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Why do i feel jealous?

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Emmielu · 14/07/2012 16:06

Been seperate from DD's dad for 5 years & back story is hes never really been there but keeps in contact with me & just recently DD too.

It never bothered me before but it seems to bother me now. He's getting married in 2 months because hes going into the army & would like his wife to be to benefit from what she can from him going into the army. He says he loves her, yet asks me constantly if i had ever wondered what things would have been like had we stayed together even for the sake of DD. Now that the days are creeping closer to his wedding day, i feel a mixture or jealousy & like i dont want him to marry her if im honest. I personally feel like its the wrong decision for him to marry in general. He likes his space. Cant talk to his wife to be about me or DD. Only friends are her friends & i think hes trapped. She hates me with a passion. Not only that shes a very immature 19 year old & hes a slightly mature 21 year old who is about to get the career hes wanted for a long time but is making sure his wife is settled first. In his words: (wifes name) benefits from me joining the army. We're marrying in september so i can join in october so she can get a house & do what she wants. I can also start paying for dd.

It infuriates me that hes using the army to get his wife to be a house. Really infuriates me. When there are women out there that arent married to soliders, who havent got a house & who frankly would just be grateful to have their other halves home safely! They dont feel the need to get married so they can have a house. Am i missing the point here? Or am i being very bitter? Im swaying towards bitter. But that aside. I do feel jealous. & i dont know why. We do get on & we've come a long way from where we used to be. Am i now realising i should have given the relationship a chance? Or do i just crave what he has?

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MyinnergoddessisatLidl · 14/07/2012 16:34

Sounds like the grass is greener sweetheart, rant on here as much as you like, but I would give you the following knowledge and advice together this in RL:

Firstly, I was a military wife, yes you get a cheap place to live, but if they don't have kids (unless he is using your dd as a headcount) they'll be in some grotty shitty flat, with a 70's kitchen, red carpet and blue curtains. He'll be away a lot, and she will be stuck at home with no prospects, normally in the middle of nowhere, bored senseless.

The housing for his rank will generally be awful. Some patches are also filled with awful bitter jealous twisted women. Rumour spreading is rife, gossip is part of the course. Your life isn't private at all. You never really know where your husband is, is he doing what he says he is etc. It takes a lot of trust. if she is as immature as you say, she will make his life hell.

Secondly, why is this your problem? This is what you should be saying to him. It sounds like he comes round too much to offload about this girl. Why should you have to listen to that? Next time, don't accommodate the conversation. Just say, this is inappropriate, you discussing the woman you are marrying with your ex partner, if you have issues and concerns, please discuss with her. It simply isn't your place, and it's making you feel worse. Distance the visits, he takes dd out, drops her off, make conversation about the next arrangements and then politely close the door.

Thirdly, she is probably insanely jealous of the fact that you have a tie that binds you to this man for the rest of your life. At 19 that is pretty hard to get used to, but surely he needs to be sorting that out with her, for when your dd visits their home?

maleview70 · 14/07/2012 17:24

Take it you were kids yourself when you had your DD. just let him get on with it. You were far too young to has those responsibilities and your relationship would have stood very little chance of lasting.

Once he is married you will have forgotten all about it.

Emmielu · 14/07/2012 17:59

MyinnergoddessisatLidl - That was a lot of very good & truthful advice, thank you. You're right, he shouldnt be offloading his issues with his other half to me. If hes got a problem about something she does or the way she is then he should settle that with her. Odds are hes going to get nothing nice from me about her so im the worst person to ask for advice where shes concerned & he knows that. I'll do what you said & politely point out that its not my place to say & that id rather not listen to it. x

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MyinnergoddessisatLidl · 14/07/2012 18:17

Well I'm assuming you are young too, but you sound very level headed.

Hope everything works out for you. I know these things are intensified if you are single - so why not focus your energies into improving your own dating prospects?

Good luck x

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