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AIBU that my partner is going skydiving with another woman after I refused?

181 replies

Ssanne · 04/02/2024 12:19

Title as it is.

Partner wanted to do a charity skydive with some of his friends/colleagues. I refused as it isn't something I'm interested in.

He said fine. And now is doing the tandem skydive with one of his female friends?

AIBU to be concerned?

OP posts:
Itslegitimatesalvage · 04/02/2024 16:08

nocoolnamesleft · 04/02/2024 16:05

He is being unreasonable doing a charity sky dive. There was a fascinating paper a few years back showing that they cost the NHS more for treating the injuries than they make for the charities. Other than that, pretty sure he'll be tandem with an instructor.

Really? I’m a skydiver and the place I learned at has had one accident. One. No other injuries. They’d been running for about 20 years with zero accidents but had one maybe 10 years ago, so that ruined the record but none since then. And they run charity skydives; tandems and static lines.

Ponderingwindow · 04/02/2024 16:09

People use the word partner these days so casually that it is meaningless. Is this man the equivalent of your husband without the paperwork or is he someone you have dated a couple of times?

I ask because it matters. If you are just dating and have discovered a fundamental difference in approaches to life, my advice is going to be to leave now. It’s not because there is anything wrong with you or with him. It’s because how you want to spend a Saturday is actually a pretty important aspect of a successful long term relationship. It’s ultimately why my XH and I couldn’t make it work. He needed the adventure. I needed the routine.

Didimum · 04/02/2024 16:09

Is there more to the story with this woman, OP?

AcrossthePond55 · 04/02/2024 16:10

Ssanne · 04/02/2024 12:37

I think it's more the bonding element for me and the fact that I'm just not into these daredevil/extreme sports so he just might find her more attractive that she does want to do these activities

My DH has been hang gliding for 40 years. I'd rather chew broken glass. He has gone hang gliding with female pilots many times and has managed not to screw any of them. It's a sport, not a hook up site.

Don't be so insecure, unless he's given you good reason to be. Has he?

Didimum · 04/02/2024 16:11

SpacePatch · 04/02/2024 12:23

YANBU. I’d be be concerned his penis accidentally falls in her mid-air and they have a sky-child. LTB

Well, this is wins reply of the day.

GuinnessBird · 04/02/2024 16:17

Be careful his penis doesn't land inside her vafina!

Seriously, you're insane.

Flamme · 04/02/2024 16:18

Ssanne · 04/02/2024 12:37

I think it's more the bonding element for me and the fact that I'm just not into these daredevil/extreme sports so he just might find her more attractive that she does want to do these activities

If - and it's a very big if - he finds her more attractive for this reason, then that will continue to be the case whether he does the sky dive with her or not.

Flamme · 04/02/2024 16:22

Are you normally this insecure about him doing any activities that might involve other women? You need to think about why that is.

BronwenTheBrave · 04/02/2024 16:25

You have heard of the Mile High Club, right?

thebestinterest · 04/02/2024 16:36

😂

NeverDropYourMooncup · 04/02/2024 16:43

KirstenBlest · 04/02/2024 12:34

The strapped on diving instructors might get in the way.

I don't think that was what my ex meant when he said he'd always wanted to get high and then down (might have said done, I was too busy backing the fuck away at the time when he repeated it) with a strap on.

The instructors do have to tell them to lift and hold their legs up so they can touch first, and the advice is to relax and breathe through the initial discomfort, though. So who knows?

KirstenBlest · 04/02/2024 16:58

To be fair, when I did the skydive with the colleagues, it did give us something in common.

dearymcdearface · 04/02/2024 17:03

KirstenBlest · 04/02/2024 16:58

To be fair, when I did the skydive with the colleagues, it did give us something in common.

Messy hair?

KirstenBlest · 04/02/2024 17:14

My hair is always an immaculate swishy mane, innit.

ButWhatAboutTheBees · 04/02/2024 17:29

telling him how brave he is and how excited you are by his bravery.

Give him a sticker that says "I've been a Brave Boy" too

ThePoshUns · 04/02/2024 17:30

SpacePatch · 04/02/2024 12:23

YANBU. I’d be be concerned his penis accidentally falls in her mid-air and they have a sky-child. LTB

ROFL

Talkamongstyourselves · 04/02/2024 17:46

telling him how brave he is and how excited you are by his bravery.

Remember to do it in a simpering voice whilst fluttering your eyelashes.....oh and don't forget to swoon afterwards, cos he's sooo bwave.

Wednesdaysphiltrum · 04/02/2024 17:53

Ssanne · 04/02/2024 12:37

I think it's more the bonding element for me and the fact that I'm just not into these daredevil/extreme sports so he just might find her more attractive that she does want to do these activities

You have two options.

1.) Just do it then. And work on your mass insecurity.

2.) Don’t do it. And work on your mass insecurity.

Differentstarts · 04/02/2024 18:36

Yanbu when I did a skydive the wind pressure forced his penis in to me. where now happily married and have a beautiful baby girl called skye.

Lollypop701 · 04/02/2024 19:06

I call a reverse… and op is now looking at the skydiving shaggers video snd making notes…. Remember first child is skylar!

RandomForest · 04/02/2024 19:17

Do you think he signed up for this skydive to impress this woman ?

nocoolnamesleft · 04/02/2024 19:21

Itslegitimatesalvage · 04/02/2024 16:08

Really? I’m a skydiver and the place I learned at has had one accident. One. No other injuries. They’d been running for about 20 years with zero accidents but had one maybe 10 years ago, so that ruined the record but none since then. And they run charity skydives; tandems and static lines.

Skydiving for Charity Is a Terrible Idea—Here's a Better One | TIME

Skydiving for Charity Is a Terrible Idea—Here’s a Better One

If we really want to do good, we need to focus on our ability to reason

https://time.com/3967567/skydiving-for-charity/

whatsmyname123 · 05/02/2024 13:53

Would you be concerned if it was a bloke?

ZoeDavoMCR · 05/02/2024 13:54

I think this more about your own insecurities than anything else. If your partner wanted to sleep with someone else then he’s going to do it regardless. If you are that insecure in your relationship that you think he is going to find another woman more attractive because he is doing a skydive with her then there are bigger issues at play here

pinkyredrose · 05/02/2024 14:06

TotalAbsenceOfImperialRaiment · 04/02/2024 13:59

Does the poor man really have to jump out of a plane to get five minutes off the leash?

😂

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