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Regret blocking my only friend

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LovingPeachFatball · 23/06/2026 20:33

He is my only friend in the city. We started out dating a year ago but it ended after I discovered that he had a partner who he expected me to be poly with. I also recently found out he has a child. The idea of polyamory was suggested to her after she was pregnant, at the end of her childbearing years, and finanically dependent on him. Sounds to me like she was in a bit of a hostage situation and forced to agree.

He is still in love with me and trying to talk me round to moving in with his family and having babies with him immediately. He and his wife are 10 years older than me and I am way too young to have a baby, I also don't have any romantic feelings for him anymore and I'm dating other people.

I blocked him because he talked down on my looks, told me that only desperate low-value women use dating apps (he and I met on bumble) and tried to humiliate me by sexually harassing a young employee of the cafe we were at. (I think the 'looks disparity' between us is localized exclusively in his own brain). He also regurgitated some Redditor rhetoric about how a large amount of rape cases being dismissed = women often lie about rape which I found really repulsive. He went on to say that he has loads and loads of romantic prospects and could walk into town and easily take any woman home to have sex with. I asked why doesn't he do that instead of pursuing me and he told me he 'wants me'.

I have literally no friends and he was the only person in the city who I know who takes me out to do nice things. I feel extremely alone and I regret falling out with him but I can't just let someone treat me however crazy way they want just because they're freaking out about not wanting to get back together and not being in control.

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LovingPeachFatball · 23/06/2026 21:46

last few posts personify the 'NOTHING EVER HAPPENS' wojak

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PinkJ · 23/06/2026 21:45

Whole thread sounds like a sack of shit to me! 🙄

RampantIvy · 23/06/2026 21:44

I'll probably get deleted for this, but I'm not sure this is genuine.

newfriend05 · 23/06/2026 21:44

your very vulnerable and he knows it, that’s why he picked you in the first place, he sounds narcissistic and you need to keep away from him and be grateful your not his partner… vile man

Justthethingsthatyoudointhisgarden · 23/06/2026 21:43

LovingPeachFatball · 23/06/2026 21:30

Any normal woman would just say 'no, you can't shag other women and if you do I'm walking away'. Really, how hard can that be? i owe her nothing.

It's hilarious, you're writing it as if you're a Bond villain.

This is definitely fiction. It's shit fiction too.

ThreeLocusts · 23/06/2026 21:43

Being the daughter of a man who declared his marriage 'open' shortly after contracting it, I've long thought that 'polyamory' is just a fancy name for men doing whatever the fuck they want and pretending that's progressive. Ugh.

You baffle me, OP. I think you're right that the situation of this human turd's (thanks, pp) wife is not a police matter. But to say that she's choosing to stay if she's financially dependent, with a young child, and he sprang this on her late in pregnancy is extremely uncharitable and simply not accurate.

And why, just why, would you want to be 'friends' with this individual? Yes, he takes you out to do nice things, but surely being a friend requires a base level of human decency which he lacks, and some kind of empathetic connection that I wouldn't even want to have with someone so obviously vile.

Just read back what you wrote. He is pressuring you to have babies with him in a 'throuple', clearly without regard for his wife who could probably do with him pitching him parenting their child. He molests waitresses, he boasts of his seductive powers - where's the 'barfing' emoji when you need it? Run, run, run. Better to be lonely than with this cunt, whatever his salary.

You do sound lonely and like you're not sure what you're worth. There's probably a lot to unpack there, but he won't help you do that. Join a club, running, crocheting, whatever, talk to strangers on the tube (joking! but even that would be better than he) - don't settle for this man as a 'friend'. All the best.

LovingPeachFatball · 23/06/2026 21:41

ZooblesSpringToLife · 23/06/2026 21:41

Are you bored now GCSEs are over?

Well no because i still tutor on the weekends.

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ZooblesSpringToLife · 23/06/2026 21:41

Are you bored now GCSEs are over?

LovingPeachFatball · 23/06/2026 21:40

Honeyhonay · 23/06/2026 21:40

Not after engaging in maintaining contact with him well after becoming aware of his marriage.
You have only just cut contact and you’re already moaning about regretting it. You’re more pathetic than she is.

Lmao Donna is that you?. I don't want your shitty husband I already declined his advances and blocked him

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Honeyhonay · 23/06/2026 21:40

LovingPeachFatball · 23/06/2026 21:36

I recommend the game 'Reader Rabbit' to you specifically because the title states I blocked him.

Not after engaging in maintaining contact with him well after becoming aware of his marriage.
You have only just cut contact and you’re already moaning about regretting it. You’re more pathetic than she is.

AmberSpy · 23/06/2026 21:40

LovingPeachFatball · 23/06/2026 21:34

A lot of you people are lashing out at me because another woman's husband is in love with me and it reminds you of your worst fears. I was NOT aware of his marital status when we first dated.

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You sound delusional - he's not in love with you. He's looking out for a vulnerable, lonely young woman to groom into his weirdo polyamory lifestyle and he landed on you because you are by yourself with no friends and he thinks you're an easy mark.

