My boyfriend and I have been together for about 5 months. Its a semi long distance relationship and we see eachother maybe one night a week or so, but Im really starting to fall for him.
However, he has told me on several occasions, things that just arent true. I have some issues with trust from prior relationships which I was trying to put behind me but now Im not sure if Im being reasonable by being upset over the fibs.
Lie 1) He lied about where he lived when we met. Now, in fairness he admitted it about a month later and said that it was because he didnt think I would date him if he lived so far away. Which may have been true, I dunno, but anyway, on its own, this wasnt a big deal to me.
Lie 2) The night before a romantic weekend away in May, he was coming up from his home town by bus after work. An hour after he should have got on the bus he called me to say he had missed it, but was getting a lift with someone who was coming up to near my area that night. I had gone in to the city to surprise him off the bus, so thought Id just call a friend and see if they wanted to go for a drink, since Id a babysitter and all anyway.
Walk into a bar, and there is my boyfriend at the bar (amazing coincidence as its a city with lots of bars) He didnt see me and we left quickly. He was with a group and I knew Id cause a huge embarrsing scene if I stayed. He came to my house about 3 hours later really drunk (he rarely drinks) and said he had been drinking vodka on the way up in the car. I didnt tell him I knew. I couldnt work out if he had lied because he thought Id be upset that he wanted to go out with mates the night before our weekend away, when we barely see eachother. I know I wouldnt have minded at all, as he isnt in the city much to see them and we were about to have 2 days together. I did mind the lies.
ANYWAY, we spent most of the last week together. It was his birthday and I arranged a night and 2 days away, day trips with my DD etc. It was lovely and I was forgetting all about lie 2) etc. On the Thursday I had to work so he was going into town to see mates and said he would be back at 5pm, and we and dd would get a dominoes (huge treat for dd-she was v excited) and have a games and movie night. It got to 7.30 and I went ahead and started making DD dinner. She was sad to not have a dominoes, but I cant eat them (intolerances) so it would have been wasteful to get one anyway. We still played games etc. At 8pm he came in and I was a bit sarky - "phone not working" etc
. I told him I wasnt feeling well (I really wasnt) and was tidying up after dds tea then going to bed. So he went off and huffed in my living room. I let him. About 11pm I finally went and got him and apologized for being cheeky and asked him to come on up to bed. We chatted and made up and he apologized etc. However, one thing he said was "I hardly play football or see my mates now Im dating you" I felt like saying about Lie 2 but was feeling so unwell I just wanted to sleep and I didnt say anything. (He had said before he didnt mind missing these things for me)
He went off on a lads weekend and texted lots and was v sweet. The night he came back he stayed with me and we chatted some more. Convo came around to hinesty and I saw the chance to bring up lie 2. He tried to cover his tracks a bit and I didnt really get the full story in the end. BUT, he promised no more lies etc. He was in love with me and never felt like this before etc. ...
Lie 3) On his way back from said weekend he said he was getting the bus at x time. Ive just found his ticket -must have fallen out of his pocket- and he got the bus an hour earlier (he would have been on the bus from airport when he texted me he is getting the later bus!)
ARGH! Am I right for these things to bother me? Is it a "have a serious discussion" thing or a "dump his ass" thing? The next day Ill see him is 9 weeks away, on my birthday, at about 10pm (apparently!) and hes taking me away the next day for an overnight somewhere. Should I make up an excuse for him to cancel the night away? (Only booked last night, so he could get his money back Id imagine)