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Differing approaches to situations

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BumDNC · 03/12/2016 21:12

My BF works with a younger girl who in the past previously asked him out after his marriage ended. He told me this when we first met in during a conversation about general dating stuff from my recollection. He's clearly got no interest in her but he hadn't really made the 'no thanks' very obvious IMO. He didn't want it to be awkward at work and isn't particularly good at saying things like that, whereas I am Grin. It sounds like he just ignored her, which hasn't been very helpful. when she found out he had met me, he told me that she had kind of competitively stepped up trying to get his attention in various ways and asked me what I thought he should do/say. I am quite open minded and didn't see this as an exact red flag more of a wet blanket Hmm, but I told him he should just be honest but kind to her about it. There's no need to reject someone in an unpleasant way. The reason I don't think he is interested in her romantically is that she seems to be quite a car crash drama queen and not exactly a mature appealing prospect. But I don't know her so can't judge.

Recently he went on his work do and he was drunk and phoned me afterwards on his way home to chat about it. He keeps mentioning her and how other people commented she was staring at him all night Hmm.

Now I am getting fed up with hearing about this. I don't know if he likes the attention from her although he says he is telling me because he is confiding it's uncomfortable, or wants me to know he's loyal or something but I don't really want to know this stuff. I don't care about her or her staring at him. I wouldn't tell him this about a bloke because it's not relevant. I would also tell a bloke to go on his bike nicely and just ignore it. If it makes him uncomfortable then deal with it? I don't know why he is letting this bother him and then bothering me about it. So our phone call became about bloody her again, and I don't care! I am not a jealous person and he knows this, so seems to think I want to talk about it but I've given my advice on it so now do we just have to talk about the awkward situation once a week?

I'm going to tell him I just don't care about this but a niggly part of me is just Angry for some reason. Not jealous just irritated. AIBU? do partners confide this stuff openly? I'd rather it was open than hidden which is why I haven't got annoyed with him up till now

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user1480794970 · 03/12/2016 21:22

Is he trying to make you jealous perhaps?
Maybe the fact that you're not jealous frustrates him, and he wants some sort of reaction to having a younger girl fancy him!

BumDNC · 03/12/2016 21:26

Yeah i wondered that about my reaction which was to laugh and take the piss initially but it's just wearing a bit thin now. He's not exactly Brad Pitt and she just sounds a bit sad. I can sympathise if it's awkward at work (and I have done) but I am a proactive person and I think he assumed him getting a girlfriend would make it clear he's not interested instead of just saying 'sorry I'm not interested'.
Im bored of hearing it! Haha

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Hassled · 03/12/2016 21:30

It does sound a bit like he wants you to be jealous, doesn't it? So - why? Are you not a very demonstrative person maybe and he needs some reassurance? Or is he just being a twat in a "I have plenty more fish in the sea" sort of way?

user1480794970 · 03/12/2016 21:35

What sort of an actress are you?
I'm a tad on the dramatic side so in your situation I'd probably fake a breakdown about how secretly it really gets to me, few tears etc. And see if that breaks him out of it!!

BumDNC · 03/12/2016 21:35

He's not a twat like that sense of plenty more fish in the sea,so it could be that he wants more reassurances. But that's just not my personality to be all outraged at some hussy after my bloke so it would be a bit fake. I've told him I am commited to us exclusively and we make loads of future plans, we talk whenever we can't see each other etc. I tell him I miss him but I am not a soppy cow exactly. So at this point I think it's his insecurity and not anything I am doing to make him feel that way. I don't want to doubt myself and make him feel better when I am not doing anything wrong to make him feel insecure

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