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The Ex Wont Leave Our Relationship

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RoxyLady · 22/10/2010 11:23

So my boyf was with his ex on and off for about 10 years. When we got together they werent speaking.
Then about 3 yrs into our relationship they struck up a friendship and me and my boyf went on a break because he wasnt sure what he wanted ( I didnt know she was on the scene) He was seeing her in this break time and when I found out I went ballistic. I found out she had got pregnant by him and they had had a termination. Anyway, somehow we got back together and she disappeared off the scene.
I am now 6 months pregnant with our first child.
Over the last year his father became ill and he contacted her to let her know he was dying. The "friendship" started again... the only reason why I know this is because I check his phone.Ive just been monitoring the situation.
It got to the point where I was getting sick of their communication so I asked him if they were still talking, he got very defensive but the next day it came and told me that he had informed her I was pregnant and she was upset about it. Personally I couldnt have given a shit...
I looked at his phone today and found out he has been meeting up with her to go spinning when he is telling me he is at basketball and she only found out I was pregnant because I changed my profile pic on facebook to a pic of my new bump. The last thing he text her was that he was sorry and didnt mean to hurt her, and he should have told her months ago. This was Sunday, I only found out this morning he was meeting up with her behind my back...
What should I do? Im at work and feel like crying at my desk. Im sick of there being three people in our relationship

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AttilaTheMeerkat · 22/10/2010 11:32

He is the one at fault here; he has been lying to you both. Pity he was never honest with you in the first place, it sounds like he still carries a torch for his ex gf and thought he could have his cake and eat it.

Who does he ultimately want to be with; he can't have you both and lead you both on as and when he feels like it. Also there is now a child to consider in all this and that child's needs are paramount.

RoxyLady · 22/10/2010 11:34

Now he is definately with me, he isnt the type to ever leave his child or the mother once he has them.
But he doesnt seem to be able to leave her alone and Im so sick of it.
Im wondering if I should just contact her. I thought about it many times but thought I would take the moral high ground and not rise to any confrontations but this is out of hand.
I cant believe, even now Im pregnant he is still meeting up with her behind my back.

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AttilaTheMeerkat · 22/10/2010 11:38

No contacting her please, it will make you look like a mad harridan and she won't be at all bothered.

The person you do need to talk to in all this is him. You can tell him that you have discovered that he is having inappropriate contact with his ex. He is the one at fault here, your anger should be directed primarily at him.

PeppermintPasty · 22/10/2010 11:40

obviously you've got to talk to him and lay it on the line. how strong are you feeling?-you must be getting knackered at 6 months, so you may be better not making absolute decisions now. on the other hand i'd go absolutely mental at him if i were in your shoes. he needs to know what he's risking-the loss of his little family. he clearly has no clue, which sounds about right if he's not had kids before.

my preferred option would be-lay it on the line, tell him how much it's hurting you(he has an inkling as he's keeping it secret) and give him the ultimatum. if you do it this early, it might work itself out early, iyswim.

MrsSOAK · 22/10/2010 11:55

I agree with Peppermint and Attila.

you need to say to him what your last line of your OP says - you are sick of their being 3 people in your relationship.
Explain calmly to him how you feel;how his keeping in contact is upsetting you.

IMO he knows he is in the wrong as he is lying/getting defensive etc......

I hope things get better for you [hsmile]

perfumedlife · 22/10/2010 12:01

Roxylady, did you post about this problem a few weeks ago? i'm sure I read this before as it was similar to a scenario i had been in years back.

There is no point in contacting her. She has not put a losso round his neck and forced him to see her. He is the one with the relationship and child on the way, not her. She is not your problem, he is.

Did you not confront him last month?

DuelingFanjo · 22/10/2010 12:09

Make sure you block her on facebook.

RoxyLady · 22/10/2010 12:10

No I left it because his father had died and I thought it was just out of respect they were talking but meeting up and exercising together has just disgusted me.