"Reminds you of your worst fears" get a grip 😂

LovingPeachFatball · 23/06/2026 21:40

chocoluv · 23/06/2026 21:39

another woman's husband is in love with me

He is not in love with you.

You need to get that out of your head.
He is using you because you are vulnerable and lonely and knows you’ll let him walk all over you.

He has been begging me to get back with him and I've blocked him. Not that I care if he is or not , I am acutally in love with someone else...

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chocoluv · 23/06/2026 21:39

another woman's husband is in love with me

He is not in love with you.

You need to get that out of your head.
He is using you because you are vulnerable and lonely and knows you’ll let him walk all over you.

Justthethingsthatyoudointhisgarden · 23/06/2026 21:37

You have no friends? Wonder why.

Pretty sure this is completely made up tbf.

LovingPeachFatball · 23/06/2026 21:36

Honeyhonay · 23/06/2026 21:35

And yet here you are all this time later still clinging onto this loser who is married and choosing someone else.

I recommend the game 'Reader Rabbit' to you specifically because the title states I blocked him.

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AmberSpy · 23/06/2026 21:36

LovingPeachFatball · 23/06/2026 21:31

When did I say she was being abused. All i said is that she's in a polyamorous relationship.

You literally said that you think she was in a hostage situation with regard to the polyamory. Everything you've told us about the bloke suggests that he is a real POS - trying to pressure someone younger to move in and get pregnant, bragging about how he could have anyone, sexually harassing young employees etc. Do you really think he is treating his wife with respect and kindness? He doesn't have to be hitting her for it to be an abusive relationship.

RampantIvy · 23/06/2026 21:36

You seem to be completely lacking in social awareness and lacking in empathy.

Honeyhonay · 23/06/2026 21:35

LovingPeachFatball · 23/06/2026 21:30

Any normal woman would just say 'no, you can't shag other women and if you do I'm walking away'. Really, how hard can that be? i owe her nothing.

And yet here you are all this time later still clinging onto this loser who is married and choosing someone else.

Cluelessfirstimer · 23/06/2026 21:35

Nah OP hes a total wanker. Hes been rude to you,put you down and been an all round fucking cunt.

Ive been alone in a city before when I moved to london. There are quite a few apps with friends and groups arranging meet ups. Have you joined any?
I was young and joined them and made a few friends to go out for a drink with, the gym, visit museums etc. I was young so it was mostly looking for people to get drunk with...! But there are loads with a variety of interests.

Join local groups? Go for a drink by yourself? You would be amazed how many people in a pub are alone.

Dont entertain this clown because you are alone

LovingPeachFatball · 23/06/2026 21:34

SeaLettuces · 23/06/2026 21:33

And, as people keep saying, this unpleasant attitude is why you have no friends, and your only previous friend is a gratuitously awful person.

A lot of you people are lashing out at me because another woman's husband is in love with me and it reminds you of your worst fears. I was NOT aware of his marital status when we first dated.

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SeaLettuces · 23/06/2026 21:33

LovingPeachFatball · 23/06/2026 21:30

Any normal woman would just say 'no, you can't shag other women and if you do I'm walking away'. Really, how hard can that be? i owe her nothing.

And, as people keep saying, this unpleasant attitude is why you have no friends, and your only previous friend is a gratuitously awful person.

LovingPeachFatball · 23/06/2026 21:31

AmberSpy · 23/06/2026 21:29

You sound very ignorant about abusive relationships and how hard it can be to leave them. Really sad that you can't find any compassion for this woman.

When did I say she was being abused. All i said is that she's in a polyamorous relationship.

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LovingPeachFatball · 23/06/2026 21:30

Springtimeinsunshine · 23/06/2026 21:29

Wow.

I was feeling sorry for you after reading your first post as you come across as quite vulnerable.

Now I see you are just as nasty as him.

Any normal woman would just say 'no, you can't shag other women and if you do I'm walking away'. Really, how hard can that be? i owe her nothing.

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Springtimeinsunshine · 23/06/2026 21:29

LovingPeachFatball · 23/06/2026 20:45

Though I feel bad for the deliberate timing of the proposal being at her pregnancy, there is literally nothing to suggest she is a victim, the evidence points to her just being a terminal pickme who thinks having a Nigel who cheats on her is better than having no Nigel at all. Probably thinks she can't do better and tbh she might even be right. I literally don't know anything about her or about their relationship to go calling police on them.

Being a pickme is not a crime lmfao

He is wealthy and attractive. She is neither of those things and probably feels lucky to even be there. I think she's choosing this.

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Wow.

I was feeling sorry for you after reading your first post as you come across as quite vulnerable.

Now I see you are just as nasty as him.

AmberSpy · 23/06/2026 21:29

LovingPeachFatball · 23/06/2026 21:21

Do you really think she couldn't leave if she wanted to? There is literally nothing stopping her.

You sound very ignorant about abusive relationships and how hard it can be to leave them. Really sad that you can't find any compassion for this woman.