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Going out of my mind, has my cheating ex husband totally f****d my trust or are these red flags with new partner?

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SadSausage44 · 25/08/2020 13:34

Hi, I'm going out of my mind with anxiety atm about something that had happened re my bf of ten months and a work colleague of his last week and could really with some perspective and opinions please.....
My ex husband lied and cheated on me in the most horrible of ways before I left him. After spending a while on my own I started dating present bf I met him on tinder 10 months ago.
We have a brilliant time, sex, friendship, a huge amount in common. He has 3 children who I haven't met yet, but he has recently told his ex wife about me with a view to meeting the kids etc.
I went to his house yesterday and there was a new plant/plantpot sitting on his windowsill.
I commented on it as it's really nice and asked him when he got it, I'm always at his house and have never seen it before so must be recent!
He said, oh, a friend got it for me.... which friend, I asked? Oh just *** he answered. I asked him when he saw her as he never mentioned it or her to me... and he said oh she came to my house last thursday for a work session, I had to give her some stuff and do some training etc.
So the weird thing is, he did mention last week he had a full on day with work and training etc, but he always works from home and when we were whatsapping throughout the day, he just said he was on calls etc and not once mentioned that this younger, attractive, intelligent woman who he has been mentoring was at his house for several hours. Just said he was super busy on calls and would be hard at work until bedtime.
So I said to him yesterday I found it strange that he hadn't mentioned the fact she'd been with him, if one of my work colleagues had been over I would have mentioned it in passing and it made me feel somewhat uncomfortable, not her being there, but the fact that he hadn't told me... that has now made me feel v uncomfortable about it all!
She's only been working with him for 2 months, I've found her online, she is very pretty and he has written a glowing commentary on her work skills.
When I asked him why she had bought him a plant, he said it's because she knows I'm moving house.
He gave me a cuddle and said I have absolutely nothing to worry about, we went for dinner and I've tried to put it to the back of my mind.
But alarm bells are ringing and I can't work out if it's because my head and ability to trust are in tatters because of what my ex did to me or if in fact it's not cool and I should listen to my gut about this...
I should add he told his ex wife about me the day this girl was over at his house so surely if he was having second thoughts or anything was going on he probably wouldn't?
I'm not going to see him for a week now as he is super busy with his kids etc but now I'm just suspicious about bloody everything and I'm terrified of ruining an otherwise amazing relationship...
Aaaargh, hate this Confused

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Dozycuntlaters · 25/08/2020 13:36

To be honest, if you are getting upset because a work colleague has bought him a plant for his house then you really should do some work on yourself before you embark on a serious relationship.

Has he ever given you reason to not trust him. He is not your ex, the relationship is dead and gone. You cannot take issues from that into a new relationship or it will fail every single time.

LateNightTalk · 25/08/2020 13:37

I feel for you, I think I would be the same being in previous cheating relationships.. does he know how you got treated?

I try my best to stick to the saying .. 'trust them until they give you a reason not to'

He could of lied and said it was somebody else who gave it him but he's told you who, equally I think if it's eating you up you need to sit down and talk to him and explain how you feel?

Hope you get this sorted 💛

justasking111 · 25/08/2020 13:38

Oh dear I have often taken plants as a gift, does that make me a hussy. Chill OP,

SadSausage44 · 25/08/2020 13:38

I'm not upset because a work colleague bought him a plant and visited his house. He's only known her for 8 weeks, noone work related has ever visited his home before!
I'm wondering if it was innocent why on earth he didn't tell me!

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Aerial2020 · 25/08/2020 13:39

I can understand why you are feeling because of your past but I think you're making this bigger in your head then it needs to be.
The fact she's so attractive is niggling you but if it was the other way around, would you want him vetting who you work with and who comes into your house/gives you plants?
Be careful this doesn't spiral and you become controlling.

Aerial2020 · 25/08/2020 13:39

But he did tell you

SadSausage44 · 25/08/2020 13:40

Ffs, I don't need sarcastic comments, my ex husband made me suicidal with his actions and gaslighting, i want honest opinions but please be kind.

