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DP back on Grinder app

58 replies

anonn123 · 04/08/2026 12:32

Some time ago I found out that my DP was using an app called Grinder... It's a gay app for anyone that doesn't know. he promised to come off it and to never download it again. It took me some time but I forgave and moved on from it but last night I checked his phone not sure why I did but I guess my guy feeling has been off and he's back on the grinder app but only this time he has been exchanging explicit images there is atleast two men he has been meeting up with.

I feel betrayed and like my DP doesn't love me, is he gay ? We have an active sex life so I don't understand.

When I questioned him the first time he said he was just looking nothing else. I haven't mentioned anything to him yet but I plan on doing this evening but I now feel our relationship is over as I can't forgive a second time but maybe that's what he wants so he can hook up with men

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amber763 · 04/08/2026 12:34

Hes at very least bisexual but I think the point is the lies and cheating. It would be over for me. Im so sorry.

Error404FucksNotFound · 04/08/2026 12:34

Best to leave him.

TheLightSideOfTheMoon · 04/08/2026 12:35

Probably bi or pan.

Certainly a lying, cheating dickhead.

ClassicalQueen · 04/08/2026 12:35

Leave him, he clearly can’t be trusted. It doesn’t matter if he is gay or bisexual, it matters that he is unfaithful.

BobbysDazzler · 04/08/2026 12:36

I agree he's very possibly just bi, but lies aren't on no matter his sexuality.

If he's bi why would be not just tell you?

favouriteflowers · 04/08/2026 12:36

Agree with Amber. The point is he has lied to you on lots of levels here. He saw he got away with it before and has decided it was worth the risk again. You can not trust him going forward. Time to exit stage right I’m afraid.

pikkumyy77 · 04/08/2026 12:37

He’s cheating and will always cheat. Just leave.

greenbean80 · 04/08/2026 12:37

He’s lied, he could be bi-sexual, get an STI test and leave him.

DierdreDaphne · 04/08/2026 12:38

Does it matter what sex the people he is messaging are? Or what his sexuality is? ( I'd suggested his sexuality is "greedy")

Surely the main problem is he is betraying and disrespecting you, and when he says he'll stop, he's lying.

TheThingOnTheIce · 04/08/2026 12:38

Cheating’s cheating at the end of the day

MrsPerfect12 · 04/08/2026 12:39

Time to exit. He’s sleeping with men and your life is a lie.

OMGDidYouSayThat · 04/08/2026 12:41

He's gay or bi, up to you whether you decide if that's acceptable in your relationship or not, some people are happy with non conventional setups and some are not. The fact he hasn't discussed something so big with you is more of a concern, i don't think most people wake up one day and decide to be gay or bi-sexual, i think it's probably always been there.

sweetpickle2 · 04/08/2026 12:45

Grindr is a hookup app- nobody is on there just to chat to people.

His sexuality isn't the issue here.

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"gives me the ick just thinking what they physically do"- I assume you didn't mean to sound so homphobic?

ForPinkDuck · 04/08/2026 12:48

Married? Kids? Mortgage? Whats keeping you.

InBedBy10 · 04/08/2026 12:56

You sound very nieve OP. If hes not gay, at the very least he is bisexual. Hes not on this app just to look or chat. He is actively seeking a sexual relationship with man.

He wont change, he'll just keep lying as long as you are willing to accept it. End this relationship and get an sti test.

FriendlyNPC · 04/08/2026 12:58

This is bait surely.

minipie · 04/08/2026 13:00

FriendlyNPC · 04/08/2026 12:58

This is bait surely.

That’s what I thought. Nobody could be this daft.

BillieWiper · 04/08/2026 13:00

Erm yeah he's into men. At least he must be Bi. But that's almost beside the point as he seems to think going on hook up apps is acceptable during a monogamous relationship. So that alone is a deal breaker. Regardless of the sex of people he's trying to shag.

vincettenoir · 04/08/2026 13:02

It sounds like you want different things. He is not being honest with you which leaves you on the backfoot.

Jk987 · 04/08/2026 13:05

He’s cheating on you. Find your anger! He doesn’t deserve you. Of course he’s bi/gay.

landmarkyear · 04/08/2026 13:07

I have a few gay friends and they’ve said that married or men in heterosexual relationships will often pop up on Grindr, for a hook up. One acquaintance regularly met a married father of three for quick encounters. It happens

StraightTalkingTina · 04/08/2026 13:11

I honestly wouldn’t be questioning him tonight

id just focus on getting your shit together and leaving. You don’t need to confront him, you’ve seen the evidence with your own eyes.

do you live together? Are there children? Do you know where to get tested for std’s?

come on OP. Put your big girl pants on and be done with him.

VimesandhisCardboardBoots · 04/08/2026 13:11

It doesn't matter whether he's gay or not. It would make no difference to what he's actually doing whether the app he was on was Tinder or Grindr or whatever.

Either way, he's cheating on you Again. You leave him.

He might be gay, he might be bisexual. You'll never really know. What you do know is he's a cheating, lying dickhead. And that's all the information you actually need.