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To tell woman about her partner's kinks?

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frogmella123 · 08/02/2025 22:33

She is a distant acquaintance, I know him better. They had a brief relationship (him on the rebound) and she is now pregnant.
So they got "together", not living together or even in the same county, but in some sort of situationship.
But I know he is into swinging and sex clubs. She doesn't know. He hasn't told her.
I know it's really not any of my business and I should probably leave it well alone. I don't really want to get involved, except I can't shake the feeling that if it were me or were happening to a close friend then i'd want to know. She is basing a relationship and that of their unborn child on lies. She thinks he's faithful and monogamous.
I don't judge him for how he wants to live his life or get his kicks, but i do judge him for leading this woman up the garden path.
AIBU to say something?

YABU = Stay out of it
YANBU = She deserves to know

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JHound · 15/02/2025 20:25

Waterboatlass · 15/02/2025 17:47

Quote: I did not read that he is a cheat.

Quote:

Maybe I am reading it differently but I did not read that he is a cheat.

If he is being unfaithful then of course she has a right to know.“

Waterboatlass · 15/02/2025 17:47

JHound · 15/02/2025 17:39

Quote: “If he is being unfaithful then of course she has a right to know.“

Quote: I did not read that he is a cheat.

JHound · 15/02/2025 17:39

Waterboatlass · 15/02/2025 08:43

She's said the swinging is active and the pregnant partner (whatever the exact status) is unaware.

I'm not being rude but haven't you read any of the OP's posts? It's not about him enjoying swinging in principle. It's about the fact he's having recreational sex without her knowledge. Doesn't matter that it's part of a group.

Quote: “If he is being unfaithful then of course she has a right to know.“

Waterboatlass · 15/02/2025 08:45

Point being, if she isn't aware, she probably hasn't set any rules or boundaries. That isn't how swinging or relationships work surely?

Waterboatlass · 15/02/2025 08:43

JHound · 10/02/2025 23:45

What does him being a swinger have to do with them being in a monogamous relationship?

Maybe I am reading it differently but I did not read that he is a cheat. Somebody can be into swinging and sex clubs but not be a cheat.

If he is being unfaithful then of course she has a right to know.

If it’s just that he is into sex clubs and swinging but OP has no idea what the rules of this relationship are then she should mind her business.

She's said the swinging is active and the pregnant partner (whatever the exact status) is unaware.

I'm not being rude but haven't you read any of the OP's posts? It's not about him enjoying swinging in principle. It's about the fact he's having recreational sex without her knowledge. Doesn't matter that it's part of a group.

chaosmaker · 15/02/2025 06:12

Aren't all of the 'none of your business people' the hand wringers when something appalling happens? 'But why didn't someone DO something?' brigade.

Screamingabdabz · 13/02/2025 13:38

Maddy70 · 13/02/2025 12:12

A you don't know she doesn't know
B) he probably doesn't give a shit as she's not as judgmental as you
C) none of your business

🙄 handmaid alert.

myplace · 13/02/2025 13:15

Gosh, people are hard of reading.

He has told OP-
the woman isn't aware he swings.
the woman thinks she’s in a monogamous relationship having got accidentally pregnant.

Her consent is based on that.

In fact she’s exposing herself and her baby to every other partner he goes with.

If I found out he was risking mine and my baby’s health like that, and no one bothered to tell me, I’d be gutted.

BobbyBiscuits · 13/02/2025 12:34

How do you know she isn't into that herself? Why do you think you know him better than the person he chose to have a child with?
They're not even together anymore as far as I can gather so surely there's little need to get involved? Unless you have actually attended sex clubs and swinging sessions with him, how can you be so certain about what he may or may not get up to there, or anywhere else?
So no. Don't say anything. You'll look foolish.

chaosmaker · 13/02/2025 12:33

@FallOfTheHouseOfUtterlyButterly maybe read what the OP has written?

FallOfTheHouseOfUtterlyButterly · 13/02/2025 12:30

chaosmaker · 13/02/2025 11:46

You're safeguarding a pregnant woman whose foetus is at risk and who thinks is in a monogomous relationship

That's not Safeguarding. That's making a judgemental decision about a situation

Try going to social services "hello, yes my friend is a swinger and he got someone pregnant who he's now in a 'situationship' with. I don't know her, she might know, she isn't living with him and lives some distance away and I don't know if they're sleeping together"

Maddy70 · 13/02/2025 12:12

A you don't know she doesn't know
B) he probably doesn't give a shit as she's not as judgmental as you
C) none of your business

chaosmaker · 13/02/2025 11:46

FallOfTheHouseOfUtterlyButterly · 12/02/2025 22:52

Yes, Safeguarding is
But being a swinger isn't a Safeguarding concern unless they're taking the children to watch...

