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AIBU to think this is a red flag?

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availablesizerange · 18/02/2022 10:16

Name changed for this but regular poster.

Feel very worried after a conversation with my fiancé last night. We’ve always had the same attitude towards infidelity - as in, whenever we’ve watched it on TV etc. we agree what is cheating (emotional affairs) and we’ve both always said we’d have zero tolerance if the other person did it. Never had any worries at all about him.

However, one of his best friends has just been caught cheating. He’d clearly been having an emotional affair with a woman from work for a few months before splitting with his partner. They separated on the Friday night (as in, had a conversation and decided they weren’t working well together, partly because he wasn’t putting effort in) and then on Saturday afternoon he slept with this new woman. He and his partner had been together for 11 years, own a home together etc. so were obviously still living together. My fiancé is really relaxed about this. Last night we were discussing it and he said he doesn’t really think his mate has done anything wrong.

AIBU to feel like this is a red flag? It’s certainly not how I feel about the situation, and it’s not how I would want to be treated. I’m just so in my head now that he thinks this is OK and it means he’ll do the same to me.

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Fairislefandango · 18/02/2022 14:10

Emotional affair definitely dodgy.
The sex straight after breaking up... not so much. He had clearly moved on in his head. I don't think it it's really particularly relevant whether he then slept with the other woman for the first time one day, seven days or 3 weeks after the break-up. The ex was obviously going to be cut up about it either way.

LivingDeadGirlUK · 18/02/2022 14:21

How long should one wait after breaking up, to sleep with someone else? Asking for a friend of course :)

TheUsualShitshow · 18/02/2022 14:24

As long as you like! Ten minutes later if you like. You're single!

I mean, if that's not the answer then what would be? Is there some mythical period of mourning you're supposed to go through? Would it be shorter if you were unhappy in the relationship, longer if you were happy?

Single is single is single.

xILikeJamx · 18/02/2022 14:29

IMO, you're massively overreacting and now potentially throwing your own wedding into doubt because of something your fiance's mate did that you don't like.

If I was your fiance I would not take your 'further conversation' well at all.

Bookworm20 · 18/02/2022 14:35

@LivingDeadGirlUK

How long should one wait after breaking up, to sleep with someone else? Asking for a friend of course :)
There is no set time.

But only a complete and utter selfish arsehole would leap straight into the bed of someone else after breaking up with a long term partner.

girlmom21 · 18/02/2022 14:36

Are you accusing your partner when you're having conversations with him about this?

2bazookas · 18/02/2022 14:37

Tell him straight. " To me that was a total END OF situation. If you ever do that to us, be under no illusions, I will never accept it and we will be totally OVER for ever. ".

availablesizerange · 18/02/2022 14:38

@girlmom21 accusing him of what?

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girlmom21 · 18/02/2022 14:43

[quote availablesizerange]@girlmom21 accusing him of what?[/quote]
Anything - because if my partner kept bringing this up I'd start to think he didn't trust me

CaptSkippy · 18/02/2022 15:21

OP, it seems to me that your fiance claimed to have a certain set of principles that align with your own, but does not follow these principles when it becomes inconvenient to him.

How would you feel if your best friend admitted to you she had an emotional afair while still married? I think that would be a good question to answer.

Booboo24 · 18/02/2022 16:40

@Ihaventgottimeforthis

The logistics of being able to have sex with a colleague within 24 hrs though is potentially cheating, there must have been some contact, communication and warming up so to speak. So thats the cheating, the wife thinks they've been secure bonjour for 11 years and meanwhile he's getting his next shag all lined up.
This sums up my way of thinking perfectly. Emotional affair, big no no, sleeping with someone else so soon after, very hurtful but not cheating, however, the logistics tying the 2 together muddy the waters and I'd be unable to forgive. I do think though that your fiance probably hasn't given his flippant reply the depth of thought that you (& we now have) it wouldn't cause me to throw away a decent relationship either.

I love how Del Boy has made his way onto MN and I will now forever be striving for a secure Bonjour relationship!!!

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