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Just need to vent

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thelonelyone · 02/12/2014 19:35

Sorry this is my first post. Just need to talk to some people anonymously. As so much is secret in real life
so. I love my DP and DSD more than anything. I love being with them. DSD lives with us full time.
Me and DP met 3.5 years ago when he was still with his ex, me and him were close friends. He confided in me about his terrible, sexless relationship then our friendship turned into more. He had just started a business with this woman he apparently didn't love. We started seeing each other in secret. He told me how much he didn't like her over and over. Then he tells me she is pregnant! He was adiment he didn't want the child and she was conceived before we started seeing each other the one time they had sex in almost 4 years. We planned to leave together at Christmas that year, that changed to new year, then april (my birthday). We didn't leave until November...by which time we had been secretly seeing each other for 16 months whilst I had to stand by and watch him play happy families with his ex.
By the time we finally moved away together I had met DSD 3 times. I didn't want her in my life, he was obviously besotted with her by this time so I agreed she could stay two days a week. Over the six months we were away I fell in love with this little girl. So we move back to the region decide to have DSD for the first week...6 MONTHS later she is still here, I love her as if she was my own and love her being with us, her mum has had her probably 7 days in 6 months. She always makes excuses not to. DP is always telling me he hates her but I also see things he texts her and he talks to her about the things he should tell me. And on top of all this she still doesn't know that we live together. It had been over a year and he has just told her that we are seeing each ether but said it has only been since May of this year. I do all the mum things for DSD but she gets to be called mum. And he still talks to her as if they are a couple.

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lunar1 · 02/12/2014 21:45

So she doesn't really know about you but has told you they only had sex once? He will be saying the same about you to his next ow soon enough.

latorgator · 02/12/2014 21:46

You are young, go live life a bit then find a man who treats you with respect. You might think it hard to get over him but you will get over him.

riverboat1 · 02/12/2014 21:47

Lets face it she found out her husband was fucking about while she was pregnant then he left her

If I have understood correctly this isn't the case. She thinks the OP andand her DP have only been together since Nay this year.

OK OP, what kind of advice are you hoping to get? The solution to how to get your DP to stop continuing to string along his ex?

When you say he talks to her like they are still a couple, what do you mean? What sorts of things does he tell her that you think he should tell you?

riverboat1 · 02/12/2014 21:47

May.

latorgator · 02/12/2014 21:48

And when I say live life I mean have fun, don't settle for this

FlossyMoo · 02/12/2014 21:50

I would imagine river that the wife guessed he was up to know good considering when he left her not saying she knew it was the OP but I would also imagine this man has form and it's not the first time in his marriage. He is a very good liar after all,

thelonelyone · 02/12/2014 21:50

He wasn't married to his ex. She made no secret of the fact that they only had sex the once in so long. It wasn't just me she was telling. She doesn't know about the affair.

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FlossyMoo · 02/12/2014 21:51

*no good!!

FlossyMoo · 02/12/2014 21:53

But if you are a secret OP how do you know? How did she tell you if she doesn't know you?

Have I missed a post somewhere Confused

FlossyMoo · 02/12/2014 21:56

Oh wait I think I have it.

You know both of them well hence why she told you they were not having sex.

So you are either a friend of both (but you say you are younger than him) a worker for their business or a family member?

thelonelyone · 02/12/2014 22:00

Riverboat1
I don't really know to be honest. I think it is just a case of me living in denial so was hoping for people to reassure me. But I know really that I was only going to hear what I know to be the truth. He is constantly texting her I can see these messages, he isn't secretive at all. I just feel put out that he talks to her it seems more than me

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lunar1 · 02/12/2014 22:00

How do you know her?

thelonelyone · 02/12/2014 22:05

Flossy moo
I was a good friend of them both, most of my friends are older. I couldn't handle the guilt so haven't actually seen her since not long after she announced her pregnacy

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thelonelyone · 02/12/2014 22:06

We all worked together when we first met

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AliceinWinterWonderland · 02/12/2014 22:09

I just feel put out that he talks to her it seems more than me

Bit of irony, there, eh? Hmm

riverboat1 · 02/12/2014 22:19

Do they still run a business together? Is that why he is still talking to her all the time? Or about his daughter?

ArsenicSoup · 02/12/2014 22:23

Aha.

lunar1 · 02/12/2014 22:30

I will never ever understand anyone who could do that to a friend. You need to stop complaining, all your misery is of your own making.

Maybe she is really struggling ad her husband ran off with her friend while she was pregnant. Her world probably fell out from under her, maybe that's why they are in lots of contact. Let's be honest though, what they say to each other is absolutely none of your business.

thelonelyone · 02/12/2014 22:30

Riverboat1
yes. They own a business together and work together everyday. She is seeing someone new. It is the second person since my DP, the first of whom she was seeing whilst we were having the apparent "affair". I know it doesn't make it better but he wasn't the only one being dishonest.

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thelonelyone · 02/12/2014 22:34

Ummm....ok lunar1 so if your DP is randomly texting his ex it is none of your business? Hmm

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WhyYouGottaBeSoRude · 02/12/2014 22:35

Reap what you sow

lunar1 · 02/12/2014 22:42

No I have a good relationship with dh's ex wife.

thelonelyone · 02/12/2014 22:46

I wasn't looking for sympathy with this post by any means and was totally expecting negative opinions. I am here to just tell somebody how I feel as the only one I have is DP and although he listens he just doesn't get it. I do feel as though our relationship is worth something and the odds were just stacked up against us. Other than the subject of his ex our relationship is great. I was hoping there would be someone with a similar experience.

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WhyYouGottaBeSoRude · 02/12/2014 22:51

The odds werent stacked against you!! It wasnt a case of love at first sight with a man who lives thousands of miles away or has a terminal illness! This didnt happen to you! You created it. The odds were yours to stack and you chose how to stack them.

FrauHelgaMissMarpleandaChuckle · 02/12/2014 22:52

You aren't star crossed lovers.

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