I've started to feel so confused, angry and frustrated with my DP, and I can't tell if it is justified.
I'm 27 and he's 38. We've been together 2 years and rent a house. I love him very much and he's helped make our place so homely and warm and he makes me laugh and does nice things for me...does his fair share of cleaning and all the cooking.
BUT.. and it's become a huge but..he lies. Each time he does this, he turns the blame onto me and says he has lied 'because of how I would react.' How does he even know how I would react if he never actually tells me?! And of course I am always more upset about the lie, in most cases.
The biggest things - most recent example was last night. We are meant to be saving to buy a house together, and last night I read a text from his mum that asked how a viewing went for a flat (the message came up on the coffee table and he was there). I asked what is was about and he eventually told me he had been looking at places to buy on his own as his mum had told him it was too soon to buy with me. I asked why he didnt tell me she had said that or why he didnt suggest we wait (rather than us buying separately sooner). He then said his mum had suggested moving in with him but he told her that was a definite no. I was horrified. He told me he hadn't told me because "of how I would react."
Other examples include lying about a bonus he had (I don't even know why he felt the need to lie...not sure what was to be gained by lying), lied about how much annual leave he had elft from work (again I don't know why), lied about a holiday he planned to go on with his dad without me..only told me when I got upset because he didnt want to plan a holiday with me (turns out it was a cost problem...i would have understood if he had just told me!).
Whenever we fall out it is because he has lied. I have said to him that sometimes things he tells me will upset me, but i need to know because that's what a relationship is, and otherwise we are living a false life with one another and we cant have a future. I've also told him that the actual lie is what makes it so much worse. Initially he will tell me it's my fault because 'he didnt want to upset me or lose me,' and then he'll apologise and we'll start again...only for him to do it all over again.
I feel emotionally drained and also feel guilty, but I can't work out why because although of course I have emotions and react to things..,I always always do my best for me and DP and if, for example, he'd told me he wanted to hold off buying a house for another year, then yes i would cry and i would be confused...but we'd talk and i would be an adult and we'd move forwards. I'm not a child and I love and respect him, and his opinions and decisions - he knows this. How many times do I need to have this conversation for him to stop lying?