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Suspect my oh had a sex dream about someone else

54 replies

CarrotTop6 · 13/11/2018 10:40

Here’s why -

Mine and my oh phones are linked on fb, this is mainly because I upload things for him - photos etc so it’s just easier to log in from my phone.
Anyway, yesterday I received a drop notification from a woman that my oh was friends with years ago, but had drifted from. I personally suspect they fancied each other but nothing came of it - one was in a relationship when the other wasn’t etc.

Anyway, years have passed and they haven’t spoken much to my knowledge. He still has her on social media and occasionally will like a photo or a milestone status etc.

The drop notification said ‘what was the dream about?! Sexual or murder ?’

I didn’t click on the message, but another dropped down shortly after saying ‘I’m intrigued, tell me more’

I wanted to see what he had replied with - but the messages had gone. No record of her in his inbox. He doesn’t realise that I have received the notifications.

Then when he got back home, another dropped down saying ‘you horny devil you’

My oh went to the loo and must have replied an deleted again, because again - they were gone.

While this has gone on, I also want to mention that last week my father died. This evening I was organising the funeral and felt very tearful, so my oh was suffocating me with comfort and I didn’t mention what I’d seen. I felt like the constant hugs etc had more to do with his guilt than wanting to properly comfort me. During the talk about the funeral he kept mentioning that he had wedding plans coming up so make sure the funeral wasn’t on that day.

I assume he told her the sordid details of his dream and obviously knows how inappropriate that is - else why delete. But to do it while I am organising my father’s funeral has really hurt me , I can’t bear to look at him. It feels like cheating but is it ? I don’t know. :/

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Chocolatecoffeeaddict · 13/11/2018 10:46

He's in the wrong and he knows it if he's deleting everything. It may not be physically cheating but it's still a form of cheating, he's flirting with another woman over text and possibly talking sexually, whilst he knows he needs to hide it from you.
If my DP did this I would have to tell him what I'd seen and have him explain himself, find out exactly what was said and if there's more to it.
If he has to delete and block this woman for you to be reassured then so be it.

Chocolatecoffeeaddict · 13/11/2018 10:47

Ps, I'm very sorry for your loss.

BettySwollocksandaCrustyRack · 13/11/2018 10:50

Sorry for your loss.

it's not the dream thats the problem, it's your DP. I've had the odd sex dream (once about my BIL) but there's no way I would tell them about it and then carry it on via message. If he's deleting the messages there's your red flag right there. Is he looking for some titivation, was your father ill for a long time and he felt pushed aside and now this woman has come along and made him feel good? Not an excuse, just trying to see the dynamics of your relationship.

Talk to him OP, tell him what you have seen, ask him why he is deleting messages and see how he reacts.

SoyDora · 13/11/2018 10:53

The dream isn’t the problem (I’ve had sex dreams about the most random of people!), it’s the fact that he has contacted her about it. What’s that if not flirting?

I’m sorry for your loss Flowers.

IWannaSeeHowItEnds · 13/11/2018 10:54

He is massively out of order sharing that information with this woman. I'd say that's sexting, which to me is a form of cheating.
Bad enough at the best of times, but while you have just lost your dad, is reprehensible.
Possibly you could look in the fb messages section and retrieve what has been deleted, if you want to see it for yourself, but the bits you've seen already tell you what you need to know.

I'm sorry, but he's putting the feelers out to see if she's interested. Otherwise he wouldn't have told her.

Kennycalmit · 13/11/2018 10:58

I fully expected to open this message and find you pissed off that he had a sex dream about someone else, and I’d have told you you’re being silly.

But no. What an arsehole he is!! Okay he can’t help having a sex dream but he has massively overstepped the mark by contacting her and telling her the details!! He knows he’s in the wrong because he’s deleted everything. What a sleaze.

But it makes it 100 times worse he’s done this after your father passing away. Not only is he a sleazy arsehole, he’s an insensitive sleazy arsehole.

I don’t know how you can bare him touching you. Next time he tries to hug you I’d be shoving him off and telling him not to go anywhere near me. Who the feck messages another woman about their sex dream especially a week after their partners father passed away?!

I’m so sorry for your loss OP. You deserve a supportive partner throughout all this not someone who sends sex chat to someone else.

CarrotTop6 · 13/11/2018 11:03

@chocolatecoffeeaddict - Thankyou. I think I’ll tell him to delete her, we have been together 10 years and she hasn’t contributed to those years at all, so she’s hardly a friend.
Also oh made me delete anyone I’d had a ‘past’ with, even if some of them were just drunken silliness and I respected them more as a friend. I did so, because like this woman - they don’t contribute to my life now, even if I like them as people separate to any history.
It is also quite telling to me that oh is very insecure, as he has been cheated on in the past.

@bettyswollocks (lolling at the name btw)

Thanks again. My father was suspected to have taken his own life, although details are murky - he didn’t do it in a way that would be obvious to outsiders, he had health conditions that if not managed properly would kill him.
I knew he was having dark thoughts for a few months so it was expected but also unexpected if that makes sense.

