhere but it just felt uncomfortable. He was a bit annoyed thinking I didn’t trust him but did agree as he could see my view.

I then found out recently he’d met her for lunch alone. I found out because he’d let something slip and so I asked and he answered. He wouldn’t lie directly but has lied through omission I think.

I was upset. He got cross. He doesn’t think I should make this request of him, he doesn’t think he’s done anything wrong.

AIBU?

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Lyingisnotok · 03/12/2024 07:15

KrisAkabusi · 03/12/2024 07:10

If he’d told me she’d invited him for lunch we could have talked it out

Would you have talked it out, or would you have just said no again?

I think if he’d come to me and said ‘Sheila has asked me to go to lunch with her. I’d like to go and catch up with her properly but I know that makes you uncomfortable. It’s just food. We are not drinking.’ I hope I’d have been reasonable. It’s not that I’ve said ‘no’ it’s that I expressed discomfort and made a request.

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Pocketyocket · 03/12/2024 07:14

Throw this one back. You've only been with him five minutes. Find someone who prioritises you. Do you really want to live like this?

Edingril · 03/12/2024 07:13

You don't trust him so why on earth are you with him? Is it attention?

MixieMatchie · 03/12/2024 07:12

Never mind the lunch, I'd be annoyed now about the twin room!

Zanatdy · 03/12/2024 07:12

I don’t think you can ban anyone from being friends. If you’re not comfortable and don’t trust him it’s probably better to call it a day now.

Lyingisnotok · 03/12/2024 07:11

MissCherryBrandy · 03/12/2024 07:09

Too many typos.

If this crosses your boundaries, you have a choice to make.

That’s exactly it. I don’t like that he hid something.

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KrisAkabusi · 03/12/2024 07:10

If he’d told me she’d invited him for lunch we could have talked it out

Would you have talked it out, or would you have just said no again?

Lyingisnotok · 03/12/2024 07:10

RhaenysRocks · 03/12/2024 07:06

I have male friends that I go out for dinner with, they stay at my house, we hug. I have known them for decades however which is maybe a little different from a newer friendship but my DP and their partners have no issues. It's ultimately about if you trust your DP.

I do. It’s her flirtation with him that I was uncomfortable with. And the bit I’m upset about is that he hid the lunch rather than talking to me about it. If he wanted to spend time with her on their own that badly then we could have talked it out.

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MissCherryBrandy · 03/12/2024 07:09

MissCherryBrandy · 03/12/2024 07:08

I think, before you move in tog, you get to make the choice if this crosses your b. If it does, then this isn't the relationship for you.

Too many typos.

If this crosses your boundaries, you have a choice to make.

MissCherryBrandy · 03/12/2024 07:08

I think, before you move in tog, you get to make the choice if this crosses your b. If it does, then this isn't the relationship for you.

Lyingisnotok · 03/12/2024 07:08

Apsndbd · 03/12/2024 07:03

In all honesty I think you’re both wrong; he shouldn’t have done it and you shouldn’t have asked him not to see her, you either trust him or you don’t with her.
How long have you now been together? Did he say anything about how she acted when you were there?

He agreed not to see her alone. He could see why it made me uncomfortable. If she’d made an effort to get to know me I’d have felt easy about it. If he’d told me she’d invited him for lunch we could have talked it out. I’m not the jealous type usually but her behaviour made me really uncomfortable.

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RhaenysRocks · 03/12/2024 07:06

I have male friends that I go out for dinner with, they stay at my house, we hug. I have known them for decades however which is maybe a little different from a newer friendship but my DP and their partners have no issues. It's ultimately about if you trust your DP.

Lyingisnotok · 03/12/2024 07:05

BlastedPimples · 03/12/2024 07:01

So perhaps they do have a relationship where nothing happens.

But she definitely enjoys flirting and he gets an ego boost?

How did he respond to her behaviour at the lunch?

Does he recognise she was rude to you? Does he think that's unacceptable too?

He was oblivious to her flirting. Her partner looked a bit uncomfortable. I am not concerned that they are having an affair.

It’s more that he agreed to not see her alone but then went back on that without telling me. If he’d said that she’d asked him to go to lunch we could have discussed it. But he hid it. Then got angry that I was upset.

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Apsndbd · 03/12/2024 07:03

In all honesty I think you’re both wrong; he shouldn’t have done it and you shouldn’t have asked him not to see her, you either trust him or you don’t with her.
How long have you now been together? Did he say anything about how she acted when you were there?

BlastedPimples · 03/12/2024 07:01

So perhaps they do have a relationship where nothing happens.

But she definitely enjoys flirting and he gets an ego boost?

How did he respond to her behaviour at the lunch?

Does he recognise she was rude to you? Does he think that's unacceptable too?

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