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HELP. Am I being manipulated here or not?

204 replies

Anon645 · 03/07/2024 07:12

Hi,
Looking for some advice here as to whether or not this sounds dodgy or not to others.

A man from my past and I have recently got close again. Two weeks ago he expressed in his own words that 'we work well together' and that 'he knows he likes me because I'm pretty, kind , he is comfortable with me and we go well together. ' These were HIS words. And he expressed he was very open to dating me.

On the weekend we watched a film at his house and were intimate. He has since informed me that he is sleeping with other people ... I am disgusted at this as I only ever am intimate with one person at a time and I NEVER would have agreed to intimacy if I'd known he was being intimate with others. I feel conned. He said it was my fault for not asking beforehand as he'd never promised exclusivity.

Anyway despite feeling annoyed/disgusted I thought maybe he did have a point that I hadn't checked we were exclusive before intimacy (even though he was telling me how much he liked me and wanted to date which implied he was only interested in me )

I have asked him if we can be exclusive now. He has no as in his words 'he needs a best friend who can give him mind blowing sex '. He said the sex was very good but not mind blowing. He said that if I listen to him during sex and improve my blowjobs on him (sorry tmi] then he'll consider being exclusive . He said he wants to contine dating me. But in the meantime he will only date me non exclusively until this is achieved as brilliant sex is so important to him to just settle.

Is he in the right here? Or am I being manipulated ? What would you all do? Please advise me.

OP posts:
TealTraybake · 15/09/2024 08:20

Totally ignore him from now on. He’s a pitiful insecure waste of space. Laughable in his desperate need / ploy for sex and adoration. 🤮

You’re so much better than him.

Hairyesterdaygonetoday · 15/09/2024 08:36

Clearly something not right with me.

All that’s wrong is your low self-esteem, OP. He is unbelievably arrogant, he insults you and treats you as worthless. He deserves to be dumped and forgotten.

Retape · 15/09/2024 08:47

So this was about 10 weeks ago. How's it going OP?

Ogham · 22/09/2024 08:24

Anon645 · 04/07/2024 09:50

Obviously I'm not going to.... but there's something wrong with me clearly because I am having to fight the urge to text him.

Im trying to battle the thought in my head that if we were non exclusive for now that he'd eventually pick to be exclusive with me as I would impress him with my company on dates and my sex skills in the interim non exclusive period.
Clearly something not right with me.

ive not read all replies but he wants you to do the “pick me” dance. Please get counselling to help you develop self esteem and boundaries.

He is disgusting and laughable. But he is also dangerous, if you text him you are giving him permission to walk all over you and ruin you. Instead please spend time reading up about abuse and get angry about how he has treated you. Stop replaying what he said to you because it was only said to manipulate you and to see how far he could push your boundaries, he’s a cunt, end of

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