I get what you mean and I noticed yesterday he hinted at being jealous of some potential success I’ll have next year. I think he feels the limelight is on me - lots of people have messaged him instead of me (so not to overwhlm) to pass on their love and support. I think he feels like a spare part.
Still no excuse, and quite childish. But reasons are reasoksneven if they are immature.

I’m hesitant to confront him, mainly because I don’t know if I’d cope if he lied to my face. It doesn’t sound it from this thread but we are very very close. I don’t have much family support (less now!) and I’m dreading his response. With everything going on at the moment, the thought of my safe place being wrought with tension is too much.

Plus, with no messages as proof - I fear he can twist the messages, and then I’ll have no way of knowing. X

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CarrotTop6 · 13/11/2018 11:06

Thankyou for the other replies, I won’t reply to each individually else I’ll be here all day.

But yes, a sex dream is no biggie - Iv had them before about the weirdest of people and woken up wondering what on EARTH that was about. But never would I ever tell someone I knew about it. It’s too leading. It’s like a way of saying ‘my subconscious wants to shag the tits off you’

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ChinUpShouldersBack · 13/11/2018 11:07

Wait for more messages and photograph them with your phone. He will wriggle out of it otherwise.
It's also highly unlikely that you just happened to catch his first set of inappropriate messages. He has poor boundaries.

whatsthepointthen · 13/11/2018 11:12

I had a sex dream about my driving instructor, totally wasnt attracted to him but i wouldnt have told him! he crossed a line, i would class it the same as sexting.

CarrotTop6 · 13/11/2018 11:22

@chinupshouldersback

I did screenshot the ‘horny devil’ one. I was going to just send him the screenshot and stare At the back of his head til he got it, but chickened out.

What do you mean he has poor boundaries ? I don’t think he meant for me to ‘catch’ him if that’s what you mean, else why delete the messages ? X

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ChinUpShouldersBack · 13/11/2018 11:36

Boundaries around what's appropriate behaviour for someone in a committed relationship. Google Shirley Glass walls and windows for a good explanation.

CarrotTop6 · 13/11/2018 11:56

Ahh I see what you mean. Thankyou I’ll have a read x

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ErickBroch · 13/11/2018 11:59

Sexting - to ME it would be cheating if my OH had done that, I am so sorry for the loss of your dad and hope you figure out what to do. Flowers

silkpyjamasallday · 13/11/2018 12:05

I'm so sorry OP, like another from the title I was ready to say you were being silly, but messaging someone who was the subject of a sex dream is totally unacceptable in a relationship. And doing it at a time like this, when you are grieving, he sounds like a total dickhead. I think you will have to confront him, and maybe if he is truthful you can work through it, but the more likely scenario of denial and lying is only going to make it worse. Flowers

Trinity66 · 13/11/2018 12:05

Sexting - to ME it would be cheating if my OH had done that, I am so sorry for the loss of your dad and hope you figure out what to do

It's certainly crossing a line anyway.

It's bad enough that he would do that anytime but while you're in the process of burying your dad, that's unforgivable behaviour

amilosingitor · 13/11/2018 12:12

I would confront but would also act like I had seen his responses so that he couldn't lie.

I'm sorry about you dad x

NotSoThinLizzy · 13/11/2018 12:44

Can you not sign into his messenger and read the reply as he sends them?
Sorry for your loss.

CarrotTop6 · 13/11/2018 12:48

I was going to do that but he was v quick to delete, and I didn’t want to be on his messenger when a new message comes through because he’d know before I’d have the chance to say that I’d been spying

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notapizzaeater · 13/11/2018 12:50

Sorry for your loss. Can you not see the thread in email ?

IWannaSeeHowItEnds · 13/11/2018 13:05

I wouldn't worry about accusations of spying. I think you have a right to see ehat he is saying in this circumstance. And if he does catch you, it will just bring forward a conversation that you need to have anyway.

WeeMadArthur · 13/11/2018 13:51

If I were you I would wait until after your DFs funeral if you were going to confront him, just because I think it will be a real struggle to cope with both at once. Sorry that this is happening OP.

CarrotTop6 · 13/11/2018 14:31

Thankyou @weemadarthur I think so too. I don’t think I would be able to sit with him whereas at the moment I’m just carrying on as normal.

There’s been no more messages today that I know of but if any happen in the next few dYs I will confront. If not I will wait til after the funeral.

Thankyou for your support everyone ♥️

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Sisgal · 13/11/2018 14:47

I'm sorry about the loss of your dad Flowers

I suspect your H and the woman will have been in contact more often than you realise. I don't think its just started now... Hugs x

mogratpineapple · 13/11/2018 14:51

If the messages are via fb messenger they can't be wiped out completely, just on the device, in this case the phone. They can be retrieved via laptop or pc

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