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To want to stab his eyes out with forks??!!!

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passthevino82 · 06/04/2012 16:21

I really need some opinions as I don't know whether I am blowing things out of proportion!!!

I was with a guy for 8 years, on the whole our relationship was good, he is the only man that I have ever loved, we were very solid until about 5 years into the relationship - my phone had broken so he lent me a spare one that he had, on his phone I found sex texts that he had sent one of his work collegues, they basically said how he wanted to undress her, his defence was that he was drunk when he sent them - which i can well believe as the spelling was awful as it is when he's had a bit to drink, anyway we split up for about 6 months and then got back together, after 8 years of being together I got itchy feet, i had just finished a very long university course and wanted to see the world, he didn't want this and wanted me to get a full time job and for us both to move in together, have kids and get married etc - I wanted to see the world before I settled down, i begged him to come with me but he wouldn't - which is understandable as he had just reached the top of his career ladder and had been given an excellent job.

Anyway, I decided to follow my dreams and I went travelling, two years into going round the world I met another guy ( who turned out to be the biggest arsehole ever) and I fell pregnant, after 4 years away I returned to the UK with my beautiful baby. When my ex found out i was back he got in touch, we met up, I explained that I had had another mans baby, after many months of being friends we got back together again. We have now been properly back together for 2 years, he has been wonderful with my child and is bringing him up as his own, my son even calls him Dad as his own father doesn't want to know. We are also living together and are due to married next year.

However!!! .... The other day he left his facebook page open and I know that I shouldn't have done it but I couldn't resist looking in his inbox. There I found loads of messages off different women, one being where he wished a woman he worked with who he called his 'dream woman' a Happy Valentines, his reponse to this was that he was being sarcastic to her and this is what everyone calls her at work. The other messages were sent when I was travelling but he had sent loads of messages to women that he had worked with basically asking them out on dates, he put in them that he had always fancied them ... so this would mean that he fancied them when he was with me. I also found out that he had sex with two women from work whilst I was travelling, which yes I know we was split up so he could do what he wanted to do but it just hurts that these are yet again women that he has worked with.

Am I right to be hurt by all of this? I wouldn't care who he asked out and who he had sex with when we was spilt up if these had been women he had met outside work, what hurts is that they are women he has worked with, i feel like I did all of those years ago when he first started sex texting a girl from work, i feel as though I cant trust him. Although he says he has never actually had sex with another woman whilst he has been with me I don't know if I can believe him. What makes things worse is that he works away 5 day a week so is only home for 2 day so god knows what he is getting up to.

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YompingJo · 06/04/2012 16:32

I can see that it would be hurtful, and worrying, but - just a thought - his colleagues are conveniently placed and it probably doesn't take much effort to fancy them. What I mean is, it doesn't sound like he went out of his way to find other women while you were away, he just flirted with the ones on his doorstep. I think most men do this, to be honest, and if he only went for women he works with, it sounds a bit half-hearted and like he was just trying to fill the void that you left.

It also sounds like you have some pretty big trust issues (I can relate, have had phases of this myself in the past) and that is the bigger problem here - if he feels you don't trust him, he may well feel he has nothing to lose since he has been tried and convicted by you anyway. Can you talk to him about your trust issues and see what his reaction is? It sounds like deep down you think he is a keeper, in which case it would be worth you trying to work through this a bit.

Ribbet · 06/04/2012 16:35

I wonder what they think about him at work- are all of these women in the Mae workplace OP?

I really think you need to talk to him. Hard, I know, especially if he is likely to react about ku looking in his fb, but then if he had nothing to hide...

passthevino82 · 06/04/2012 16:40

i've told him i read his messages and he was ok with it and has grovelled ever since. The big thing is that he wished some who he called his 'dream woman' a happy valentines day this year. I just don't want to be hurt as much as i was the first time we was together when he was sex texting

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garlicbutter · 06/04/2012 16:41

YABU to post the same thread in 2 different topics.

passthevino82 · 06/04/2012 16:41

and yes his colleagues are conveniently placed - that's what worries me because he chats them up when he is with me!!! thanks for everyones opinions, its good to hear different sides xxx

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passthevino82 · 06/04/2012 16:43

garlicbutter - i actually posted this one before i posted the one in relationships but this one didn't automatically post so i thought there had been an error

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Ribbet · 06/04/2012 16:45

Nice garlic, OP clearly upset and asking for help. Hmm

passthevino82 · 06/04/2012 16:49

thanks ribbet, yes i am upset but i do expect people to bite on here as they often do - cross posting was a genuine mistake though - actually it was mumsnet fault for not showing my post as soon as a posted!!

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maybenow · 06/04/2012 16:51

i think you're being a bit out of order to be honest... while you were away you had no rights over him and what he did... telling these women he'd 'always fancied them' is clearly just his standard chatup line... i wouldn't take it seriously at all.

i can't see the difference if his ex-flings are at work or in your local pub, either way you need to come to terms with these people being around and part of his past just like he's obviously come to terms that your child's father is part of your past.

garlicbutter · 06/04/2012 17:00

Thank you for the explanation, OP! :)

I agree with what everybody else has said on both threads, btw. He was sort of within his rights, but the fact you didn't know about all this suggests it might be wise to delay the wedding ...

pjmama · 06/04/2012 17:03

You either trust him now or you don't. What he got up to while you were off travelling is not your business.

passthevino82 · 06/04/2012 17:24

i realise that what he did whilst i was away is none of my business, as i keep on saying, my main gripe is that he emailed someone on valentines day this year when we were together and he said ' happy valentines my dream woman!!!'

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JaneFonda · 06/04/2012 17:33

I think that what he messaged her does sound sarcastic - I wouldn't take it to mean anything else, unless you genuinely have reason to believe it does.

So, do you?

FoxyRoxy · 06/04/2012 17:55

Does he have a reputation at work for being a pest and a bit of a sleaze? He seems to have targeted most of his workplace by the sounds of things, which is a bit worrying.

OliviaLMumsnet · 06/04/2012 18:58

Hello OP
Would you prefer to move this thread to Relationships?
Thanks
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