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DP and female friend

37 replies

Cherryblossom2019 · 16/12/2018 14:31

I think I might be being unreasonable here but I'm not sure.

I've been seeing DP for about 6 months. 4 of those were long distance. He has been by his own admission very into the relationship from the beginning, said I love you very quickly and I have been more reticent and hung back - partly because I had just come out of a very long term relationship and still processing that (I loved my ex partner very much and it didn't end on bad terms and I still mourn the loss of it) and partly because I felt DP's actions weren't always in line with what he said.

Anyway things have been going ok but I can't shake this nagging insecurity I have with him and I don't know if it's just me being silly or not. He used to be a bit wild and has taken drugs in the past. He also has three very close long term female friends. He told me very early on he'd slept with one of them once, had wanted a relationship with her but she turned him down. This was several years ago and they are now apparently just good friends and she is good friends with the other two female friends. I don't think they know about this. I've met her twice and she's always nice and friendly but I don't know it sort of unnerves me a bit - also because he says they enjoy going out and taking drugs together.

I have never taken drugs and have told him I'm not happy with him doing it and he's said he would stop. He doesn't take it that often anymore now to be fair. He often says he loves the fact Im different to all the rest, he loves my nerdyness and that Im his ticket out of that way of life. I can't help thinking he'll just end up finding me very Boring.

Last week we went to a party and I got very very drunk. Had to go back to his and sleep it off. I was looking at his phone this morning and saw he'd told this friend this that night and invited her round to do a line but she said no. It's made me feel a bit sad. But I'm not sure why.

I know I do feel insecure with him and I don't know why. I never felt this way with my ex partner. He also had a long term girlfriend which ended about 7 years ago. He said for years he missed her terribly and tried to date girls who were similar to her. I'm nothing like her but again I don't know why I always feel like I might be second best.

He does always reassure me that he wants to be with me but I don't know why I don't really seem to believe him. I don't know if it's because I'm being unreasonable or if I'm picking up vibes off him or if it's because I'm not over my last relationship.

Im not sure what's going on here with my own feelings and feel like maybe I need some outside perspective.

OP posts:
merville · 17/12/2018 13:28

Coke - autocorrect is so annoying.

Seaweed42 · 17/12/2018 14:03

These people think they can tell drugs what to do. Drugs end up telling them what to do.
Do you want to someone's 'ticket' to a different life?
Bullshit. If he really wanted a different life, he'd have chosen that already.

Neverunderfed · 17/12/2018 18:38

Fuck that. The drugs alone would be a massive turnoff.

halfwitpicker · 17/12/2018 18:47

So you're dating a coke addict?

Confused
sar302 · 17/12/2018 18:50

What @HollowTalk said times 1000!

That's such a good way of looking at it... and can surely only lead to one answer.

Robots1Humans0 · 17/12/2018 18:52

The drugs would have me running for the hills. And the rest! I think 6months is Long enough to know, and your gut feeling is still nagging you that something is wrong. Listen to it. Thanks

choli · 17/12/2018 18:53

Its ok for the OP to get very very drunk but not for her "partner" to do a line? Smells a bit hypocritical to me.

category12 · 17/12/2018 19:05

Oh come on, choli - coke is a class A drug and illegal.

Whatever your views on alcohol and getting pissed, it's legal.

halfwitpicker · 17/12/2018 19:45

Yeah man, bit of coke won't harm you. Get it down you

bobstersmum · 17/12/2018 20:08

Don't trust a coke head.

deadliftgirl · 17/12/2018 22:43

I am usually the person who encourages giving people a chance but I say in this situation that you should run and do not look back!

Never mind the female friend, you do no need someone in your life who does drugs. You deserve a descent, hard-working man who will devote himself to you and instead he seems more interested in doing drugs with other women. Also, when a man says I love you to soon, I think thats a red flag. He doesn't know you enough yet to say that.

It also seems like your still hung up on your ex. I would distance yourself from him and let the relationship fade out.

Ariela · 17/12/2018 23:14

Why are you bothering spending time with someone that wastes money/his life on drugs?

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