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Is this a huge thing...or am I being silly?

118 replies

ThunderInMyHeart · 09/09/2018 10:56

I appreciate my issue is tiny in comparison to other threads on this board, but it's been niggling me.

Last night I (31) was out with my boyfriend (30, dating a year, live together) and his friends for a friend's birthday celebration. Not a huge fan of this friendship group - they regularly go away for long weekends just to do drugs... BF has not been on the last few weekends (that have occurred whilst dating me) as he 'doesn't want to do drugs any more'. I hide the disdain for their lifestyles from the group. BF full well knows my thoughts.

BF has said for the last few months that he's going to look for a new job (we both are due to mortgage/house-buying reasons). I committed to the same thing and have been/am going through 4 different interviews processes; he, none. His CV hasn't even gone out. For context, I am already pulling double weight financially in that my salary is twice his.

He's childish when drunk i.e. says random unrelated sentences interrupting the other person talking. I feel like I have to paper/gloss over his bizarre interjections. Babysit him. It's embarrassing, but not that much of a biggie. But last night, him and the friends are jokingly flipping the bird at each other, just being fucking teenage. I’m just grinning and wishing I could go home…I’d had to go into the office that afternoon to work and on-top of the month of interviews I’ve been doing (with the aim of: buy house, get great mat package…being a grown-up), I just thought, ‘FFS. When is he going to grow up? He says he wants kids with me, buy a house etc, but, jesus. It feels like I’m the only one putting pen to paper…and he enjoys these shit-tastic nights out with these people’

Anyway, I’m chatting to one of his friends and enjoying the conversation, then I see my boyfriend at the bar talking to one of the girls in the group. He’s known her for maybe 4-5 years, but last saw her a year ago. They’re not best friends or even great friends. I see him wrap his arms around her waist, her arms over his shoulders, he’s lifting her up and bear-hugging. Her feet are dangling in the air and it’s full-body contact with her head in his neck. I was fuming, but had to restrain for the sake of not upsetting the party. When he came over to me, I said ‘that’s not cool what you did’…his reply: ‘oh you’re being ridiculous. She has a boyfriend’…as if her having a boyfriend makes a difference. What then pissed me off further was that he apologised to me, but then called me ridiculous for feeling how I did…so, in essence, a non-apology. He admitted that had a guy done that to me, he wouldn’t have liked it at all. In my book, that kind of a hug is 100% not appropriate.

I left the party about 15 minutes later. And part of me did think 'what else does he do when drunk? What else haven't I seen?' - as I said, he's immature when drunk...easily led. He is the classic example of a Bilbo Baggins 'I'm going on an adventure!' when he's drunk.

So, and I’m sorry this is so garbled, my questions are: i) would that hug have pissed you off? And ii) would you be concerned about his, in my eyes, immature lifestyle?

Other thoughts/answers obviously welcomed! Thank you.

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buddhasbelly · 09/09/2018 10:59

I would be leaving him for the first half of your post not the second.

You seem at different stages of life, wouldnt want to be with someone who I had to babysit.

Onedayy · 09/09/2018 10:59

Hmm hard to say about the hug although if they have been friends for a long time it might have just been playful. He does sound a bit of a prat though and you might have just outgrown him.

pusspuss9 · 09/09/2018 10:59

Frankly I think you'll be sick to death of him as soon as the initial euphoria wears off.

HollowTalk · 09/09/2018 10:59

Honestly? This guy is AWFUL!

Why on earth are you thinking of a future with this childish idiot? You know you'll regret it.

ShrodingersSturdyPyjamas · 09/09/2018 11:00

I've had big bear hugs with old friends that I have no issue with.

But don't live with a cock lodger. It will not end well.

By all means, work, save, and get a house.

But not with him.

You WILL lose your investment.

cheesefield · 09/09/2018 11:00

I don't think you're compatible really Sad

Djnoun · 09/09/2018 11:00

You're pissed off with him because he hugged a female friend?

I'd break up with you over that.

Hedgehogblues · 09/09/2018 11:01

I wouldn't care about the hug but I'd care about the rest of his behaviour. He sounds incredibly immature

Belletower · 09/09/2018 11:02

To be honest I think you have answered your own question.

