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I'm in a dilemma and need your thoughts!!

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HumptyDumpty43 · 24/04/2019 14:26

Hi there,
I'm new on here and could do with some outside advice.
I've been with my boyfriend for 11 years and we've been living together in our own property for about 9 years.
I had many issues about trust in the beginning of our relationship as his wife had left him and they have 3 children together. He would blatantly lie to me about seeing her (even swearing on his children's lives that he hadn't been in contact with his ex when he was lying as they'd been out to dinner!!) and eventually I would find out and this caused massive rows between us even though if he'd told me the truth in the first place then it wouldn't have been so bad. We don't have kids together.

Anyway to cut a long story short, I've just found that he's been looking at porn on his i-pad, which I knew about and although I don't like it, it's easier to let him carry on rather than confront him about it. BUT I've also found he's looked on a website for people in relationships who want to have discreet no strings affairs. I've left the name of this site in his 'history' together with the names of the other porn sites so that when he looks at his i-pad he'll know that I've seen them as I've deleted all his other history and just left these ones. However, I don't know what to do. I've joined the dating site but I can't locate a picture or a profile of him. What do i do - just leave it as I do have a comfortable life and need him to keep living with me to pay half the mortgage or do I confront him (with no proof of him actually meeting any of these women) and risk losing everything that I am content with. To be honest, I'm not sure if it bothers me as I seem to have built up a strong resistance to his lies in the past so I'm not really surprised at what I've found. Or am I being stupid and I should ask him about it. By the way, he lets me use his i-pad so I wasn't snooping, he'd just forgotten to delete these links.
Any thoughts or views from you would be most welcome.
Many thanks for your time and I look forward to some advice!!

OP posts:
QueenOfTheCroneAge · 24/04/2019 14:35

How much of a 'comfortable life' will you have, knowing he's a liar and on cheating sites? Have some self respect, OP

Pinkmonkeybird · 24/04/2019 14:40

Why play games in trying to find out things on the dating site. Don't waste your time with him any longer if he has form for lying...that alone is bad, not just the porn and hook-ups.

HumptyDumpty43 · 24/04/2019 15:19

Thanks for your reply!! Yes I do agree with you as I've never fully trusted him but over the last 4-5 years it seems to have settled down a bit and we have been getting along fine. The trouble is I don't really feel shocked. I think I'm more worried about how I feel as I have stopped drinking alcohol which used to totally blow everything out of all proportion and end in nasty vicious fights. I feel relatively calm and so don't want to reach for a bottle. I'm not sure when he'd have the time to meet up with these other women. Mind you he does play a lot of golf and does work late but very infrequently. I'm going to have to have a good long think about this as I feel that we've reached more of a brother and sister relationship as we don't tell each other that we love each other and we don't have sex that often. Think I've answered my own question really.

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Ihopeyourcakeisshit · 24/04/2019 15:23

Unless you are 93 with a heart condition so rocking the boat to disrupt your comfortable life isn't worth it at this point, I can't see why you would continue to live like this.
Get some self respect and go and get a life you deserve.

NameChangeNugget · 24/04/2019 16:10

You need to respect yourself and leave this cheating man.

He’s sticking two fingers up at you and planning on lobbing his cock up other women. Get angry, you’re worth more than this Flowers

Lozzerbmc · 24/04/2019 18:22

Hello it sounds like in some ways you are not too bothered...?

Lozzerbmc · 24/04/2019 18:35

I think if no DCs involved I’d want to make a plan to move on. Life is too short isnt it?

HumptyDumpty43 · 24/04/2019 20:14

The more the day has gone on the more it is bothering me. I haven't eaten today (not a bad thing) as I feel sick. He's come home and I've said that I left the dating website on his i-pad and he's told me not to be so stupid and that it's just one of those ads that popped up. I don't really believe him as he must have clicked on it for it to be registered on his history. He's now gone to bed. Oh well - I guess I'll just have to put up with it as I don't want to meet anyone else and I don't want to lose my home.

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QueenOfTheCroneAge · 24/04/2019 20:22

Crack on then.

Isohungy · 24/04/2019 20:26

Jfc grow some balls OP. You're really willing to waste your life on this because you need him to pay half the mortgage!?

AsleepAllDay · 24/04/2019 20:33

The porn wouldn't worry me but the seeking arrangements thing would. Sounds like he's preparing to cheat on you OP

HeavenlyEyes · 24/04/2019 20:52

Do you want to stay with him? Whose name is the house in? Not sure why you would stay with a cheat. Hopefully you will get a clear STI test - you will need to go and get tested you know.

Chocmallows · 24/04/2019 20:57

OP do you have a difference that may affect your emotions?

He cheats - you are not furious and hurt?
He signs up to cheat again - you don't feel rage and despair?

Or is this merely a partnership of convenience?

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