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He won't acknowledge me on social media

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purplerainmaker · 28/01/2020 11:47

Over allhe is a pretty good boyfriend and we are together 18 months .
He doesn't post too much but like and loves many posts of his friends.
Hi s profile pictures are always of him and his mates.
He can be a bit immature for a 35 year old man. He isn't ready for commitment or kids or even sharing a flat.
He has his own flat.
Even though he is a loving boyfriend, I am invisible to the outside work apart from his close friends and his family.
AIBU to be miffed? He is regularly interacting with lots of his friends who are women but doesn't acknowledge me really. I feel like deleting my accounts as it's painful to watch his presence yet I am not a part of his life on sm which is essentially the public and friends in his last life.

OP posts:
MissPepper8 · 29/01/2020 15:26

What if you mvoe in after a year and can't stand living with each other?! That's crazy.

3/4 months I moved in with him, after staying over all the time, it made sense. Been together for 16 years now.

I don't think it's crazy at all to move in with someone early on, if it works for you then why not. I could never wait a year though.

KatharinaRosalie · 29/01/2020 15:46

Anybody can pretend to be normal for 2-3 months. Much harder to keep it up for a full year. And obviously it's easier to leave if you're not actually living together.

Pinkbonbon · 29/01/2020 15:52

...then you split up/don't live together.

If someone couldn't wait a year to live with me... I'd assume that they couldn't handle being single and it wasn't about wanting to live with me, it was about not wanting to be alone.

MissPepper8 · 29/01/2020 17:07

*then you split up/don't live together.

If someone couldn't wait a year to live with me... I'd assume that they couldn't handle being single and it wasn't about wanting to live with me, it was about not wanting to be alone*

That's a load of balls, and you've wasted a year on someone you couldn't live with or have an awkward family life if you decide to have kids.

They "can't handle being single" ? not just the fact they want to spend as much time with you as possible? Poor sod who suggests that to you Grin

Herringbone31 · 29/01/2020 17:16

Me and my husband don’t have Facebook or instagram

Is this what the worlds coming too nowadays? Is there anyone who doesn’t have fb?

Pinkbonbon · 29/01/2020 17:27

It's not wasting a year if it was a good year :) But it's putting you in all sorts of risky situations if you move in with them when you barely know them.

I can get to know someone without having to live in their back pocket straight off the bat.

No ones saying it can't work. But to suggest its a smart move to move in with someone you haven't even known 6 months ...sorry but not many are gonna agree with you there. Because it really isn't.

OvenGlovesWillTearUsApart · 29/01/2020 17:33

You’re wasting your time. He’s not into you.

PatellarTendonitis · 29/01/2020 22:46

OP is long gone. Denial isn't just a river in Egypt.

Lweji · 30/01/2020 08:37

They "can't handle being single" ? not just the fact they want to spend as much time with you as possible?

Hmm. It sounds more like too fast too soon.
I asked earlier how long these relationships tend to last.
Every relationship is different, but on average, I distrust moving in too quickly as taking too long to do it.

MissPepper8 · 30/01/2020 13:50

Hmm. It sounds more like too fast too soon. I asked earlier how long these relationships tend to last

16 years, 17 this year. It made sense to us. I agree every relationship is different, never moved in with my ex and we were together over a year.

I can't agree with "you're too needy, can't handle being single ect" statement above, if it just works out you're happy then why not.

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