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Would you tell your dp?

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fi775 · 01/11/2016 12:47

I'm not really sure where to post this but anyway....got myself in a bit of a tricky situation.

Been with dp for 18 months now, I have 2 kids, he has a son. Was with dp for about 9 months before introducing our kids to each other.

When dp thought the time was right for me to meet his son, dps ex wanted to meet me which was absolutely fine. They had an agreement in place that when they find new partners, they would introduce to the other parent first. No problem with this at all. Apart from she made it very hard, she pretty much interviewed me lol. Asked about my criminal background - not that I have one - have I ever done this or that. I've never been so anxious in my life, and it frustrated me to the absolute max as I have 2 children myself both older than ds son and she was acting like I didn't know how to be around children.

Anyway a day later she pretty much said I'd passed the test Hmm and my kids and dp and his son are one very happy family :-)

Now last week his ex mentioned to do that she had started seeing someone new, but basically saying for now they were just friends with benefits - trying to show off I think - and it would take a long long time for it to become serious and so dp had nothing to worry about anyone being around his son. Dp was pretty puzzled as to why she was telling him this and so was I to be honest.

Anyway fast forward to this morning and I decided to join instagram, never used it before but starting my own business page. As I was following people, I decided to be nosey and search for dps ex. Found her straight away and her profile is all public. Turns out the person she is seeing has met dps son as there is pictures of them on her instagram. Even with the hashtag #bestfriends under one picture. It's all been in the last couple of weeks. Last night they all went trick or treating together.

Now my question is do I tell dp? He will be absolutely furious when he finds out. He was always very serious about the original agreement they had and even when his ex made me feel like absolute shit, we still all stuck to the deal. I just know it's going to cause so much drama. Why she is posting picture of them I've got no idea, dp isn't on instagram and doesn't use fb much. He moved to the next town when they split so I'm guessing she thinks she's safe.

What would you do? I just don't want to be the one that starts all this. I feel it's not my place and it's between them both. But then I'm so bloody annoyed at what she's done. She's only known him 3 weeks :-( dp will not be happy if he finds out.

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Joysmum · 02/11/2016 09:23

Knowing sledge is power, tell him then trust him to be mature enough to draw his own conclusions from it.

fi775 · 02/11/2016 21:47

My partners ds is 3 but has speech problems so therefore wouldn't be able to tell his dad anything.

Dp isn't mad at me for snooping at all, he's been doing it himself on her fb lately as she never seems to be home on a night. His ds recently is pretty much at his nanas or her friends house when he's not with us and it's been worrying my dp a lot. That's pretty much why I decided to search for her on instagram.

Anyway he knows, he's very angry and upset, I've told him tonight but he's not going to say anything yet which I'm glad about. He's going to think about the proper way to address it

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fi775 · 02/11/2016 21:49

Isetan - disagree totally. I love my partner very much. I'm not too involved at all, we are a partnership. You will see in my original post I said it's not my place to get involved. I'm not getting involved but as for keeping my partner calm, I feel it's my place to be there for him and support him through something he finds difficult. He would do that for me and that's how our relationship works

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Trifleorbust · 03/11/2016 09:32

I'm surprised you went along with the third degree tbh. She sounds awful.

fi775 · 03/11/2016 09:55

He's just got the best careful as she has stopped dp from seeing ds before and she could quite easily do it again. Luckily she's away all weekend - shock horror - and dps son is staying with a family friend of hers so he can easily pick him up when he's supposed too.

I'm guessing she doesn't realise her instagram is open for everyone to see, when I've started mine pretty much everyone I've requested to follow as been private. Her Facebook is all private so you can't see anything.

It always has been one rule for us, another for her....I think she just thinks as she's xxxxx mother she has more rights than my dp does.

Anyway i don't know how he's going to bring it up yet, we ended up looking at the person she's been seeing and he has also posted pics of them when they went trick or treating. It's just not on at all.

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ElspethFlashman · 03/11/2016 10:12

Is it court ordered contact? Or just informal?

fi775 · 03/11/2016 10:22

It's informal, dp has been looking into the first steps of getting a court order in place. I think something needs to be done now, I've thought this for a while but again not said anything as it's not my place too. She's a vile person, I could go on and on tbh

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ElspethFlashman · 03/11/2016 10:50

Yeah, it really needs to be court ordered with someone like her. Definitely.

Isetan · 03/11/2016 13:39

When you're stalking a partner's Ex on FB, it has gone beyond being supportive.

fi775 · 03/11/2016 13:43

lol everyone does it....and if you read my previous post I said my dp has also been looking for clues due to her recent behaviour. He never even thought of looking on instagram and as I was setting one up I thought I'd have a look. He was so glad I did and has thanked me for it. Seriously everyone noseys at other people's profiles

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