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what do you do when dp doesn't like your friends?

31 replies

wavesandwellies · 08/02/2018 17:37

my dp and best friend have fallen out. she thinks there's been a massive over reaction and things slightly taken out of context (won't go into detail as it could be outing).I don't think I would have reacted as he did but I completely understand why he's annoyed but I wish that 2yrs on, he could move on from it and it shouldn't be such an issue in our relationship.

this happend within the first 3 months of our relationship. myself and best friend didn't talk for sometime, we've since talked and resolved the issue between us (our friendship is still recovering and im not sure we'll ever be as close as we were) but dp doesn't want me to talk about her to him so nothing has been resolved between them.

he feels that I've taken sides and I'm that not loyal to him and I don't have his back.
I really do get that feeling but I feel that he shouldn't try and make me pick sides and she was my best friend, her dc and my dc (not his) were really close too and their friendship has suffered from it.

I mentioned to dp that I may possibly be seeing them soon and all hell broke loose.

I know any advice given will be difficult without knowing the full details but wwyd?
am I wrong for still wanting to be friends with her and not wanting our dc to miss out any longer?
should I have "had his back" and essentially gone NC with her?

OP posts:
Coyoacan · 09/02/2018 02:30

Run for the hills, OP. This is so typical of abusive men. If you stay with him, eventually you'll have no friends when the abuse gets serious.

And even if, in the rare case, he turned out just to be someone who prefers his partner to be friendless, but is otherwise a really nice guy, do you really want to live like that? And what effect will all this have on your dc?

Thinkingofausername1 · 09/02/2018 09:44

Do you think he could have come on to her?

I've had a few friends that my dp didn't like. I kept meeting them but it started affecting our marriage. I felt bad ditching them, but after one of them confronted him about an issue I told her about; I thought no I don't like this anymore.
Sometimes you have to weigh your marriage over friends. If a friendship is causing issues. Ditch it.

RavenLG · 09/02/2018 11:22

*He "doesn't like" a group of 4 friends, having only met 1 out of the 4?

You had a "super close" group of 4 friends and your boyfriend of 2 years has only met 1 of them?*

This. How can he dislike 3 people he's never met. Sounds odd and worrying.

RavenLG · 09/02/2018 11:22

Emphasis fail

TheNaze73 · 09/02/2018 12:57

He sounds a bit unhinged. Get out why you can

TatianaLarina · 09/02/2018 14:16

How do you know your friend has the details wrong about what he did? Perhaps she was right and he lied to you. Do you have anyone else’s word for apart from his?

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