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totallybitching · 02/04/2016 22:21

Firstly I'll start off with a disclaimer - I am a very emotional person who can be very upset very quickly if something hurts me. I am generally quite sensitive at the moment specifically about how I look (weight gain).

So I work with my OH and there is always this other woman (ow) sniffing around him. OW has just come out of a relationship with a married man (this is relevant). Now OW and OH sort of share a hobby which is fine by me but she always brings it up to me in a fairly antagonising way, think "oh I saw OH with his top off the other day" type comments. Which wind me up to no end because I think I would never say that to someone's girlfriend.

Anyway last week I was looking for a downloaded film and saw a porn folder on his laptop. Being a bit cheeky I thought I'd peek and see what he had been watching - I have no problem with him watching porn. To my horror I found a folder full of photos taken off Facebook of my friends (some he had never met) my best friend and this ow from work all showing significant amounts of cleavage or in tight dresses.

We spoke about it calmly and I said I would forget I saw it but for my own sanity please keep a distance from OW as she is pushing me to end of my tether. Told him I trusted him but I didn't appreciate being goaded into a reaction by her and this would make it worse.

This is getting really long - sorry. Today whilst out for dinner I noticed he was Facebook messaging her.. I lost my shit and said can you please stop messaging that slut who's tits you have saved on your laptop whilst out for dinner with me...

Now we have fallen out and apparently it's all my fault for being controlling... I don't think I am being emotionally abuse or controlling but now I'm doubting myself - please help!

OP posts:
Chinks123 · 03/04/2016 11:18

Op you say you "kinda figure all men do this"...A decent man would not do this Firstly he is in a relationship so should not be saving pictures of women THAT YOU KNOW to his laptop, please tell me you see how creepy that is?! That's different from porn, he's using these women's pictures for his own gratification..if I found out some randomer had pictures of me saved as porn I'd feel Abit sick Hmm

You are not over sensitive, you are not a dick, you are in no way overreacting you are under reacting!! he's making you feel bad about this because he can't see that what he's doing is totally wrong. He's crossing boundaries with the photos (relationship wise and as a normal human wise) and by messaging her after you said to cut ties he's basically telling you he doesn't give a shit.

Please keep your sanity, you are not in the wrong, LTB!!

Chinks123 · 03/04/2016 11:18

Sorry for the essay I got wound up for you Grin

AyeAmarok · 03/04/2016 11:23

Grim.

You need much higher standards. And much higher expectations of the men you're in a relationship with.

This guy is a creep. You should definitely dump him.

AyeAmarok · 03/04/2016 11:24

Plus part of the reason you've put on weight is probably because of him, because he's treating you poorly and making you emotional and depressed.

Firstmum24 · 03/04/2016 11:30

No amount of time is ever going to make you fee adequate for him.
You are more than adequate for someone who will actually love you and treat you with some respect. OP it doesn't matter how much you love him - he is poison. LTB and have a few months of hell getting over him, but when you meet a real man who will give you love and show you respect your ex will be but a distant memory.
Sending. Hugs.

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