What do you make of this text

[wowjustwow22]

So I met this man walking my dog a year ago . He also has a dog and both our dogs got on so well we decided to start taking them for regular walks together twice a week . We began texting to meet up and then the meet ups turned to late night meet ups which we just let them play together and we would have a beer and talk.

We both developed feelings for each other and as of the other week he said he was falling in love with me and asked me the same question .

It was such a lovely night . Sitting under the stars and talking . The next two days here the same texting all day then when I got home from our usual walk together I had a text off him which read

Hi ..... I have had a long think about our dog walks and they have to stop . It's going too far now and it's not fair on you . I hope you under stand .

I replied and said im sorry if I have done anything wrong and he replied you have done nothing wrong it's just the right time to stop .

I have deleted his number now but I have not been able to stop thinking what he actually means . I won't be texting him again and if he does text me again I won't be replying .

He's chosen his wife, bad luck, better luck next time.

Try to go for the single variety nextime.

I'm begging you all...PLEASE find it!

Many PP have already said it, but, yes, his being in a relationship is the simplest answer. Sorry, OP.

Was the dog always with him? That was his excuse for meeting you “sorry love nipping out to take the dog for a long lunch walk”

What did you talk about for all those meetings over such a long period that managed to avoid the topics of relationships, families, children, housing arrangements…

Married or she found out who he was meeting

Married man looking for no strings sex, then panicking about wifey finding out.

You've dodged a bullet there.

Aw such a shame as it sounds like a lovely start to a relationship. Sorry to add to the endless thread but my instinct is that he's in a relationship. I hope not and that he's got cold feet now things are getting more serious.

What a bastard, stringing you along for a year. You presumably didn't know he was married/ committed to someone else, or you wouldn't have asked what to make of that text.

Better luck next time, OP.

Ah, that’s shit op. So sorry. Really does sound like he’s not single. Move on and find someone better.

Oh - I'm pretty sure I remember that too. I wonder ...

Is it this one? www.mumsnet.com/talk/relationships/4612629-keep-seeing-the-same-dog-walker

I have a funny feeling Op already knew he wasn't single but just wants a bit of validating

@wowjustwow22 please come back and be honest (since it's an anonymous forum). Did you know or at least suspect that he was married/had a partner?

Reads like he is married/taken.

Yes, he's definitely married.

Where’s OP?

Odd. What response did you want?? You haven’t replied to any messages regarding him not being single. I guess you knew that.

In a year of walks and late night chats was there never any discussion pointing to whether either of you are in relationships/ living alone etc?

I think you knew he was married or in a relationship .. the - it's going to far now bit .. along with your silence on his relationship status gives it away.

100% married

Sounds as though most likely he has or had a wife or girlfriend, whom he now wishes to stay with/go back to. Must be devastating for you, but it's most unlikely to be anything you've done.

Yup.

You know why !!!!!!🤣🤦🏾‍♀️

Defo not single.