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So, what would you do about these texts...?

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Vincenza · 12/02/2007 10:01

So, I have been going out with my DP for about 6 months. He is the loveliest man I have ever met. Thoughtful, kind, sexy, great with my little boy. Everything I ever wanted basically.

Anyway, I made the absolutely foolish mistake of checking the texts on his phone. I knew it was a bad idea when I was doing it. He works in a sales type role and has contact with a lot of different people in the workplace who he has to be charming to. Anyway, every so often he gets a text off this girl. Nothing bad but I know she is coming on to him. He went skiing recently and she wrote 'Can you squeeze me into your suitcase?'. Then when he got back back she wrote 'Hi, How are you. How was skiing?' and I found that she had rung him up at midnight and was on the phone to him for 20 mins. This morning I found a text from her saying 'Lots and lots and lots of snow. Let's go and play out in it.' As far as I can see he has not replied or encouraged her that I know about but it is winding me up into oblivion. My DP has history of attracting mental women who HURL themselves at him. I am the complete polar opposite to this and you would never get me asking him to play out in the snow. I am 32 after all. My problem is that a) I don't know why he hasn't told me about this (although I am thinking it is because he knows I am slightly 'volatile' to say the least) and b) do you think I should ask him about it.

Early on in our relationship he looked at my phone so at least he has already done it and I don't think he would see it as a complete breech of trust. I have had some pretty awful relationships in the past and I find the whole idea of a new relationship really scary and he knows this.

Come on ladies. Words of wisdom please before I track this woman down and throttle her.

Thanks!

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divastropwantstodrop · 12/02/2007 20:49

i have to say that i would feel exactly the same as you.i find it really hard to trust my dp cos of my past relationships and the slightest little thing can knock me off-balance.
if you have explained to him your insecurities and the reasons behind them,and hes given you permission to look at his phone,then youve done nothing wrong and there'd be nothing wrong in talking to him about how its made you feel.
at the end of the day if she means nothing to him it isnt going to be a problem for him to tell her to leave him alone.

i also agree with whoever said you should work on building up your self-esteem.its not possible to have trust in a relationship if you dont feel worthy of love.

out of interest,why doesnt he have a seperate phone for work?

Vincenza · 14/02/2007 10:32

So, a quick update to restore our faith in mankind...

I told my DP that I needed to talk to him about something and he came round to my house in spite of the fact that he had just worked a 16 hour day. I told him that I was not proud of myself but that I had checked his phone and I asked him who this girl (well I say that loosely - she is in her forties apparently) was. Apparently she is someone who works in another office 250 miles away who he chats with on a professional basis. She got his mobile number off the company intranet and his said her 'attentions have been unwelcome'. He said she hasn't come right out and said anything to him so it is difficult for him to say anything to her but he had shown her pictures of his 'missus'( me apparently) and he doesn't reply to her texts and he would never want to play in the snow with her . Apparently she rang him up drunk at midnight and was rambling on but he is not going to answer the phone to her again.

He also said that if it makes me feel better I can go through his phone whenever I want as he has absolutely no secrets from me and he wants to spend the rest of his life with me.

THanks for all your help ladies. Without your support I probably would not have asked him about and would still be secretly raging about it.

Happy Valentine's Day!

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mylittlestar · 14/02/2007 10:47

Oh that's fantastic news

Thanks for the update - it's lovely to hear nice news for a change. Your dp sounds lovely.

happy valentines day!

paulaplumpbottom · 14/02/2007 10:47

Well done!!!! I'm so glad it worked out.

scorpio1 · 14/02/2007 11:12

i'm pleased it worked out for you

Bugsy2 · 14/02/2007 11:32

Great news - so pleased! Happy Valentines.

divastropwantstodrop · 14/02/2007 12:30

im so pleased for you,sounds like you will be having a happy valentines day!

Vincenza · 14/02/2007 14:30

Thanks ladies

I reckon after numerous crappy relationships and 2 years of singledom following a protracted and acrimonious divorce I probably deserve him!

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