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Caught and admitted..

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RaspberryNinja · 07/09/2021 23:54

NC for this.. I don't care if this post is outing, just don't want it linked to any others!

Bit if background first..
So I posted around a year ago, saying I had snooped on my boyfriend's phone, found pants/pants with boner/dick pics on his deleted files, but no evidence of messages they had been sent in. I searched through my own "spank bank" of pics we had sent each other, in the vain hope I had forgotten them...

You guessed it - never sent to me.
I confronted him, he looked caught out but said he had taken them and then rethought sending them as we "weren't i. The right place". He didn't really have anything to say when I said I felt the same but hadn't taken/deleted nude pics...funnily enough I hadn't been in the mood to take any.

Anyhoos, it got to him concentrating on the fact I had broken the trust in searching his phone, and that obviously with things like this the trust had gone so he would move to the spare room.
Stupidly, I said I wanted to work on us, taking him at face value, with no other evidence or proof, and scared to lose what had been a stable and loving relationship, bot even a year into buying a house together.

We I called it quits in February due to many reasons but mostly to his lack of support through a family bereavement.

We have had to cohabit since then, we are in the process of selling and 🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻 the solicitors pull their finger out of their arse and get a move on.

I decided I had nothing to lose the other day, so we had a chat. I told him I wasn't stupid, that we both knew those photos were taken and sent to someone else, and that I wanted to know why/what had I done wrong/if it was me I didn't want to be in the same position 4 years into my next relationship.

Apparently he threw it all away for shits and giggles. (My phrase, out of several options I gave due to his absolute silence when I asked why, other than to tell me it wasn't my fault.
I don't feel guilty at all now for drunkenly shouting through the floor (3 storey house) that it was all his fault.

Tonight, I asked how he would have felt if it was the other way round. If i had been the one sexting/flirting. He shrugged and said he didn't know.
Cue some silence.
I then said that he did realise it constitutes cheating... to which he derisively "pfft" and said "that's what you count as cheating".

When i suggested that perhaps i should have sent his brother or best mate some pussy photos id it didn't count as cheating, he had nothing to say.

I have no one in RL i can talk to about this; we work together and he is one of the better managers at work (professionally at least). If i make a rucusa at work, I'll be done with a dignity at work..
but my god if he says somethjng stupif, or his family joke about us still getting married (he had a ring but it was "never the right time" to propose)... i will let rip.

Not sure why I've posted... other than perhaps reassurance - if you have a gut instinct, and aren't prone to false accusations/jumping to conclusions... follow it.

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QueenBee52 · 08/09/2021 00:57

Don't engage... you will be gaslighted lied too and made yo blame for everything...

good luck Selling OP 🌸

HellonHeels · 08/09/2021 01:00

Hope your sale goes through quickly. He's a waste of space, isn't he. Is he your manager?

RaspberryNinja · 08/09/2021 09:12

QueenI just feel relieved that he finally admitted he did it.

I knew he had anyway.. but just for him to admit it was a bit of closure I needed.

I think it's the lack of respect and that he thought I was so stupid to believe him that irks me now 😂

Thanks for the luck with selling.. I've woken up to an "actions required" from the conveyancer, so hopefully we will be another step closer!

Hellon He is one of about 7 managers, I'm not in his direct staff group, but if he is the only one on shift then it would be him I dealt with at work,
Luckily it is relatively amicable, and he wouldn't endanger his career by being a dick about things... and if he is then I have no qualms telling people exactly why we split and that he isn't treating me fairly at work..

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Porridgealert · 08/09/2021 09:18

your spank bank of pics.... 😒

HotSauceCommittee · 08/09/2021 09:21

@Porridgealert

your spank bank of pics.... 😒
What?
Porridgealert · 08/09/2021 09:22

Second paragraph.

faithfulbird20 · 08/09/2021 09:23

Ignore him and don't give him the time of day. Move on to a bigger and brighter future. He's got issues and the more attention u give him the more he'll feed off u...

Pemmican · 08/09/2021 09:25

There's a reason they say 'don't shit where you eat'.

CandyLeBonBon · 08/09/2021 09:26

I feel your pain op. My nOw exH pulled this shit before we were married and minimised and dismissed my feelings, and blamed me for snooping rather than admit he was a lying, cheating disrespectful arsehole. I never really got over it. The marriage was ultimately doomed of course, but I fully understand how you feel. Have some Thanksand try not to be too hard in yourself.

Nightlystroll · 08/09/2021 09:34

When you go to a supermarket initially you're reluctant to buy. So they put the fruit and veg, followed by the bakery, as first depts you pass through. This is because most people will want to buy these and food gets put in the trolley. Once some products are in there, the shopper starts to lose resistance to buying and finds it easier to keep putting in more items. They put sweets and crisps at the far end because by then you have no inhibitions left and you'll just buy everything you see and fancy.
I think the same principles apply to taking and sending naked pictures.

Islamorada · 08/09/2021 10:21

What a jerk! Hope you find someone who respects you and women in general. It is so hard for young girls these days.

ErickBroch · 08/09/2021 11:23

@Porridgealert OP is referring to pics she has on her phone that her partner sent her. What's your point?

RaspberryNinja · 08/09/2021 14:07

porridge and hot sauce Knew someone would pick up on it... I use "spank bank" as a term for my version of "wank bank". We used a specific app for sexting and sending nudes, and at that time I hadn't deleted the app... and sometimes i would rerefer to the photos and messages exchanged in order to do a bit of diy and enjoy myself

faithful bit difficult while cohabiting to completely ignore him, but now I have my answers, i can emotionally move on properly with no "what ifs" and physically once I can move out.

Super helpful pemmican, funnily enough I never planned on meeting someone at work - my level or otherwise... unfortunately he wasn't as he is now when we first met otherwise I wouldn't have gone there. Believe me, I tried to avoid him/ignore growing feelings, but sometimes you just cant. Lesson learned

Thanks Candy, nice (awful) to be understood..

I would disagree with you on that Nightly... I have no desire to send nudes to anyone else just because I have sent them to my ex... and it certainly wasn't as regular as going to do the shopping - more of a tease/look what youre missing/a wind up to get excited before hopefully some action once both of us were at home..

Thanks Isla, I'm in no rush at all, and will be on my guard more for sure.

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