You're safeguarding a pregnant woman whose foetus is at risk and who thinks is in a monogomous relationship

FallOfTheHouseOfUtterlyButterly · 13/02/2025 09:41

myplace · 13/02/2025 07:26

safeguarding isn't only about children.

It’s also about domestic abuse, vulnerable adults and unborn babies.

I know what Safeguarding is about

Your partner being a swinger isn't a Safeguarding concern.

myplace · 13/02/2025 07:26

FallOfTheHouseOfUtterlyButterly · 12/02/2025 22:52

Yes, Safeguarding is
But being a swinger isn't a Safeguarding concern unless they're taking the children to watch...

safeguarding isn't only about children.

It’s also about domestic abuse, vulnerable adults and unborn babies.

Screamingabdabz · 12/02/2025 23:53

Caerulea · 11/02/2025 17:33

I loathe the 'not your circus' BS. Men get away with the worst shit because of it.

In this situation, a woman & unborn child are being deceived & it being kept from her serves ONLY to protect the man. He's the ONLY one to benefit from the secrecy, carrying on with his sex-clubs & swinging while a woman grows a whole damn human inside her then risks her life getting the thing out having no idea.

She might not care! But she's a right to know & decide from there.

I'm so fucking done with women covering up repugnant male behaviour.

Totally agree. I cannot understand the misogynistic stfu tone earlier in this thread.

Yes, you could argue it’s none of her business but morally I don’t know how you live with it. Illumination is the only true pure thing when people are up to no good. And being a sleazy lying skank to the person who is birthing your child is just wrong.

Zita60 · 12/02/2025 23:46

JHound · 11/02/2025 08:05

Read what I wrote again.

If he is into swinging, then he is cheating. Having sex with someone else is cheating.

Guavafish1 · 12/02/2025 22:58

I would tell her

FallOfTheHouseOfUtterlyButterly · 12/02/2025 22:52

chaosmaker · 12/02/2025 21:09

Also safeguarding is EVERYONE's job

Yes, Safeguarding is
But being a swinger isn't a Safeguarding concern unless they're taking the children to watch...

PhyllisWallet · 12/02/2025 22:29

chaosmaker · 12/02/2025 21:09

Also safeguarding is EVERYONE's job

Problem is safeguarding isn’t just a word you bandy about on the internet. It’s completely irrelevant to this situation. So who do you actually raise this with a safeguarding concern and what do you think they are going to do about it?

chaosmaker · 12/02/2025 21:09

Also safeguarding is EVERYONE's job

FallOfTheHouseOfUtterlyButterly · 11/02/2025 18:07

LBFseBrom · 11/02/2025 17:19

"I am guessing they are not really commited to each other anyway and there is a good chance she knows about his sexual activity in terms of swinging or that they are in an open relationship so would already have an awareness that he has had sex with others."

The woman is pregnant, unless it was by accident that surely indicates some level of commitment.

Well they are in a "situationship" not a relationship so I think it was indeed an accident

EggshellAttic · 11/02/2025 17:44

LBFseBrom · 11/02/2025 17:19

"I am guessing they are not really commited to each other anyway and there is a good chance she knows about his sexual activity in terms of swinging or that they are in an open relationship so would already have an awareness that he has had sex with others."

The woman is pregnant, unless it was by accident that surely indicates some level of commitment.

I certainly assumed it was accidental from the way the OP described the chain of events.

Caerulea · 11/02/2025 17:33

I loathe the 'not your circus' BS. Men get away with the worst shit because of it.

In this situation, a woman & unborn child are being deceived & it being kept from her serves ONLY to protect the man. He's the ONLY one to benefit from the secrecy, carrying on with his sex-clubs & swinging while a woman grows a whole damn human inside her then risks her life getting the thing out having no idea.

She might not care! But she's a right to know & decide from there.

I'm so fucking done with women covering up repugnant male behaviour.

LBFseBrom · 11/02/2025 17:19

"I am guessing they are not really commited to each other anyway and there is a good chance she knows about his sexual activity in terms of swinging or that they are in an open relationship so would already have an awareness that he has had sex with others."

The woman is pregnant, unless it was by accident that surely indicates some level of commitment.

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