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New man, issue with a female friend

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DippingAToe31 · 14/07/2014 20:30

Hi, I'd just like to get a general consensus to see if I am overreacting or not.

I've been seeing a guy for about three months now. It's all very lovely, get on great, sex is awesome, we both have toddlers and although we haven't met each other's we have spoken about doing this but leaving it until near Christmas time if things are still going well. We see each other 1 or 2 times a week and are happy taking it slowly, but we speak and text everyday.

Now for the sticking point...he has a lot of friends both male and female, this is actually something I really like about him. He hangs around a lot with a couple of women and they all do things together with their children, including a camping holiday recently.

One of these women is a single mum too and last year they snogged on a night out.

I'm not silly enough to think I am in a position to have any opinion on their ongoing friendship. But...he told me a few days ago that he and she are thinking of booking a long weekend abroad together with their children for in a few months time.

And I don't like it. As a new girlfriend I am not sure what, if anything, I can say.

I do sincerely feel though that if we were still together in October (which I actually feel we probably would be) and he went on this trip abroad with her, I wouldn't feel like being there when he got back. But this sounds like a threat doesn't it.

Wisdom please....???

OP posts:
differentnameforthis · 16/07/2014 07:00

*lads
than

differentnameforthis · 16/07/2014 07:06

So if he snogged this friend tonight, op couldn't express that she didn't like it?

That is a completely different scenario! In that case, I would be wary about the holiday too, but they kissed before the op even knew him!!

There is no history of a romantic involvement here.

Would it be the same of the girl friend was his child's mother, therefore his ex wife?

I think op is seeing a threat where there isn't one, to be honest. The guy has done NOTHING to give the op cause for concern, other than an innocent kiss that went nowhere a yr ago, before he even met op!

differentnameforthis · 16/07/2014 07:19

Yet again scottishmummy succeeds in making the thread about her. To be fair, SM hasn't made this about herself at all! Others who cannot merely accept that SM is allowed her own opinion, without being jumped on have made it about her, by constantly criticising her POV. Is SM not allowed to hit back at their criticisms? Not allowed to defend herself & her opinion?

Pretty much any other thread & those picking on her grammar & posting style would be rounded on too, for having a go at at the way someone posts. But no, because SM (who isn't the lone voice in disagreeing with op) doesn't think the op is right, she is being pretty bullied on this thread fro speaking her opinion.

Nice.

Others have said pretty much the same, but because of SM's posting styles, she has been rounded on by those who disagree with her.

MyLatest · 16/07/2014 10:17

Really glad it has worked out for you OP Smile Nice that you both know you respect each other's feelings and see a future together.

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