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Can’t stop thinking about fling

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Ribrabrob · 01/10/2020 20:00

My message is probably a bit jumbled so I apologise. I have posted before about a similar subject but I’m not talking about a specific person in this situation.

For about 6 months of this year I was abroad (not a holiday) with the intention of living there permanently. Whilst there I hooked up with a man - very casual thing, met about once a week and just for sex. He always initiated and I never text him first (too shy).

He was the sexiest man I’ve ever laid eyes on, I’ve never ever found someone as handsome as I do him. I literally cannot get him out of my head, I have intensive thoughts and sometimes I have to stop what I’m doing just to think.

Unfortunately this guy had red flags all over him (I knew at the time) such as no proper home. He lived in a tiny garage room next to his brother’s apartment therefore he only ‘booty called’ me late at night when his brother was working a night shift and we could use his apartment. Like I say, it was booty calls only. We went for coffee on our first date and that was it, after that it was sex at his place only.

He does have good points too, and I really do think he’s a good person - despite the flags, would be very kind and complimentary to me, looks after stray cats etc. he genuinely seemed to enjoy my my company when we were together. I also felt very comfortable around him almost instantly which is rare for me. I found him irresistible.

Unfortunately I had to leave the country and come back to the UK. I haven’t had the heart to tell him I left his country (afraid of him forgetting me, I guess) so when he texts I either say I’m busy or that I’m in another city. Each text from him is like a punch in the heart - I miss him. But equally I don’t have it in me to tell him I can’t come back.

The last time I saw him, we had just finished sex, I put my pyjamas on ready to sleep and he got a call from him brother - he was in his way home. Quickly mr fling said to get dressed and he’d drop me back at his hotel. I’d never seen him drive so fast! 2am and get dropped me in a random street near my hotel and said bye with a quick kiss, then sped off.

So yes, I remember his flags but I also remember how nice he was, how happy I was when I was with him. Every time I feel strong, I remember the time we were talking about how thick both of our hair is and he said (in broken English/using google) that our children would have nice hair. However, he showed no interest in moving our relationship toward - not even one proper date, texting or calling. The only texts were the late nights ones.

I feel sad because I know I won’t find this again. I also feel sad because it’s not really possible to be together, mainly due to money (I’m completely broke right now and there’s no way I’d ask him for money). He speaks very little English and I speak very little of his language so communication could sometimes be hard.

All in all this guy is a fling that I just can’t seem to stop thinking about. The thoughts are controlling me and I don’t know how to stop. If I had the money, I know I’d be on the next flight to his city and sit around waiting for his random once a week (if that) text. Pathetic, I know.

How can I get over this guy? I’ve never felt as attracted to somebody as I do to him. I know he is unsuitable, but also I feel infactuated with him and it’s just so hard because I do not have the funds to live abroad at the moment. It also doesn’t help that I don’t really have an option, even if I wanted to go back I couldn’t.

I suppose I just need someone to remind me how ridiculous I sound and to just get over him!

OP posts:
AllsortsofAwkward · 01/10/2020 20:03

Are you sure it was his brother and not wife or partner.

Ribrabrob · 01/10/2020 20:07

That was my thought at first, however I saw the brother in passing a few times (although I’m not sure I was meant to?). There were a few occasions where I’d arrive at the house and I’d see the brother in the guys garage room - almost like they’d done a deal and agreed he could have the house for the night? plus there were literally no signs of a female presence anywhere - I checked as I did wonder too.

OP posts:
Ribrabrob · 01/10/2020 20:08

Edit - I should say, I saw the brother there when he told me he was at work!

Don’t mean to drip feed/mislead sorry

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Bunnymumy · 01/10/2020 20:08

OP if it had continued it would have been a car crash.

Think of it as a nice memory and...put it in the wank bank lol. Because that is the only place for it.

He was not a nice man. And you've probably had a lucky escape getting away before that became very apparent.

Being complimentary towards you certainly doesn't mean he was a good person. It's common place for narcissists to love bomb. Not to mention for men to say anything for a leg over.

Please stop romantisising him. He was a hot guy who was a bit of a knob. That's it.

NotaCoolMum · 01/10/2020 20:19

You are definitely placing him WAY too high on a pedestal. He might have been handsome but there are plenty of attractive men out there who won’t essentially kick you out and drop you off on a random street in the middle of the night because his “brother” is coming home.

RednaxelasLunch · 01/10/2020 20:26

I will be honest, if you had a man in your life who was half as attractive and meeting your needs, you would have forgotten about this guy already. Time to just get out there and go on some random dates.

FineAndDandyy · 01/10/2020 20:30

I can really relate to this, although mine was only a holiday romance. I was 19 and he was mid-late 20’s. He showered me with compliments, was drop dead gorgeous and he told me that by the end of the holiday, he was going to make sure I had fallen in love with him. He lived over there and he would come and pick me up in his convertible, we would go to his flat, watch movies together and he took me to the bar he worked in and introduced me to some of his friends there. He made me feel special in a way that I don’t think anyone else ever has but a lot of it was infatuation. I returned home and he answered my call and let me know he was now “back together with his ex”. He wasn’t really the person I thought he was, he was a smooth talker, lovely to be around but I’m pretty sure I was one of many, many girls that he put on this act for.

I’m now happily married with 2 kids. I think of it as nothing more than a pleasant memory now. I hope you can get over him soon.

bitheby · 01/10/2020 21:14

I'm sorry but I did laugh at looks after stray cats and I'm a cat lover.

Really there was very little substance to this relationship and most of it is fantasy. Being dropped off in the street so he can cover his tracks is hardly love's young dream. Hopefully you'll meet someone else and he'll be a distant memory.

Why are you too shy to be honest and communicate with him and not too shy to sleep with him?

alvinp · 01/10/2020 23:26

Brother? Or same sex partner?

Ariela · 02/10/2020 00:55

@alvinp

Brother? Or same sex partner?
Or is he renting the garage room for work, then going home to wife in anther city at weekends/the rest of the time? And doesn't want his brother to know.
Ribrabrob · 02/10/2020 02:21

Interesting points. Thing is though there were no specific routines I.e. no specific day that he’d invite me, just completely random. Sometimes weekend, sometimes a Monday etc,

Plus when I’d stay the night he’d happily sleep til
1pm the next day with no worries and always seemed pretty chilled when he woke up - no trying to hush me out then or anything. His work seemed quite flexible and as though he could just go whenever.

Not trying to excuse his strange behaviour but just saying :)

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Taylrse · 02/10/2020 04:52

I think there are 3 options

  1. Pretend forever that you are in the same country Wink never tell him you moved.
  2. Tell him how you feel and see what happens from there.
  3. Move on from it. It sounds like long term it wouldn't have worked out as a relationship other than for sex.
theamplifier · 02/10/2020 05:03

If you genuinely do want to get over him, the only way is to tell him the truth then block him.

Keep it as a lovely memory!

user1471457751 · 02/10/2020 12:22

I'd say leaving the country and then continually lying as to why you can't meet up is also a red flag so it's not just him

Twattergy · 02/10/2020 16:09

Be honest, he was a fit booty call and that's all. It's nice to remember hot exes (I do!) but really you should stop messaging and leave him to the memory bank. No shared language and he lived in a garage...I mean, really....

Pachonga · 02/10/2020 16:11

He sounds like a dickhead. You’ll forget all about him when you meet someone who actually likes you and wants to spend time with you.

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