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Babysitter affair AIBU?

94 replies

Orangewater33 · 26/04/2018 15:35

Need to get the small details in so this could be a little lengthy..
A few months ago on a weekend away with my bf he takes a call from one of his exes, he's on good terms with all his exes and this doesn't bother me at all however I later found out that rather than an 'ex' this is a girl he slept with when she was his teenage babysitter fifteen years ago.
He's vague about what age she was then(15/16/17?) but certainly 17 was the maximum, he was in his mid forties(single at the time)..
I was appalled and considered honestly ending things with him, we had a long talk about it and I explained how I felt and how inappropriate I thought it was that she was still calling him(she's now married with kids) he told me he understood and felt bad and that he would cut contact with her.
Fast forward to last night and his phone rings he goes into the office, I'm half asleep on the sofa but go into the office to get my glasses and hes on Skype with some girl...'oh this is my friend xxxxx' I say hi and go back to the other room..he arrives a while later and tells me 'oh thats xxxxx the babysitter'...I'm obviously pissed off and a bit what the hell I thought we had this conversation, why is she skyping you at 11 o clock at night? Why are you answering? Why did you tell me you understood it wasn't cool and you were cutting contact but clearly you didn't listen to a word I said?
His idea is that there is nothing between them and they just say hi every so often...which I think is incredibly naive at best...you dont skype another guy at almost midnight when your husband is out of the house and doesn't know, especially in that situation? Or am I being OTT?
I'm so upset apart from this I feel we have a great relationship and he's very loving and kind..I just really am dissappointed and lost a lot of faith when I realised that when I was sincerely explaining my feelings the first time and thought he was sincerely listening it was basically going in one ear and out the other.
It's the morning after and he wants me to 'cheer up' and 'doesn't want to argue' but I just feel grim. I'm not a jealous person and like I said he's friends with all his exes and sees them regularly and there's no problem..this just feels wrong and I'm being made to feel like the controlling girlfriend 'I'll tell her my girlfriend doesn't want us to talk anymore'...argh.

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Orangewater33 · 26/04/2018 16:15

Yes it really does creep me out. I think I'm just looking for some support because I'm going to have to end it and we live together and I'm not enthusiastic about the next few weeks and separating etc.
I gave him the benefit of the doubt originally because he is very upfront and honest about things and was about that also. It wasn't something he was proud of but now I realise clearly it meant nothing(our conversation) and he doesn't seem to think theres a problem.

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Juells · 26/04/2018 16:15

she was coming on to him for some time

Of course she was. Teenagers find forty-something men just so attractive, they can't resist them. Hmm

He must be sixty now, she'll be early thirties at most.

MargoChanning · 26/04/2018 16:16

45 mins ago you said she could have been 15. So how have you now discovered she was 16?

flubdub · 26/04/2018 16:16

Oh and the age thing - that's creepy tbh.
What was he thinking? Confused

CollectingCoins · 26/04/2018 16:18

Uggh so gross. I couldn’t respect a man who had this sort of ‘relationship’. Such a young girl whether above age of consent or not it still indicates a fondness for very unbalanced relationships which I would find distasteful. And the ‘she was coming on to me for ages’ schtick 🙄 please.

Orangewater33 · 26/04/2018 16:20

Margo yes apparently she was of the age of legal consent which I still find inappropriate regardless of the law.

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hungryhippo90 · 26/04/2018 16:22

Yuck. Sorry, he is yuck.

PeakPants · 26/04/2018 16:26

Please tell me this is not the creepy man over 20 years your senior that you met in the park and he started talking to you about dildos on a playdate? If so- fucking hell and if not, seriously find a man your own age who does not act like a sex offender.

Also why are you with someone who is nearly 60 years old when you are barely in your mid 30s?

DoneDisappeared · 26/04/2018 16:26

Oh yes blame her and not him. He was twice her age and in a position of power over her. He's a creep. Do yourself a favour and get rid of him.

Skinnyboneylittlepony · 26/04/2018 16:27

Do you have children?

Idontdowindows · 26/04/2018 16:28

Your husband has sex with a child. I could never get past that. That is horrendously sickening.

flubdub · 26/04/2018 16:29

Agreed @DoneDisappeared
She was at a vulnerable age.
He should have known better.
I don't think I could bare to be touched by my DH if I found out that he had done that.

Hope you're ok OP.

Gemini69 · 26/04/2018 16:30

I'm so sorry OP.. I totally see where you're coming from.. it's all rather seedy and disgusting of him... it's all very grim Flowers

plire · 26/04/2018 16:30

Hope you're ok op.

Just wondered - was he there to babysit her? Or younger siblings?

Actually I don't suppose one is worse than the other.

If she isn't old enough to look after siblings then she isn't old enough to consent to sex. Bleugh.

oncemoreunto · 26/04/2018 16:33

I wouldn't feel attracted to an adult man who had sex with a young girl he was meant to be looking after. In addition to that he isn't changing his behavior when you talk to him about the impact on you.

Juells · 26/04/2018 16:33

He was twice her age

More like three times.

Trinity66 · 26/04/2018 16:34

Just wondered - was he there to babysit her? Or younger siblings?

She was babysitting his kids I think

Wellfuckmeinbothears · 26/04/2018 16:35

There is no way I could get past this. He’s an absolute creep.

Orangewater33 · 26/04/2018 16:35

Hi Peakpants no it's not.
I was widowed at an early age and I've noticed lately that I am leaning toward older men because of some unconscious perception of stability or security after that trauma of my husbands death.

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halfwitpicker · 26/04/2018 16:36

Maybe she was coming on to him. I was that teenage babysitter hot for the older guy.

But he shouldn't have acted on it and I think it's suspicious that he's still in touch with her! Ugh.

plire · 26/04/2018 16:36

Oh yes! Sorry. I see that now.

lardymclardy · 26/04/2018 16:37

So he finds teenage girls sexually attractive.

Most men probably do - at least 18 and 19, then into early 20's.

Charlotte Church was awarded 'Rear of the Year' on her 16th birthday if I recall. Page 3 girls could pose from the age of 16.

It sickens me personally, gladly times have moved on, but I suspect some men haven't.

SofieMonde · 26/04/2018 16:37

Are u sure her kids arent his????

v creepy u can do better

oncemoreunto · 26/04/2018 16:39

Oh, she was babysitting his kids, that is grim as well. Men in their forties shouldn't be having sex with teenagers who at best are barely legal. I am guessing she was closer in age to his kids than him.

snash12 · 26/04/2018 16:41

Of course she was. Teenagers find forty-something men just so attractive, they can't resist them.

Some definitely do! I speak from experience of being a teenage girl hopelessly crushing on my friends dad.