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Am I just ruining something here ?

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runforestrun · 31/01/2013 10:36

Please can I have some honest advice here,its a long one I'm afraid but I just need to say it to clear my head!

I've maybe stupidly gone back to my dp i missed him very much blah blah blah !

We decided on a break as the arguments were just getting to frequent and I just can't clear my head of the insecurities I felt.

I just can't seem to shift these insecurities no matter what I do.

Its stems from the beginning of the relationship ( 2 yrs now) . When we first got together I knew he had a close friendship with another women who he , ran with, did sports ,cups of tea with etc - I didnt have a problem with this as I knew her enough before being with him to speak to to say hello when I saw her out etc and I thought she was okay.

The problems came when it got to 6months or so in to our relationship and he
hadn't told her we were together, I'd see him with her running or walking and he wouldn't aknowledge me or if he sometimes did he would be so awkward and not himself.

We went on holiday she called him once and he didnt answer she kept on trying and trying about 10 times , he would take his phone to the bathroom to text and it just felt horrible.

I then made a bit of a fuss and said I wanted him to tell her we were together.
I bumped into the evening in which he had told her when they were running together and she was really off with me, and has been ever since.This then was the conformation I needed that it felt wrong and there friendship was bit too intense.

I told him about her not being off with me, she even went out of her way to bump into me to give a cd of his!?

I know there was nothing going on, I do truly believe that she liked him but on his part he was single for quite a few yrs and just wanted a running/sports partner and bit of companionship.

The message carried on between them , but secretly this time, and I made a stand that I wasn't comfortable with this and it has all stopped now after she sent him one saying she thought he looked sexy ( which I have to admit I did look at his phone) so I made him call her ( or I was going to- I was so fed up ) and he said to her "don't send me message like that now she thinks we're having an affair" and he says she hasnt text him since.

My ongoing fears is that he behaved in my opinion badly, and I really struggle now if he gets a text come through , my heart sinks and I feel sick.

When we go away I check to see if he's taken his phone to the bathroom with him.
Maybe even if its not her anymore in touch I'm now fearing others too!!

He still goes running 3/4 times a week from the same place as she does - even though he could change places but he says he feels trapped if I say I'd prefer im not to go there.

This has been our only issue all through the relationship and the cause of so many arguements, every week I want to settle and I just can't, am I being a complete idiot and should have left long ago?

Thanks for listening its been a long one :)

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CogitoErgoSometimes · 31/01/2013 11:03

You're being a complete idiot and should have left long ago. The 'friendship' was totally inappropriate and he let it run on long past when it should have been nipped in the bud. The problem is that now you can't trust him. That sick feeling when he gets a text is the way your life is going to be from now on. Too little, too late.

thistlelicker · 31/01/2013 11:08

Why didn't he tell u were together in te first place?? Move on!!!

thistlelicker · 31/01/2013 11:09

Bloody iPad ... I meant tell her in the first place?

runforestrun · 31/01/2013 12:09

I am an idiot aren't I ! :)

He says he didn't tell her as he hoped she would quietly go away !

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BagCat · 31/01/2013 12:29

It's probably started off on too bad a foot to ever be better. You will never be able to trust him and will always be on your guard, it will always be the big elephant in the room. If you choose him, you choose that.

You deserve better and you should want for your life to be better Smile

RSVP · 31/01/2013 12:47

This has been our only issue all through the relationship
Personally, I could not put up with the only issue in my relationship being a third person.

My ongoing fears is that he behaved in my opinion badly, and I really struggle now if he gets a text come through , my heart sinks and I feel sick.
Has he acknowledged his inappropriate behavior?

I just can't seem to shift these insecurities no matter what I do.
I think you need to ask yourself whether he is actively engaged in shifting your insecurities. If not then you know the answer to your dilemma

Xales · 31/01/2013 13:20

He spent 6 months ignoring you or being politely cool to you when out with another woman in the hopes she would go away?

That is complete bullshit isn't it?

The only one who should have got the message to go away was the one he was ignoring/being politely cool to. That was well you...

He texted her in secret in the bathroom.

He still goes running several times a week where she is...

Rather than changing some routines to reassure you it is you trapping him if you make suggestions.

I can't work out why you would have doubts/insecurities with all that...

kinkyfuckery · 31/01/2013 13:23

Oh dear. I think you know what you need to do, don't you?

LessMissAbs · 31/01/2013 15:07

I think I know this man! Well, not really, but his twin. I am sure he tried to manoevure me into being that woman, but I saw through him and got fed up with it. He was a runner too...

He actually came on holiday with me and two other friends who are a couple and neglected to tell us that he had a girlfriend. I can't actually get rid of him, as he turns up at every race I do and flirts with me. He wouldn't go out with me when we were both single, but he was delighted when I got married and pulled out all the stops in the flirting and spending time together, until I told him to take a running jump.

Most of the happiest couples I know who have all consuming hobbies like this both participate, but theres some men who like to have a secure wife or girlfriend at home who doesn't do any sport, so they can lead a seperate wife with their "girlfriend" throught their sport. Its extremely odd behaviour, and having been on the recieving side of it, I would say he would have been leading her on, flirting with her and so on. Its up to you whether you think this man can make you happy. He'll probably do it again. Generally I think this sort look for as stupid and docile a woman as possible who either won't notice their behaviour or simply put up with it.

LessMissAbs · 31/01/2013 15:08

seperate life

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