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Regret blocking my only friend

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LovingPeachFatball · 23/06/2026 20:33

He is my only friend in the city. We started out dating a year ago but it ended after I discovered that he had a partner who he expected me to be poly with. I also recently found out he has a child. The idea of polyamory was suggested to her after she was pregnant, at the end of her childbearing years, and finanically dependent on him. Sounds to me like she was in a bit of a hostage situation and forced to agree.

He is still in love with me and trying to talk me round to moving in with his family and having babies with him immediately. He and his wife are 10 years older than me and I am way too young to have a baby, I also don't have any romantic feelings for him anymore and I'm dating other people.

I blocked him because he talked down on my looks, told me that only desperate low-value women use dating apps (he and I met on bumble) and tried to humiliate me by sexually harassing a young employee of the cafe we were at. (I think the 'looks disparity' between us is localized exclusively in his own brain). He also regurgitated some Redditor rhetoric about how a large amount of rape cases being dismissed = women often lie about rape which I found really repulsive. He went on to say that he has loads and loads of romantic prospects and could walk into town and easily take any woman home to have sex with. I asked why doesn't he do that instead of pursuing me and he told me he 'wants me'.

I have literally no friends and he was the only person in the city who I know who takes me out to do nice things. I feel extremely alone and I regret falling out with him but I can't just let someone treat me however crazy way they want just because they're freaking out about not wanting to get back together and not being in control.

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Happyjoe · 23/06/2026 22:16

This has to be a wind up.

NannyOf8Girls · 23/06/2026 22:17

Sorry I ticked YANBU by mistake.....please run from this man...

SoggyTissue · 23/06/2026 22:18

LovingPeachFatball · 23/06/2026 21:40

He has been begging me to get back with him and I've blocked him. Not that I care if he is or not , I am acutally in love with someone else...

Then why do you regret blocking?

Must be going so well with your new love if he doesn't take you anywhere nice, as per your previous post.

Get some help hun.

Calendulaaria · 23/06/2026 22:18

You sound vulnerable, with low self esteem. Someone this predator-type would attach himself to. The smartest thing you did was block him.

WilfredsPies · 23/06/2026 22:19

Backedoffhackedoff · 23/06/2026 21:08

What disdain? I don’t understand what this means

It means she’s an arsehole to almost everyone because she thinks she’s better than them. If she was chocolate, she’d have eaten herself.

OP, isn’t it a coincidence that the only person who wants to spend time with you is also an arsehole to almost everyone? And that’s largely because he wants to have sex with you, rather than because he appreciates your personality.

He is wealthy and attractive. She is neither of those things This is where you’ve been particularly shitty and nasty about his wife and I can only assume that you have difficulties with friendships because you needed people to explain this to you.

There are loads of lovely people out there who struggle with friendships because of moving around, or lack of opportunity, or already established friend groups. I’ve no doubt that this heat is making me far meaner than I would usually be, but the contemptuous way you’ve talked about his wife has really pissed me off. You are clearly very clever if you’ve got the qualifications you claim to have, but you are destined for a very lonely life unless you develop some emotional intelligence. Nobody wants to be friends with an arsehole.

JazzyJelly · 23/06/2026 22:20

'I have no friends. Should I hang out with an unpleasant man ten years my senior who wants me to move in with his wife and young child who I have never met, and have his babies? No I haven't considered a book or sports club'.

Do they do refunds on degrees?

Cluelessfirstimer · 23/06/2026 22:20

Happyjoe · 23/06/2026 22:16

This has to be a wind up.

Agree. Either way they need some help. True - youre replies are vile and you have been hurt to the point that youve turned into a bit of a cunt.
Fake - youre just a cunt.

FirstNationsEnglish · 23/06/2026 22:22

Polyamory? Is that a twee word for shagging around? Once upon a time it was called promiscuity. Whatever this thread is, it certainly is no 'love' story. More accurately it could be called a delusional lust story.

Cluelessfirstimer · 23/06/2026 22:23

Cluelessfirstimer · 23/06/2026 22:20

Agree. Either way they need some help. True - youre replies are vile and you have been hurt to the point that youve turned into a bit of a cunt.
Fake - youre just a cunt.

Excuse the C bomb! I forget not everyone likes that...