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Divebar · 25/08/2020 13:41

How much time have you spent researching this lady? Sorry but your response seems very over the top to me.

MyGhastIsFlabbered · 25/08/2020 13:41

He probably didn't mention it because it was a total non-event in his head, not because he was being duplicitous. It's understandable given what happened with your ex, but you need to separate the two or you'll be seeing red flags everywhere

Aerial2020 · 25/08/2020 13:42

@SadSausage44

I'm not upset because a work colleague bought him a plant and visited his house. He's only known her for 8 weeks, noone work related has ever visited his home before! I'm wondering if it was innocent why on earth he didn't tell me!
So he can only have non attractive work colleagues round his house?
Aerial2020 · 25/08/2020 13:43

@SadSausage44

Ffs, I don't need sarcastic comments, my ex husband made me suicidal with his actions and gaslighting, i want honest opinions but please be kind.
I think people are being kind. Your ex sounds awful but he's not your ex.
SadSausage44 · 25/08/2020 13:43

I'm not vetting her, he has female friends, one of whom he's slept and is now his bestie, I have no issue they hang out all the time!
It weirded me out that we were chatting all day and he never mentioned that she was in his house, maybe that makes me weird?

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Aerial2020 · 25/08/2020 13:45

Yes it prob is strange he didn't mention it but do you have to tell each other every single detail of your day?
He prob didn't think anything of it

Gemma2019 · 25/08/2020 13:45

If you are weird then I'm also weird, as I would find it very strange that my partner wouldn't mention that a work colleague had been at his house for several hours, especially when messaging all day.

Aerial2020 · 25/08/2020 13:46

I think yore right that this has triggered some trauma in you, like he has lied to you?

SadSausage44 · 25/08/2020 13:46

He would never have told me if I hadn't mentioned/noticed the plant.

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Aerial2020 · 25/08/2020 13:47

What will you say to him?
What do you want to do?

AlternativePerspective · 25/08/2020 13:47

I'm wondering if it was innocent why on earth he didn't tell me! it was work. I’m sure he has lots of meetings with lots of attractive women which he doesn’t tell you about, purely because he doesn’t have to.

And be honest, if he’d told you this woman was round there would you have been any more chilled about it? I doubt it given you have gone out of your way to find out who this woman is and what she looks like, presumably from looking at her social media.

I’m sorry you had a rough time with your ex but you can’t judge everyone else by his standards or hold them responsible for what he did to you.

Gemma2019 · 25/08/2020 13:48

Well it is lying by omission isn't it? He has specifically not mentioned it to OP.

frazzledasarock · 25/08/2020 13:48

Actually I’d be feeling a bit wtf too in your shoes OP.

He went on about being super busy that day but didn’t mention he was actually super busy because he was mentoring a work colleague from his house?

Does he often have work colleagues working with him from his home?

I’d find it all very odd.

PammieDooveOrangeJoof · 25/08/2020 13:48

No I’m with you I would think that strange too.

SadSausage44 · 25/08/2020 13:49

I guess I am on high bullshit alert.
I suppose I would like to know when young attractive women spend hours in my boyfriend's company and they omit to mention it even though we were chatting all day.
I just think it's strange and yes perhaps it has triggered something in me.

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MizMoonshine · 25/08/2020 13:49

Nah OP, this would raise an eyebrow from me too. You're not out of your mind. He saw fit to hide it from your for some reason.

category12 · 25/08/2020 13:50

I think it's odd that he didn't mention she was there - and extremely odd to have a 1-2-1 training session in his home?

If he was up to something, not sure why he didn't lie about who the plant came from, but then he might just be testing the water to see how much he can get away with.

I don't know. I would be on alert and not in a rush to dismiss it as my own insanity.

SadSausage44 · 25/08/2020 13:50

As I said, he has never, ever, had another work colleague in his house.
Ever.
All meetings are held online.

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