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PeppermintPasty · 22/10/2010 12:16

i remeber this too. my experience fwiw is that it's very very hard when a certain woman hangs on and on in your dp's life. i had trouble years back and that was with someone my then ex saw for a few months. she just would not let it go. i had to steel myself for a long bumpy ride with him. my dp thought, absolutely naively, that he could be "friends" with her and she would be ok with that. she kept saying that was all she wanted but it was patently obvious to 50% of the world population that she wanted more.

i don't know why men cannot see or refuse to see this. it was up to me to set it in stone-me and our life together, or his "friendship". off she went down the plughole never to be seen again.

even though they have a ten yr history, i think the method needs to be the same. i was going through the pregnancy and first yr of my dc's life, so i feel for you. try and get it sorted asap.

RoxyLady · 22/10/2010 12:18

If I blocked her on facebook she would know she was getting me. She obviously doesnt care that we are together.

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perfumedlife · 22/10/2010 12:38

Roxy you are going to have to steel yourself here and get tough. The very fact he text her the words, 'didn't mean to hurt you' tells you that he knows she wants more than a friendship. Otherwise, why would his happiness with you bother her? You have it confirmed by his own text that he KNOWS she wants more, or feels more, than is reasonable.

Don't let him fob you off with claptrap about old friends. It's you or her. Very simple. He has already being lying to the mother of his child to sneak out with the exgf.

Am so angry on your behalf.
If this was happening to me, and it did sort of, without the pregnancy, I would be telling him to get the hell out. Make him see how serious this is, and it IS serious. If you play this low key he will carry on with this relationhip, sure as eggs are eggs. If you want this relationship, call him on it, severely, now, before baby arrives and you are even more vulnerable.

You hold the cards right now, you are carrying his child and living with him. She is the outsider. Play those cards, act strong.

GeekOfTheWeek · 22/10/2010 18:37

I will show my arse if they are 'just friends'.

Op, you deserve better.

Imo you are being played like a fiddle.

ScaryFucker · 22/10/2010 18:47

YOu have no choice here

he is forcing you to issue an ultimatum because he is either

  1. too weak to get shut of her himself

  2. wanting to keep her and you both on a string while his ego gets a massive stroking

both of these are shit of him and dumpable offences

you are an idiot to blame her

he is the one at fault here

he "isn't the type to leave his partner and child" ??....well, personally, I would leave him if he couldn't fully commit to me and a baby

alllllllrighty then, he is the type to have his cake and eat it too though, isn't he

invite him to make his choice...finally and for good

if he won't do that, or even chooses her, you have your answer

RunawayPumpkin · 22/10/2010 18:57

He wants his cake and to eat it too,

Tell him to choose once and for all and she has to go

ChaoticAngel · 22/10/2010 19:05

I agree with the others, it's ultimatum time, her or you. If he chooses you then make it clear there is to be no contact between him and her.

LittleMissHissyFangs · 22/10/2010 19:35

SF well said.

Roxy I recall your thread before and posted on it.

have me own shit going on at the mo, so can't recall what i said.

BUT...

You have given him the benefit of the doubt. you let him get over the death, the funeral etc, and it's still going on. he is lying to you, in your face.

Her behaviour is disgusting, his is unforgivable. HE however is the one that is betraying you, she is just getting off on the naughtiness of playing where she ought not to be.

Sit him down, read him riot act, he is doing the cake/eat it. SF is the Exocet missile of Relationships as ever..

He has realised that you are PG and pretty much trapped. You're (in his eyes) not going any where, so he's just living a little while he can.

Unffingbelievable

If you don't stamp your 6m PG feet now and call time on him, this will never end.

Oh yes and don't do the email, listen love time to move on.... I tried that recently, I have half a dozen ranting bile ridden works of colombian fiction in an email account not too far away.... Blush have given up that idea of her getting a conscience....

This woman is not going to give up on her own, he's not filling in the dots for her either. He has to stop it, now.

It literally has to be YOU or HER. If he dithers, if he even blinks, toss your hair and stalk off... well if you are anything like I was at 6m, its more of a waddle and a shuffle, but you get the sentiment.

I assume he'd go ffing nuts if you were doing this to HIM?

PeppermintPasty · 22/10/2010 20:00

what do you think RL? is any of this helpful? is anything stopping you giving the ultimatum?

LittleMissHissyFangs · 22/10/2010 22:10

Roxy, I should add that I don't think he'll let you stalk off into the distance, so i think you ought to be confident that it will achieve the desired result.

be brave.

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