MyArtfulGreySloth · 23/06/2026 22:24

He is not in love with you op, he is manipulative and horrible. Actually, you sound like a good match.

LovingPeachFatball · 23/06/2026 22:24

JazzyJelly · 23/06/2026 22:20

'I have no friends. Should I hang out with an unpleasant man ten years my senior who wants me to move in with his wife and young child who I have never met, and have his babies? No I haven't considered a book or sports club'.

Do they do refunds on degrees?

Edited

I blocked him and am not considering hanging out with him again. Do they do refunds on whichever intensive reading programmes I'm sure you must have been enrolled in?

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WilfredsPies · 23/06/2026 22:24

Cluelessfirstimer · 23/06/2026 22:23

Excuse the C bomb! I forget not everyone likes that...

I’m all for it, and I think it’s warranted here.

LovingPeachFatball · 23/06/2026 22:25

I assure you all I'm not making any of this stuff up, I can post screenshots of the final message I sent him before blocking

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MyArtfulGreySloth · 23/06/2026 22:25

LovingPeachFatball · 23/06/2026 22:24

I blocked him and am not considering hanging out with him again. Do they do refunds on whichever intensive reading programmes I'm sure you must have been enrolled in?

But your title is literally saying you regret blocking him 😂

Redpaisley · 23/06/2026 22:26

LovingPeachFatball · 23/06/2026 20:45

Though I feel bad for the deliberate timing of the proposal being at her pregnancy, there is literally nothing to suggest she is a victim, the evidence points to her just being a terminal pickme who thinks having a Nigel who cheats on her is better than having no Nigel at all. Probably thinks she can't do better and tbh she might even be right. I literally don't know anything about her or about their relationship to go calling police on them.

Being a pickme is not a crime lmfao

He is wealthy and attractive. She is neither of those things and probably feels lucky to even be there. I think she's choosing this.

Edited

You are equally horrible. No wonder you regret blocking him.

hypnovic · 23/06/2026 22:26

He is not your friend. He is a dirty predator. Go on your local FB meet up groups. In our area we have Bristol girls meet up groups. Find one near you. Make actual friends

LovingPeachFatball · 23/06/2026 22:26

MyArtfulGreySloth · 23/06/2026 22:25

But your title is literally saying you regret blocking him 😂

But not because I miss him as a person I just miss being taken out and hvaing company

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Dweetfidilove · 23/06/2026 22:26

LovingPeachFatball · 23/06/2026 21:21

Do you really think she couldn't leave if she wanted to? There is literally nothing stopping her.

You've left and regret it. You seem as susceptible to his charms, so in the right circumstances, could be her.
Who regrets cutting contact with a man who's treated them as awfully as he's treated you?

Happyjoe · 23/06/2026 22:27

Cluelessfirstimer · 23/06/2026 22:23

Excuse the C bomb! I forget not everyone likes that...

Sometimes it's just fine. Today it's fine :-)

LovingPeachFatball · 23/06/2026 22:27

Dweetfidilove · 23/06/2026 22:26

You've left and regret it. You seem as susceptible to his charms, so in the right circumstances, could be her.
Who regrets cutting contact with a man who's treated them as awfully as he's treated you?

I regret giving up the company and adventures

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OnlyGarden · 23/06/2026 22:28

What do you want out of this post?

You've said you regret blocking him.
Then you said you don't regret it.
Then you have laid into his wife and been really unpleasant about her when by your own admission you don't even know her.

You originally seemed really upset but now seem to be enjoying the idea that he is getting into a fluster over you.

So I really dont know what you want people to say.

You know you dont need him and you know he isnt your friend but you are not coming accross very well so I can see why you are getting people's backs up.

99bottlesofkombucha · 23/06/2026 22:29

blocking him is smart and you should not unblock. But I think you need therapy. Assuming your dead boyfriend
was lovely it sounds like avoiding dating anyone who reminds you of him is a huge mistake.

Peachykeenjosephine · 23/06/2026 22:30

You sound desperate tbh! Why are you even entertaining this?

pambeesleyhalpert · 23/06/2026 22:30

If you only work 2 days a week and that’s on the weekend… why can’t you meet people during the week? This whole thread is weird AF

pambeesleyhalpert · 23/06/2026 22:31

And who are you in love with!? Where did that come from?