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To tell bloke not to come this weekend

52 replies

LangyThorpey · 12/08/2021 15:08

Been seeing someone for around 2 months. I put off inviting him back to mine for various reasons but I didn’t want to spend another weekend at his cramped flat so invited him over 3 weeks ago. He annoyed me from the start insisting that the house couldn’t have been mine and banging on about who does it really belong to etc etc
During the night I found him creeping around acting weird, asked what he was doing and he said he thought the house was haunted and asked if he could go to the cellar. I said he was creeping me out and making me feel like I was in the process of being robbed. He apologised, we went to bed. I woke up in the early hours to find him sat up in bed with the lamp on videoing the bedroom door. He claimed it was “moving”. Long story short I told him I’d found the weekend disappointing and wasn’t sure about seeing him again. He apologised and said he just loved old houses and went on about the history of some of the buildings in the nearby city. He seemed to know his stuff and sounded genuine. I got over it. He asked if he could come back and stay the following weekend. I said “ok but no weird stuff!” And he promised he wouldn’t. During that week he started sending me history lessons on my house. It was interesting to be fair.
The weekend arrived and he came over, seemed ok at first but I noticed he had this app on his phone that he was using to look for ghosts. I said something like “don’t start this again” and he said it was just a bit of fun. Later in the night there was a loud bang upstairs, he bolted up there all excited and basically something had fallen off the bathroom window ledge (window was open, blinds had waffed and knocked it off). That started a whole night of ghost talk. He’s freaking me out.
He’s meant to be coming over tomorrow and I’m going to tell him not to. I just don’t want to talk ghosts all night again. This is my home, he’s acting like it’s a fun tourist attraction. My friend thinks I’m being a killjoy as this is the only issue I have with him. AIbU?

OP posts:
RickJames · 12/08/2021 15:37

He sounds very self-centered and possibly a bit more interested in your house than you.

Get rid!

Sparkletastic · 12/08/2021 15:41

End it. He doesn't listen.

SaharaFlower · 12/08/2021 15:45

He should stop inviting evil presence in to your home. Those actions lead to big trouble; don't invite the occult.

SaharaFlower · 12/08/2021 15:47

Followers of the occult invite danger. Ghosts are reality, but demonic not the dead.

fibeee · 12/08/2021 15:57

Someone who makes you feel unsafe and uncomfortable in your own home? Bin him.

moosel · 12/08/2021 15:57

Bin him

dworky · 12/08/2021 16:01

"knows his stuff" = completely batshit.

knittingaddict · 12/08/2021 16:01

I would ditch him because I don't believe in ghosts and would find it unbearably tedious to deal with someone who did, to this extent.

Loudestcat14 · 12/08/2021 16:04

His interest in the house wouldn't bother me because I also love spooky stories about hauntings, but if you asked him not to creep around your home in the middle of the night and he ignored your wishes and has made you uncomfortable, then I can see why you're cross. I do wonder, did he know you lived in the house before you started dating?

WorraLiberty · 12/08/2021 16:05

@SaharaFlower

He should stop inviting evil presence in to your home. Those actions lead to big trouble; don't invite the occult.
Inviting evil presence? Confused

Are you the OP's bloke? 🤔

NumberTheory · 12/08/2021 16:11

I don’t think it’s his interest in history (or even, necessarily, ghosts) that is off putting here. You don’t have to like every interest a romantic partner has. It’s that he has no boundaries around it. You’ve been quite clear with him and he’s just ridden roughshod over your objections.

That’s kind of worrying, to be honest.

SaharaFlower · 12/08/2021 16:13

@WorraLiberty : Never would I invite demonic presence. I will not engage with followers of the occult.

WorraLiberty · 12/08/2021 16:16

[quote SaharaFlower]@WorraLiberty : Never would I invite demonic presence. I will not engage with followers of the occult.[/quote]
Cool

QueenBee52 · 12/08/2021 16:16

End it...

he sounds more interested in your Property than you... what a turn off 🤢

and he is weird 👀

viques · 12/08/2021 16:19

Throw him back OP. Life is too short, and contrary to his loopy ideas, it doesn’t carry on after death.

romdowa · 12/08/2021 16:26

Bin him off. He sounds absolutely Batshit 🤣🤣

pommepommefrites · 12/08/2021 16:32

I'm also interested in your house, how old is it? Ditch him though he sounds weird af.

memberofthewedding · 12/08/2021 16:36

There is nothing wrong in believing in ghosts - I have a cousin who is a medium. I try to keep an open mind about the occult etc.

However to continue to creep you out when you indicated you were uncomfortable is unacceptable. If he behaves like this when you have not been going for long imagine how it will be later in the relationship.

This would be a big red flag to me.

TiredButDancing · 12/08/2021 16:43

I have to agree with a PP - why do so many "friends" tell women to stay in relationships that are clearly not right? Is it because they don't feel they can be honest? Is it just ridiculously low standards?

A man who is into ghosts and obsessed with my house is not something you are interested in or that makes you happy. You barely know him. Bin him and move on.

Doomscrolling · 12/08/2021 16:52

Bin him, the nutter

IveGotASongThatllGetOnYNerves · 12/08/2021 17:00

Maybe he was looking round for valuables and made the searching for ghosts bollocks up to explain why he was creeping around your house.

MrsCatE · 12/08/2021 17:08

I think the big Red Flag was him insisting the house couldn’t belong to you in the first place; you have a hovering Cock Lodger let alone Ghost Buster

Snowdrop30 · 12/08/2021 17:08

He does sound a bit weird OP, and possibly not entirely stable. I'm a history nut too. But...that's very odd behaviour the first night in your new partner's house isn't it? Shouldn't he be gazing lovingly into your eyes/enjoying sexy time/making you something fabulous for breakfast? His focus is erm...well its not exactly on you, is it?

Hemingwaycat · 12/08/2021 17:16

Dump him, he sounds like a total loser.

MikeWozniaksGloriousTache · 12/08/2021 17:43

My friend thinks I’m being a killjoy as this is the only issue I have with him. AIbU?
The thing is, this might be the only issue you have with him, but the issue isn’t “he’s creeping around ghost hunting” it’s “he isn’t respecting my boundaries”. You’ve told him you don’t like it, he’s choosing to put his own feelings over yours.
Get rid.