Strands#265 Did You Hear That?
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i looked through my blokes phone the other day (wrong of me i know but i only did it as i had suspicions), in it i found messages from that morning saying i am still in love with you from him to a woman he was seeing just before we got together... now this woman is married with children!!! i went mad at him (understandably i think) and told him it was over. i later calmed down and gave him the chance to explain. he said he only told her that as she was finding it hard coming to terms that me and him were happy together and just bought a place etc and he didnt want to see her hurt... i was very hurt and angry and he also cried and said he couldnt face losing me so i have given him another chance on the condition he never contacts this woman again.
what would you lot have done??
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The escuses he gave you sounds like total codswallop to most of here I imagine, most men wouls be incapable of ealking if we'd heard that! Mind you, we can all keep saying that to you till we're blue in face but I bet it won't make a difference to how you feel or how you respond huh?
All you can do I guess is wait and see how it pans out with him.
Good luck
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Sounds like hes messed up big time. Get rid if hes said hes in love with her, regardless of if it was to make her feel better or not.
There a difference between loving someone and being in love with them. I love my ex husband (not in a relationship way) and i have openly told my partner that, and he understands that it doesnt mean that our own relationship is in any danger at all. Just make sure you have your facts straight before you dump him.
I'd have broken up with him. There is no excuse good enough for texting that to an ex whilst you are with someone. Its a lame excuse and I wouldn't have believed it. You will NEVER know if he is still contacting this woman. Trust me. And now you have only shown him that you are willing to go through his mobile so he will be even more careful.
My auntie was seeing a guy who was with someone and once he got found out and told his gf that he wanted to try again with her, she made him swear he would never contact my auntie again. He still texts my auntie 2yrs later and confides in her about all sorts and even text her to let her know when him and his gf's baby was born! My auntie is over him and with someone else but this guy still texts her and he initiates it all aswell.
lots a men do this - i used to when i was young, keep the ex sweet and thus always have a back up plan just in case, a sort of girlfriend in case of emergencies... its mean and selfish and a horrible thing to do to a girl that is trying to get over the break up of a relationship and the new girl but a typical not wanting anyone else but him to be happy reaction that some men seem to get. Its not really not a very good sign, to me it looks like he is lying to you about his excuse (its the weakest i have ever heard) and probably either trying to cheat on you or actually cheating on you. what he is doing is not fair to either of you (you and the other women) and i think my advice would be the same to both of you forget about him and move on - but remember if you break up in a few weeks or months you will be getting the texts and phone calls telling you he loves you and wants to try again whilst he is prob shacked up with with some other poor girl
Oh god this must be so awful for you, but I must say that if I were in your situation, I'd have walked away.
Your boyfriend has told someone else that he's still IN love with them (not even just that he loves them, like you might love a mate) - that is such a big thing to do and I'm sorry but it doesn't sound like the kind of thing that anyone with an ounce of sense would say to just make someone feel better. If he genuinely wanted to make her feel better about herself, he'd probably have gone along the lines of "you're a lovely person and you'll meet the right man one day etc". Because saying you're 'IN love' provokes a reaction from the other person. So the way I see it, he's either genuinely in love with her, or he wants to provoke her to saying that she loves him (perhaps to make him feel self important) - either way, it's bad for you.
He may be quite confused; he probably loves you (you don't buy a house with someone if you don't think a lot of them) so his tears could have been genuine about ending up in this situation. But he told someone else that he is IN LOVE with them too and I personally, couldn't bear to not be my boyfriends 'one and only'.
But this is you, not me. Maybe I'm oversensitive and over analysing and you know your boyfriend better than me - maybe he is just incredibly incredibly stupid. You said you've just bought a house so I'm guessing you might have a mortgage together; that's a big thing and there are lots of complications that could come up if you were to split but they are all overcome-able and it shouldn't be what keeps you together.
You talk about it quite matter of factly but the fact that you're asking for AB'ers advise makes me think you're still not (understandibly) sure about what on earth has happened. I think you need to talk to him and find out exactly what is going on in his head.