I’ve been with my DP for almost a year and a half. We are happy together there’s just one issue…his ex.
background:
Me and DP started dating what I believed to be two years after his and his ex separated. However, I recently found out that it was only actually weeks after they last slept together. They kept apparently meeting up and sleeping together after their breakup and once he got with me this ended. His ex does also have a partner now.
DP and his ex are going through some legal processes as the minute as they are trying to sell their house and it’s not selling/buyers keep dropping out.
The issue is they keep what I feel like coming up with excuses to talk to each other. DP and ex have been having zoom calls the two of them to sort through “legal” stuff even though they have solicitors and there’s no need too. He says it’s just to make things more amicable. They’ve had about six of these calls now. He always asks me to go upstairs during these calls or will have them at work. Him and his ex were together 5 years.
Now, they’ve got to meet to sign some document. I did look at his emails and saw that she had suggested they do it via post, she signs it and then he signs it etc rather than meet and DP had replied that he would like to meet with her as he felt they’ve both changed the past few years, are in better places and it would be good to get it signed and sorted in person- and she’s now agreed. He even offered to meet her on zoom or give her a call if she wanted to talk again before they met as he understands they’ll be “anxious” to see each other.
There was also some emails where he’d helped her with a work project (they both are the same industry). I only saw these emails this morning so he doesn’t know I’ve read them yet.
I just feel sort of like shit. He tells me that nothing is untoward, they both have partners and he loves me, and it’s just a polite and kind way of sorting things amicably but they have no kids and I sort of expected it to be clean cut no contact again or contact just through solicitors.
I just don’t know what to make of it all. The rest of our relationship is really happy. I’m pretty sure they’ve not seen each other as she’s up in Scotland and we are in the south west- so it’s not like he’s been sneaking off to see her but it’s just so hard
Does anyone have any advice?
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Does he still love her?
Efhswkr · 28/02/2023 16:31
OrlandointheWilderness · 28/02/2023 16:32
Why did they break up? Who instigated the split?
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B1rd · 28/02/2023 20:29
You sound like my ExH's partner!
I was with my ExH for 12 years and we have a DD together. We get on in a similar way to @Spidermama and her ex. We spent so long together that I genuinely still love him (as a brother) and would do anything to help him out.
My exH's partner really struggles with our relationship because we are still able to make each other laugh over text messages and we get on well for our DD's sake.
They recently split because of our relationship due to her jealousy. I have bought her presents for Christmas and token presents for Mothers day from our DD and tried to welcome her from afar.
I do not wish to have him back in my life as we were the wrong fit. But it is important to have a mature relationship post breakup, in my case for our DD's sake.
Exes aren't always the issue. Maybe change your point of view and look at the situation differently.
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