He is an immature, lazy, hypocrite who gets up to god knows what when you are not there and he is drunk. He is telling you what you want to hear about getting a good job and growing up - in essence he just wants you to do all the hard work so he can ride your coattails.

I would get rid if I were in your position OP. You are both at completely different stages in your life.

Butterymuffin · 09/09/2018 11:02

Agree with Buddha that it's the first half of the post that's the problem, not the hug.

thecatneuterer · 09/09/2018 11:03

I'm on the fence about the bar incident - I too wouldn't have been thrilled but as an isolated incident I probably wouldn't be too worried. But..... you've only been together a year and you already have doubts about him and there are cracks appearing in the relationship and yet you're considering buying a house together ... that's madness.

I would put any plans like that on hold, definitely don't pool any finances and see how things go for a hell of a lot longer than a year.

AttilaTheMeerkat · 09/09/2018 11:03

I have to look at you in all this as well as he.

Why are you together at all, what are you getting out of this relationship that is still worth it for you here?. I think he only tells you what you want to hear; he has no real intentions of finding another job and wants to sponge off your earnings. This is who he is and you have long since outgrown him.

He is also not your pet project to improve nor is he yours to rescue and or save from his friends.

You are fundamentally incompatible here and this is going nowhere.

ThunderInMyHeart · 09/09/2018 11:04

Wow! Quick replies!

The hug is kind of a metaphor…it’s more like, ‘what ELSE aren’t we on the same page about?’

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Talith · 09/09/2018 11:04

I think you're coming to the realisation that you aren't compatible. Tie him to a balloon and let him go!

Rosemary46 · 09/09/2018 11:04

I don’t think the bear hug is a big deal TBH

But everything else you posted shows that you are not REMOTELY compatible.

You are looking for a job with a great maternity package while dating an 18 year old?????

Dump and find someone better. Or go it alone .

3luckystars · 09/09/2018 11:05

The hug wouldn’t bother me, the rest of the stuff would!

Just to say, the hug, she could have told me him she was pregnant or some good news, ( When you are young that hugging behaviour is normal, like teenage girls screaming when they see each other) however if he was married to you for years and you were in your 50s then the hug would be less normal.

Oysterbabe · 09/09/2018 11:05

The hug is no big deal at all. Him being a massive twat is.

Talith · 09/09/2018 11:06

Also if you want a family and you're thirty one you probably need to find someone on exactly the same page. Biology is a bitch sadly and doesn't make allowances for timewasting men to grow up

alwayslearning789 · 09/09/2018 11:07

Run like the wind and get out whilst you can.

The first part of your post says it all.

ThunderInMyHeart · 09/09/2018 11:08

Whilst I do earn double him, he is equal on splitting bills with me. It's more that I'm obviously the one who is getting us the deposit (I have 40k in savings, he nothing).

He has redeeming qualities - patient, kind, caring. I just hate Drunk Him...but it's not like I can say 'yeah, if we're to be together, you have to basically not drink'

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RavenLG · 09/09/2018 11:09

The hug wouldn’t have bothered me, if I’ve not seen an old friend for ages I’d expect a proper good hug (although no one is lifting me up because I’m a fat fuck) I think you’re being overly pedantic about that (and possibly projecting your feelings about your relationship into that one non-event).

But everything else wouldn’t sit right. Sounds like you’re at different points of your life and don’t share the same values, humour etc. I think going separate ways at this point would be best for both parties.

RhubarbTea · 09/09/2018 11:10

The hug isn't the problem here. It's a non issue. Eberything else is.

Why are you living together when you have only been dating a year? I would never date someone when I felt 'disdain' for their friendship group, let alone move in with them. Yeah they sound immature, but you sound judgemental and faintly controlling, so I think it would be better for both your sakes if you go your separate ways, and allow each other the opportunity to be happy with someone who is compatible with you.

mumtothebabes123 · 09/09/2018 11:11

Run
He won't stop drinking and it will only get worse
So much worse

Cambionome · 09/09/2018 11:11

OMG - get rid. Not for the hug but for everything else.

And to answer your question "What else aren't we on the same page about?" - probably most of the really important stuff, sadly.

Notamumyet6 · 09/09/2018 11:11

I think the real issue with the relationship is that your posting about your issues on an online forum rather than talking to him directly about it. If that’s the case it sounds like the communication has already broken down and the relationship is untenable.