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Cheating ex

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SparklyPinkRobin · 19/08/2025 15:38

Hello, I have been seeing my ex. We were together for 15 years and he cheated on me with a friend of mine .He’s never stopped chasing me and I’ve let him. I don’t want a relationship with him but I enjoy the fun we have and I do get a kick out of him coming back to me. He’s now with the woman he cheated on me for but says it’s not serious. He usually says he’s not with her and they are not a thing.
I’ve given her chapter and verse about what he’s doing, including photos and messages etc. She has responded by saying I’m lying and staying with him. I’ve asked her to have a conversation with me so that we can both understand what is going on but she refuses.
Him aside, he’s a lying cheat, why wouldn’t she believe all this? Are some women just so blind by reality?

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Mrsttcno1 · 19/08/2025 15:39

I mean, you are also one of those women? You have been seeing him despite the fact he cheated on you with a friend. She clearly does it for the same reasons you do!

JengaCupboard · 19/08/2025 15:42

So he's stringing you along and sleeping with both of you, and you're both letting him?

You are 100% enabling his piss-poor behaviour - why would you even want him in ANY capacity knowing he is sleeping with somebody else, probably as a minimum??

He needs to go, he sounds gross!! Find somebody nice!!

RealEagle · 19/08/2025 15:46

This man must be some stud ,For women to keep wanting him back.

YesHonestly · 19/08/2025 15:49

It’s a bit pot and kettle isn’t it?

I mean, YOU are also entertaining him and letting him have the ego boost of having two women who want to sleep with him. He knows he still has access to you so he keeps coming back - that’s all there is to it.

You need to find your self respect and stop wasting your life on this loser.

AboogaBooga · 19/08/2025 17:06

Yea, I think you see this as getting one over on her but really, you both just look stupid and the only winner is him. So congrats to him I guess.

CaffeinatedSeagull · 19/08/2025 17:12

It might be hard to do but you need to cut him out of your life. Block his number and cut any ties you have on social media. Tell him you don’t want him in your life anymore.

Move on, and find someone new.

If you’re feeling horny just find a FWB to help you out,

SparklyPinkRobin · 19/08/2025 18:27

I know you all talk sense. I need to get a grip.

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TwistedWonder · 19/08/2025 19:21

So you’re shagging a man who is with someone else and running her face in it like you’ve won some sort of prize in the pick me dance - you’re a fucking treat aren’t you? Your bar must be subterranean to act like this

Sounds like you and him deserve each other - you both sound like a pair of lying cheating scumbags

Kitkate21 · 19/08/2025 19:42

Would you want someone to treat your daughter like this? Highly doubt it. Poor woman! You two absolutely need to look at your morals. You can't be that desperate? Dating apps are full of men looking for casual sex. Go do that with someone that's not being treated like crap. The damage you are both doing to that woman is unforgivable

SparklyPinkRobin · 19/08/2025 21:59

I haven’t given the full story. She is far from innocent and went out of her way to take him from me

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SugarPlumpFairyCakes · 19/08/2025 22:03

This man is really having a laugh, isn’t he? Two women desperate to shag him so they do. What a pair of suckers and your ex friend are, op.

Userengage · 19/08/2025 22:08

SparklyPinkRobin · 19/08/2025 21:59

I haven’t given the full story. She is far from innocent and went out of her way to take him from me

No woman can “take “ a man, he chooses to go. What a threesome you all are.

Furrylittlesweetpotatoes · 20/08/2025 06:55

You’re caught in a drama triangle and the only winner is this idiot man-child.

You’re fighting for this man and I genuinely think the fight has become a battle between you and this ex friend to see who comes out on top, rather than for your ex as he sounds awful, a cheating, lying, dirty creep.

Concede defeat, by doing that you are winning.

Leave these two to it and make a healthy choice.

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