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293 replies

Whenwillsummerbegin · 08/04/2015 09:07

This is going to be long but I don't want to drip feed.

Dp has a female friend he's known for years, it's only recently in the last few months that he's began meeting up with her frequently. Previous to that he hasn't seen her for years. This coincided with her becoming single. She is a lesbian as far as I know so I shouldn't have a problem.

The first few times they met I was a bit jealous, I felt really awful about it but thought ok it's a friend I need to have a word with myself. They started meeting up every couple of weeks for a drink and texting in between. I admit I can get a bit sarky when he talks about her.

To my shame I've read the texts and they're very flirty, not Dp's usual style of texting at all. In one he joked with her that all she needed to do was admit that she had been in love with him all these years. She joked back that if she was still single in a few years she would marry him.

Now he's lying to me to meet her, probably because I do get a bit jealous if he mentions going for a drink.

The first time he lied was quite an elaborate plan, on the Sunday he arranged to meet her on the Wednesday for a drink. Tuesday night he orchestrated a massive argument and went to stay at his parents after work Wednesday for the night so he could meet her without me knowing he was home late.

Today he has told me he is working late. I've found out he's skiving off and going to fix something in her bedroom then going back to work.

He doesn't know I know any of this, I've been keeping my powder dry to see if anything else happens. I'm not happy he's lying to me over this regardless of what's going on. If I say anything he just tells me she's a lesbian, just a friend.

What do I do?

OP posts:
Cherryapple1 · 08/04/2015 18:09

Please don't keep torturing yourself looking for more evidence. Have you not got proof enough? Regardless of this woman, hasn't he treated you appallingly already.

GoadyFuckAaargh · 08/04/2015 18:09

to be fair, im not sure whether people having affairs would he so bold as to start tagging each other on facebook...

regardless, he doesn't seem to value you at all.

Sorry. I hope you are ok. Flowers

BitOutOfPractice · 08/04/2015 18:16

Cherry the compulsion to find out more and more is overwhelming. Don't be too hard on the OP. It's a horrible horrible place to be.

And Goady -you'd be fucking surprised. Have you heard of hiding in plain sight? Even if they aren't fucking, he wants to. Enough to fabricate arguments with his DP so he can storm out and see her

OP text him and tell him to get his sorry arse home

Whenwillsummerbegin · 08/04/2015 18:16

I expect the tag is her saying thank you for whatever he helped her with in her bedroom today. If I could see it I could legitimately call him out on his lying without the need for him to know I've been reading his texts. I can't see it though so he must have done something to his settings so I can't see tags from her.

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BitOutOfPractice · 08/04/2015 18:18

She may have you blocked OP

BitOutOfPractice · 08/04/2015 18:18

Can you see anything else from her?

Justusemyname · 08/04/2015 18:20

Are you wanting to see the phone so you feel justified in leaving him if he has shagged her? Believe me, love, you have enough to kick him out already.

I don't knwi anything about Facebook but maybe someone else could have a look?

Twinklestein · 08/04/2015 18:25

Is it not likely that she's bi and was in a relationship with a woman at some point (assuming it's not a big fat lie to start with?)

Your partner is not 'one of the good guys' OP, no good guy threatens to take their baby.

You dont need more evidence that he's a bumwipe, surely? I'd say you have plenty.

Whenwillsummerbegin · 08/04/2015 18:29

I can see some of her profile, I can see 2 other things she's tagged him in but not today's. The bits of her profile I've seen would suggest she is in fact a lesbian.

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GoadyFuckAaargh · 08/04/2015 18:31

oh he wants to fuck her BitOut, I am just not sure whether he is.

GoadyFuckAaargh · 08/04/2015 18:33

she has blocked you from todays status. obviously because she knows he is with her and you are not supposed to know.

making a fool of you OP. what utter wankers

Whenwillsummerbegin · 08/04/2015 18:35

Am not happy.

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GoadyFuckAaargh · 08/04/2015 18:36

take my comment at 18.31 back.

OP If you feel you need to have more ammunition (so to speak) then perhaps you may have mutual friends you can ask about todays status?

stop torturing yourself, this is truly awful for you. have you anyone in rl to talk to?

Whenwillsummerbegin · 08/04/2015 18:38

No I have no one.

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Justusemyname · 08/04/2015 18:39

You have support here Cake.

GoadyFuckAaargh · 08/04/2015 18:42

Ok. so whats the plan? what's going on in your head.
regardless of what anyone is saying here this is your life and you need to deal with this in the best way possible.

do you have an idea in your head of dealbreakers? as in, what's your pain threshold?
what can you live with, what can't you?

Whenwillsummerbegin · 08/04/2015 18:47

Thank you.

I have no idea what I'm going to do.

I need to know what happened today. I'm going to have to confront him about the lying. I need to pull up my big girls pants and get tough. No more lies, no more bullshit or out the fucking door you go. Whether I'm tough enough I don't know.

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Whenwillsummerbegin · 08/04/2015 18:48

If he has cheated then that's it, game over, I won't be going back on that.

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Justusemyname · 08/04/2015 18:53

I would look on fb for you but don't have an account. Have you any family who could support you tonight? Have a plan to get his phone?

Whenwillsummerbegin · 08/04/2015 18:56

I've checked fb from a different account and I couldn't see it then either. He might have told her to delete it quickly. No plans on how to get the phone unless he leaves it unattended.

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GoadyFuckAaargh · 08/04/2015 18:58

it's all a form of cheating though isn't it?

what exactly are you prepared to let him off with?

I would be waiting up for him when he gets home and I would immediately sniff him a couple of times(this won't prove a thing but it will put him off guard)

then I would say "tell me about your day" and just as he starts speaking cut him off with "the real version please, this is your chance to be honest and depending on how honest you are now it will dictate the rest of our lives"

make out you know more than you do. long pauses are key and do not say too much. let him talk

GoadyFuckAaargh · 08/04/2015 19:00

if he gives you a load of bullshit then simply ask for his phone.

nothing to lose.

Ifyourawizardwhydouwearglasses · 08/04/2015 19:02

Just remember that there's always the chance that;

  • she IS a lesbian
  • it's just a close friendship
  • he really is just helping a friend out with DIY
  • he's lying as he knows you'll be jealous/paranoid about it. Which is a rubbish excuse but people do do this.

Everyone says hurtful stuff in the heat of an argument, and it doesn't make him an abuser.

OP, I'm not excusing him. I'm just saying that there's no evidence that he's cheated and it may well all be perfectly innocent. Please don't get caught up in the drama of everyone on here baying for blood - it's your life. Talk to him would be my advice.

Flowers
clam · 08/04/2015 19:05

"He's just text saying he's going to be really late to get this job finished."

Which job would that be, then? Hmm

MagentaOeuflon · 08/04/2015 19:05

But this guy has threatened to wait until the baby is born and take it away - he's already far from innocent.