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Boyfriend has gotten ex girlfriend pregnant and wants me to keep things quiet about our relationship

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Chanjh25 · 30/01/2025 12:20

I’m posting this here to be told straight basically as I don’t really have any family and friends that know what’s going on in my life so please just tell me how it is Hi girls I really need some advice because I feel honestly crazy here
So me and my boyfriend have been together almost 3 years we split up a few months back for 2-3 months but was in contact with eachother throughout and had slept together a few times still..
To then for us to decide to sort things out properly things was good for a few days until I found out he had slept with his ex.. didn’t mention anything to me but when I found out said he was ‘honestly going to tell me’ was acting off anyway before I found out accusing me of not being trust worthy and that I’m acting ‘shifty’ turned out to just be him.. to then a couple of weeks later he wants to tell me something SHES PREGNANT… she still loves him and is infatuated with him and I’ve told him he’s just relit an old flame in her and she just won’t leave him alone she’s become abusive to me too.. now I was willing to forgive him and try to get over everything that’s happened (the self esteem is clearly next level for me isn’t it😑)
So again we tried again but he’s telling her we aren’t together and wants me to stay quiet about us as he has kids with her and she’ll ‘ruin his life’ so I found out yday he’s been telling her we aren’t together so obvs I’ve hit the roof and now ‘I’m done your crazy’ bla bla bla AM I BEING MANIPULATED cuz I also feel like I’m the bad person right now 😭😭😭 he’s saying that the reason why he doesn’t want her to know just yet is because of the stuff she says and causes but also so that we can have time to ‘bond’ again just any advice 😭

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2JFDIYOLO · 30/01/2025 13:26

Oh for....

Grow some self respect. This man is a shit. They have kids together. She's trying to reel him back in. You will never be free of her or his financial responsibilities to them. They deserve each other.

Get out now. Walk away. Run. Delete. Block. Move on and up.

Crushgrape · 30/01/2025 13:25

Foreverhope1 · 30/01/2025 13:25

Earlier this week, you posted the same thing but said you'd been in a relationship for 2-3 months ........

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Oh no. This makes sense now

Foreverhope1 · 30/01/2025 13:25

Earlier this week, you posted the same thing but said you'd been in a relationship for 2-3 months ........

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Crushgrape · 30/01/2025 13:25

PennyApril54 · 30/01/2025 13:20

I think if you're honest with yourself this is never going to make you happy and you do deserve better. This situation is only going to cause more and more grief to you over the years. Do yourself a huge favor and end it now. Don't waste more time on this. I know you've invested a few years into this and you love him but I remember a phrase saying 'dont cling on to a mistake just because you spent a long time making it' and I think that applies here.
I'm sure there's something better out there for you, you seem to nice and above this shit show. Take care.

100%. Some people feel like they can’t leave because they spend 3/5/7 years with someone but the reality is leaving at this time is better than 30 years with an abusive crappy partner

Londonrach1 · 30/01/2025 13:24

Leave him...you deserve better than this lying two timer. You need to get some std tests done asap too

Headabovetheparapets · 30/01/2025 13:24

Please leave this man & walk away from his mess, you really don’t need to be part of it.

Lillers · 30/01/2025 13:22

Please don’t be naive enough to believe that you have to keep quiet about the relationship for your own benefit. It is 100% because he is still in a relationship with her.

The way he talks about her to you is also the way he talks about you to her.

She is the mother of his children. She is having another baby with him. This was clearly not a one night stand.

Leave them to it.

ByQuaintAzureWasp · 30/01/2025 13:20

Leave them both to it. Run for the hills!

PennyApril54 · 30/01/2025 13:20

I think if you're honest with yourself this is never going to make you happy and you do deserve better. This situation is only going to cause more and more grief to you over the years. Do yourself a huge favor and end it now. Don't waste more time on this. I know you've invested a few years into this and you love him but I remember a phrase saying 'dont cling on to a mistake just because you spent a long time making it' and I think that applies here.
I'm sure there's something better out there for you, you seem to nice and above this shit show. Take care.

Sheeparelooseagain · 30/01/2025 13:19

Get rid and get yourself out of that mess.

CompleteOvaryAction · 30/01/2025 13:18

The greatest mystery in all of this is that such a "man" can be the object of desire to not one but (at least) two women.
When you say you have given him everything, I suspect that means you have attached your self-esteem to his regard for you. Take it back, and go and be happy. I suspect the minute you cut him off, you'll realise what a drain he has been on your time, your emotions, your good night's sleep and probably many other things too.

catlesslady · 30/01/2025 13:17

He sounds like the sort of man who initially makes you feel amazing but then gradually undermines your self esteem until you feel you have no choice but to put up with his shitty behaviour. It's not your fault- they can be very convincing and when you're feeling low it's hard to see a way out other than trying to change yourself and/or be more accommodating in the hope that if you try hard enough they will go back to being the seemingly lovely person you first met. You need to cut contact with him completely and in time you will see that you do not love the person he actually is, you loved the person that he pretended to be to reel you in. In time you will regain your self esteem and wonder why on earth you even considered being with this weasel.

