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Newly dumped boyfriend playing the victim

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toomanypuns · 23/01/2022 09:13

I have another thread on AIBU as I found out that my bf ( late40's) had been keeping ex dates and random women on line and interacting with them by liking posts etc, Knowing full well that I despised it, have been badly hurt before by exh affair. I told him at the beginnng of our relationship after seeing him comment on some random woman's profile( beautiful/ stunning type comment) that it was a dealbreaker for me.Funnily enough , he never called me beautiful or stunningConfused
So I found from my gut screeching at me, that he adds and accepts adds from
Various women around the world, his status is set at 'single', he likes every photo of women he met on line and had a date with ( I can't understand why they're even friends after meeting once or twice)
I finished with him on Friday and got great insight and advice over on AIBU.
My issue now is that he is playing the victim. Poor me and pitying himself .
Said his profile has always been on single and he's not chatting to anyone on line. That's it. That's the reaction .
I had to communicate through writing as he is too 'devastated' and needs time before he feels able to talk.
What is going on here ???? Am I missing something ?
Ps ... still has those ex dates/ random women as friends on sm and status set as single

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merryhouse · 23/01/2022 14:04

The thing is, it wasn't "a lie"

He had a relationship, on his terms

When you said you wanted it to be different he mumbled "uh-huh" a few times and carried on as normal

He wasn't actually putting in the effort to lie to you. He just wasn't doing anything you wanted. I mean, ok, strictly speaking he might say things to get you off his back, but that's like "yeah mum, I'm tidying my room, yeah I'll do my homework" - they're not lies, they're just empty promises.

As for why - well, maximum reward for minimal effort covers most of these situations.

Gilda152 · 23/01/2022 14:08

I'd definitely stop dwelling on it.

toomanypuns · 23/01/2022 14:35

@merryhouse thanks. What does maximum reward for minimal effort mean in the context of why he did what he did? Brain 🧠 s fuzzy

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