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Partner messaging his team member

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twix23 · 12/03/2023 17:52

My partner is a manager n has a young girl who works in his office (she's 20, hot, he's 31). He'd given his phone to our toddler to watch a video earlier and he was napping, I took the phone off her to turn it off n play with her but something in me told me to look through his messages quickly whilst his phone was unlocked, idk why, not something I do but it was a gut feeling I suddenly had! I saw messages he'd sent to this girl he works with at 8pm one night few weeks back asking 'what you up to tonight x' and then carrying on the convo with her when she said about her takeaway 'sounds like my perfect night x' and all this shit, then says to her 'where was my invite for food?' She's like 'with the postman' etc. That was all there was on messages n then I stopped looking as it made me feel sick. Idk what to do. I feel like I want to explore his phone more now but I don't know his passcode, as scared if I confront him he could then lie n delete stuff couldn't he. I thought I trusted him but clearly I don't. Am I over-reacting here? If my manager text me at 8 on an evening asking what I was doing with kisses etc I'd think he was being flirty. It's inappropriate n I feel like a mug.

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MissLucyLiu · 12/03/2023 20:06

Aquamarine1029 · 12/03/2023 20:00

I didn't see where she is sending him kisses, just him sending them to her. Her telling him his invite is with the postman is a subtle way of her telling him to fuck off imo. The op never said this was flirting back.

Oh yeah i just re-read you are right. He’s a scum.

BatFaceOwl · 12/03/2023 20:25

@HaveTheDayOff maybe have another read of my user name as reading comprehension doesn't appear to be a strong point of yours...

HaveTheDayOff · 12/03/2023 20:49

BatFaceOwl · 12/03/2023 20:25

@HaveTheDayOff maybe have another read of my user name as reading comprehension doesn't appear to be a strong point of yours...

You ok tonight? You seem upset.

If you had bothered to read your last message you would see you wrote ‘Bath’ not ‘Bat’. But you didn’t quote the message so I guess you already know that 😆

MsDogLady · 12/03/2023 21:18

This man is supposed to love me yet makes me cry all the time and has a go at me for it.

Twix, per your 2/21 thread, you’ve been thinking about leaving this aggressive verbal/emotional/financial abuser. On that particular day he exploded at you re the dishwasher and pounded his fist in his hand.

He constantly makes you cry and then mocks you. He was unsupportive during your last pregnancy and during your DD’s babyhood, and is treating you with contempt during this pregnancy. He earns much more than you and had a recent bonus, but when you were struggling financially one month, he refused to help you when you didn’t have enough funds for maternity clothes or your older DD’s gymnastics.

Now he is making inappropriate moves on his female employee. This faithless behavior is one more example of his massive sense of entitlement and callous disregard of you and the children.

I wouldn’t need any more evidence that he is sniffing around for gratification outside your relationship. I would confront, read him the riot act, and send him away while you process and make decisions. Inform him that you are reconsidering the relationship and act accordingly.

Personally, it would be game over for me. I wouldn’t live with his contempt or expose my children to it for one more minute. Flowers

MsDogLady · 13/03/2023 02:43

Should say: … per your 2/21/23 thread

blebbleb · 13/03/2023 02:47

He's clearly trying to flirt with this woman and she's not interested. He's a disgrace, especially as you're pregnant. Please don't try and minimise his behaviour.

BMrs · 13/03/2023 06:59

I'm so sorry you're going through this, how awful. I would defo Turku try to take the opportunity to take another look before confronting him but I'd be really upset but what you've seen already.

He's outright flirting and to what end...

Also, I'm not sure it's normal for you not to know his phone passcode?I know my husbands and he leaves his phone lying around a lot. Does your husband do that or take it with him?

MsDogLady · 13/03/2023 16:58

What are you thinking today, Twix?

Don’t allow him any wiggle room. There’s no valid reason that this manager should be reaching out to his staff for personal flirty chat with kisses at 8:00 in the evening. No matter how he may spin this (It’s normal team banter…She’s having a hard time so wanted to cheer her up, etc.), he is clearly trampling on personal and professional boundaries.

username1722 · 15/03/2023 22:39

The age gap is so off, given that she's only 20. The power dynamic is off, given that he is her manager.

I don't know if he's cheating on you but he's definitely flirting with her. I'd be alarmed if any of my colleagues, let alone my manager, decided to message me at night asking me what I was up to. Seems overly friendly. He obviously likes the attention. As for her, sounds like her replies are quite innocent really, just answering his questions.

I'd confront him and nip this in the bud now, especially as you're not going to be able to access his phone again.

1FootInTheRave · 15/03/2023 22:49

Completely inappropriate.

He's testing the waters and will be up her as soon as she gives the green light.

Hopefully she sees him for what he is. Pretty sure you see this yourself too.

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