Basically I'm co habiting with ex because we physically cannot afford two houses for a couple of months.
I don't want to drip feed so I'll be honest he is quite controlling and I've just had enough of having no life. So I said while we are still living together when we aren't around the kids we are free to do whatever we like (meaning I can go out with friends and have social media without him complaining) and he can see other women if that's what he wants just don't rub it in my face.
Anyhow he told me this morning (wanting to be honest he says) that he's considering asking a woman from work out for a drink. I had my suspicions he liked her but we aren't a couple anymore so I accepted it, had a little cry in private because I knew I was right, and spent the morning getting my head round it. All good.
Then he decided to say he isn't going to do that at all, he doesn't want to do anything to upset me and then telling ME how bad HE feels for saying it. I'm furious and upset. I just don't see why he did it. Why he went out of his way to tell me he was gonna and then change his mind five hours later. Part of me thinks she knocked him back but he wouldn't admit it anyway. He's now saying he said it just so it wasn't a shock if anything happened in the future.
I know this situation in general is wank and He needs to go but AIBU to be absolutely furious and also devastated that he felt the need to play with my emotions like this?
I would like to state that the dc know nothing yet because we aren't telling them until he finds a house, and they are oblivious.