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Should I trust him?

34 replies

Missymojo · 09/01/2022 22:54

There’s a guy I’ve know since school who I’ve practically spoken to online every day for the last 10 years. We weren’t particularly close at school (left well over 15 years ago now) but we got chatting online not long after and I can honestly say he’s now my closest friend, and he says that I mean as much to him too. Though we’ve been close during those 10 years we hadn’t actually met up again in person until about a year ago and that’s when our relationship turned sexual. The thing is, whilst I’m single, he’s married and has been for the last two years. I’ve never met his wife, or spoken to her, but I presume she surely knows of my existence (as his friend, at least) as I’m constantly chatting to him via messenger throughout the day, surely something she’d notice?

When we first met up last year he explained that he and his wife had an open relationship and that she’d be ok with us having sex as she was also seeing other guys, which I believed as he’s always expressed that they’re quite open and in to all sorts of experimental ‘kinky’ stuff. Our plan was to have a ‘friends with benefits’ sort of relationship but as we’ve grown closer I’m starting to feel confused about my feelings for him, especially when he says things like he’d start a relationship with me straight away if his wife was to ever leave him for another man. Confused

I recently started to question his honesty and I wonder if his wife truly is open to the idea of him seeing other women, as he recently explained that as long as she doesn’t know the details then she’s ok with it (and same with him not knowing about who she sees) which seems odd but I guess plausible? He’s expressed that he and his wife are going through a rough patch of late and not actually having sex together, but also that he has suspicions she’s currently sleeping with her boss, which he says doesn’t bother him but I get the feeling it does. The thing is he confided with me that she had to take a pregnancy test recently (which turned out to be negative), and it just rang alarm bells with me cos either he’s lying about them not having sex with each other (why, I don’t know) or he’s lying about her sleeping with other men cos surely he’d be questioning the paternity if she was (which he wasn’t). Hmm

If this was some random guy I would probably think he was playing me and his wife for fools, but he’s my best friend that means the world to me and I just don’t know what to think. Am I right to be suspicious? I don’t want to call him out and risk losing the friendship we have but if he hasn’t been truthful about his relationship being open then I’m left with no choice but to end it.

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Freddy12 · 10/01/2022 09:32

I think his wife has no idea that he is shagging you, he is feeding you this bollocks so he can get your knickers off
Nothing else really would fit
Maybe tell him you are happy to continue after you have spoken with his wife
Or just message her on FB and ask

Next time you meet for sex just say oh I dropped your wife a message to check al good and see his reaction- I bet his dick will be retracting fast !

You need to know what the score is for real

Hope you get to the truth soon !

FlowerArranger · 10/01/2022 09:39

@Opentooffers

By being there for 10 years and looking for support in the virtual world, you've been able to take the path of least resistance when really over those 10 years it's sorting out your anxieties and living in the real world that should of been your focus. Unfortunately, he's been a distraction to your own growth and development. 10 years of not forming real friendships or relationships because you had him as a virtual comfort to fall back on. It's not healthy, and it has stifled you. I hope you are in therapy, counselling for your issues as that's what you need to progress.
This. Totally this.
FireDancer1 · 10/01/2022 09:39

To answer your question... NO you shouldn't trust him! He's lying 🤥 and I'd actually put a wager on it. Stop being a gullible fool

GoodnightGrandma · 10/01/2022 09:42

I feel sorry for the wife.
You have been strung along, probably because it suited you, dump him.

User2638483 · 10/01/2022 09:55

What do you want out of this?
Do you want a long term relationship with him? Even if he is telling the truth about them being in an open relationship are you ok being with someone who isn’t just with you?

With him being into the kinks and stuff and open relationships, and you not into kinks… do you think he would ever be faithful to just you?

Don’t you want someone who is only with you and you’re their number one, their one and only?

User2638483 · 10/01/2022 09:56

I just kind of think whether or not he’s lying about the open relationship is a red herring.
I’m surprised you want to be with him even he isn’t lying. Where’s it going to go?

Mermaidwaves · 10/01/2022 10:09

I would bet money that the wife doesn't know you exist at all, he has spouted all the oldest lines in the book

  1. They are going through a rough patch
  2. They are not sleeping together yet she needed a pregnancy test.
  3. They have an open relationship - yes and I bet it's one way!
  4. Do they have kids? If so, has he said he's only staying for their sake?
  5. Even if they have a kinky relationship this doesnt mean she knows or approves about you.

Wake up OP, you are going to get hurt here, he is not your best friend, he's a liar and he is going to break your heart.

Poppy101010 · 10/01/2022 10:10

What a difficult situation OP. I've been in an almost similar situation myself (met a guy online , grew very close to him, had sex with him after meeting and then things got shady. Still, I found it hard to break contact with him as I messaged him everyday and considered him a friend).

I can only speak from my own experience - but I would block and move on from him before things get more complicated and either your or his wife (or both) get hurt badly. Given there has already been a pregnancy scare - how would u feel if his wife did become pregnant? It already sounds as if you are second best in his opinion, and you deserve so much more than that.

The problem with online dating / friendships is that you create a perfect image of them - in reality I bet that he would never live up to your expectations after a while and u would see him for what he really is.

It will take time and you will doubt yourself and make excuses for his behaviour - but do the right thing and block him. Take care OP!

DatingDinosaur · 10/01/2022 11:08

He said they have an open relationship. He said they’re not having sex. He said she’s having sex with her boss. He said she might be pregnant but, phew, she’s not.

You only have his word / side of the story for all of this.

He invited you for drinks with them. You should go. His behaviour with you in her presence will be very telling – I’ll put money on him introducing you as an old friend and behaving as if you are exactly ONLY that (ie. no kissing, cuddling or behaving couple-y with you in her presence).

For sure, there’s likely problems in his marriage and he is being a total shit for using you as a distraction to that and stringing you every line in the book.

He’s not being a very nice friend and is treating you (and his wife) with total disrespect.

Cut him loose and find a better friend.

His mate is his wing-man. Of course he’s not going to say “yeah, this guy is cheating on his wife with you and the whole open relationship thing is bollox”.

When you felt shocked at basically hearing you’re second best? That’s your self-esteem talking and telling you that you don’t want to be second best and now you’re having a think about it, the holes in his stories are starting to show.

Get out now. Cut him loose – you deserve so much better than being treated like this.

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