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Am I being naive....?

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isthismylifenow · 17/02/2016 07:02

Short backstory: recently separated, with sxtbh for 28 years and married for 20 so met when I was very young. Never had any partners prior to him.

So my radar is a bit off these days, I am most definitely not ready to be meeting anyone else, just needing some time for me now, to find myself (which is silly coz I don't even know what I like and don't like, it was always want dh did or didn't)...

So I got chatting on messaging with a dad from my sons class. It started over a homework issue, and over a few weeks we message every now and then, just to say hi etc. He is divorced too, quite a messy one at that. So he chatted to me about that and I chatted about my separation.

He asked me if he could ask me something quite personal, I said ok but that if I didn't want to answer then I wouldn't. So he asked me if I think that my during my marriage, I feel that I was treated well as a wife. I asked him in what context he meant (as my stbxh had affairs so I wouldn't say I was treated well or respected but I didn't tell him that). So he asked me if my stbxh ever did little things like willingly ran me a bath, lit a candle in there and gave me massages etc. I said no, as its the truth. His reply was shocked emoticon and reply was along the lines of "that just isn't right, not right at all, cant believe that, its not right". etc etc.

So, as I don't know any different..... is that normal? Did/does dh do that for you, without you asking..... Because he seemed to think that was a normal thing for a husband to do....

Was it flirting, he didn't offer to come over and give a massage Wink he just seemed upset about my reply to his question.

Maybe I'm thinking too much into it, but now I am thinking about what else I have missed out on all these years, that is supposed to be "normal".

OP posts:
isthismylifenow · 18/02/2016 06:26

rather clumsy flirter

I did have a Grin at this.....

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NameNameName · 18/02/2016 06:43

It sounds so creepy and false. I'm guessing he's picked up that your ex didn't treat you that well and is saying what he thinks you want to hear to lure you in. While secretly he's attracted to women who will put up with being treated badly.

My DH has never done any of that stuff BTW. I wouldn't want him to and it has absolutely nothing to do with how he treats me.

isthismylifenow · 18/02/2016 09:49

Sorry Marchate I missed your post.

Why does he have custody (if he does)?

He does have full custody. His ex had an affair and fell pregnant by OM. She left him to live with OM and new baby. The older dc lived with her. OM and baby for a year and then asked to move in with their dad as they dislike OM. This is what he told me. I think that there is some truth to it, as our ds's are friends and he doesn't see his mother very often now. He just says she is obsessed with the new baby.

It sounds so creepy While secretly he's attracted to women who will put up with being treated badly. I don't know, I know my radar is off right now, I have met some creeps before, I certainly wouldn't put him into that category.

I do appreciate all the advice. I am going to tread with caution, and yes maybe I have let my guard down a little. I am not too worried about falling for the guy and getting hurt. I am in that (what I am hoping is a stage, but not too sure of) place where I am just emotionless right now.... I don't think I have the strength to having feelings for anyone else right now (except my dc of course).

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janaus · 18/02/2016 10:47

I think he has crossed the line of teacher / parent relationship. Far too personal.

NameNameName · 18/02/2016 11:31

I don't think it's a teacher, just another child's dad.

isthismylifenow · 18/02/2016 13:45

No, he isn't a teacher. As Name mentions, its ds's school friends father.

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Hissy · 18/02/2016 17:59

Just keep communications light and take things slow, you both have a lot to process.

And it's on your relative back door steps...

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