You are probably not the first person he has done this to. His ex probably feels the same way. When you broke up he may have told her it was because he wanted her back and he probably told her that you are the crazy ex who won't let him go. What he wants now is to be able to play happy families with the ex for a while but with you as a secret on the side. He may even want to convince the ex that they are back together as a family so that she goes ahead with the pregnancy, making her more reliant on him. No doubt if you let him he will eventually come back to you for a while (probably when the mother of his new baby is too tired to run around after him) but he will never treat you well and there will be others. You deserve more.

Twaddlepip · 30/01/2025 13:15

Chanjh25 · 30/01/2025 12:38

Because I love him 🫣 I know I'm stupid I know that myself

Tell him to fuck all the way to off, and then try to get some therapy to examine why you’re prepared, and even happy, to be treated this way by a man.

sjs42 · 30/01/2025 13:14

You absolutely must get away from him immediately, no contact.

You say you’ve invested a lot of years in him - ok, you have and that sucks - but it’s no reason for you to live the rest of your life miserably with a dishonest cheating lying arsehole who has the cheek to say you are dishonest/crazy etc.

Save yourself now. Thank God she’s the pregnant one not you. You can make a clean break. It will be emotionally difficult for you, but you absolutely must do it or you will regret it in the future.

Chanjh25 · 30/01/2025 13:12

MemorableTrenchcoat · 30/01/2025 12:54

And you got back together with him? The mind boggles.

I know😫

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Blackbird84 · 30/01/2025 13:12

It all sounds like a bad Eastenders plot line. Leave him, or expect a lifetime of being treated like this. When someone shows you who they are, believe them.

TenderChicken · 30/01/2025 13:11

Walk away from this shitshow. Your boyfriend sounds like a terrible person.

L0bstersLass · 30/01/2025 13:11

Chanjh25 · 30/01/2025 12:41

Yeah it wouldn't let me post on the relationship thread but I guess the AIBU part is if I am actually going about over board by shouting and screaming and acting 'crazy' I mean who wouldn't but he's making me feel like it's only me that is feeling like this and anybody else would have a 'calm' approach

@Chanjh25 The acting crazy and shouting and screaming is unreasonable if it's going on for an extended period of time.

It was a shock, you're entitled to shout and scream.
Then dump him. Block him. Work out what you're going to do next with your life.

He is an arsehole and you are so much better of without him.
Yes it will hurt for a bit but you will get over it.
Seriously, stop engaging with him. And shouting shouting and screaming too. Brew

MiddleAgedDread · 30/01/2025 13:11

Run a mile and get yourself an STI test on the way.

Anonycat · 30/01/2025 13:10

Imagine your post had been written by someone else and you were reading it. What would you advise her?

I'm sure you would say "Are you mad? He sounds like a horrible man! Leave him and never go back to him! He will ruin your life if you stay with him!"

So do it.

Incidentally I don’t think your question makes it clear whether "unreasonable" means your anger with this creep or you staying with him, so you shouldn’t pay too much attention to the votes.

Huckyfell · 30/01/2025 13:08

He could convert to a religion that's allows polygamy, then it's all systems go. He then wouldn't need to hide Monday partner from Tuesday or Wednesdays partners.

DoYouReally · 30/01/2025 13:07

This has a touch of Kyle Walker about this one.

You shouldn't want to be with a man:
(1) who treats you so badly
(2) has another woman that he runs ba k to ever time you have an issue

Every poster here will tell you he's not worth another minute of your time and you are better off without him.

Logically you know it's true - you said it yourself.

If you want to be with him despite the fact he 's a waste of space, why do you think you deserve so little? We can help you will self esteem but no on wants to help you get back with him!

butterdish93 · 30/01/2025 13:05

Is there someone you can talk this through in real life with? Someone you trust, a friend or someone older. I think someone's else's support, care and love and honest opinion of this situation will really help you to see this with clarity.

AltitudeCheck · 30/01/2025 13:02

You might feel like you love him but he clearly doesn't love you and he's showing you this really fucking clearly!! You can't change another person, you can't change their feelings or how they act. All you can control is your actions.

Let him be a cheating, lying wanker on his own time. Let him occupy space in someone's else head but so yourself a favour, reclaim your life and let him go. It'll be hard for a while but the sooner you start the sooner you'll be out the other side and living an much more enjoyable existence.

GertrudePerkinsPaperyThing · 30/01/2025 13:01

You don’t stay with him! That’s the one way in which you’re being utterly unreasonable.

You shouldn’t have been willing to adapt to it all as it’s a total mess on his own making, and he isn’t going to change.

You think you love him but you will get over it and find a decent relationship, once you’ve down some work on your self esteem. Much better than staying in this awful excuse for a “relationship”.