So, I'm not sure there is a question or an answer here, but I'd like to get some objective perspective. Hopefully that'll give me the closure to move on and not make the same mistakes or run into the same problems.
My friend NG introduced us during our first yr law school. I was still reeling from a tough divorce with a 4yr old child, so I was closed off to anyone at that point, much less a guy 8 yrs younger than me. He hung around like a sweet happy puppy, and was so persistent I couldn't help noticing all of his great qualities and it took him 6 months to convince me (he said) to sleep with him. It was quick and awkward, but I had come to care for him a lot and didn't want to mess up that friendship I was starting to rely on.
A couple of months later, I stopped resisting. Law school being a den of gossips I wanted to keep us secret until I could figure out all the confusing emotions. For a while we had fun with this secret affair until he declared his love for me and I felt the same, but we talked and I think I convinced him it wouldn't likely work (stupid me).
We made an arrangement to see each other until one of us dated, but promised to always be in each others lives no matter what happened, and if when we were old and unmarried, we could marry then. I didn't want to see him waste his youth on me as I'd done on my ex. ONLY two rules had to be followed. (1) NEVER have sex with me if he's dating and having sex with another woman. I don't share well (Aries, ). (2) He must tell me the instant he meets a woman he wants to date, when its getting serious (he wants sex) and the whole truth even if it might hurt.
He invited me to hang out with his friends and family and I met his mother, reluctantly bc I had an idea what that might mean, but soon he stopped asking me out and we only spent time around my friends, pretending to be friends in public and lovers in private. We went on this way for a couple of years. He flew through a couple of girls, but always came back asking why I wouldn't be his girlfriend, getting angrier and angrier each time. I didn't know why not anymore. I grew so deeply in love with him that I found it harder and hader to push him away. I had him over to every family event (I had only ever introduced my ex husband to my family before - not even friends). I even had him come on my family vacation with us to the UK. My family loved him too and I felt safer slowly as he became a part of my family so that I kept getting badgered
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My family loved him too and I felt safer slowly as he became a part of my family so that I kept getting badgered about not marrying him already.
Back from the trip I wanted to ask him to stop dating other women, but I was scared. The following weekends we spent together, including my son and it was great like a little family. My 9yr son even called him to hang out together on their own at a movie (son had never done that before, even to my own brother). Wow I was smitten! Then I found out I was pregnant and we had talked about it before. He says he's catholic and doesn't believe in abortion. I don't want an abortion, but he's given me so much hot and cold and emotional withdrawal that I don't know what to do. I keep trying to get him to talk to me and maybe help me with my fears so I would feel comfortable with the idea, but he only repeats he'll do the right thing and we'll keep it and we'll figure it out, but it's my body, my decision. Augh.. Our affair was secret so I couldn't talk to anyone and he though there physically for the next three weeks was completely silent most of the time.
I decided I'd rather deal with the pain of abortion than to marry a man who might not love me as more than his baby's mama (confused and hormonal). It was horrible and he was mean to me when I was going through it. We had our first real angry hurtful argument then, but we seemed to talk someof it out and we were lovingly together for another couple of months up until about 5 weeks ago.
NG introduced him to another friend of hers. My age with a 14yr old daughter, attorney and hispanic like him (i stopped halfway through school bc of ex and child issues). We got into a horrible fight two days after they met bc I still hadn't declared my status to my family at my son's bday party and I didn't even know he still felt that way. He apologized, but I ignored him for 3 days. then drama ensued at my house and he came by later that night to console me but he was so distant and he said he really liked the girl. I said this is weird, it feels like we're breaking up, he shrugged.
A week later he was supposed to go camping with us, but backed out, so I stopped by for a drink after his work before we left and we went back to his place. We flirted a bit on that following weekend and I'd noticed he'd stopped texting me every morning. We grabbed drinks and began to talk. I was devastated when he talked about wanting to try and make it work with her. I pretended to be ok with it,
I pretended to be ok with it, but I wanted to run away and cry. He apparently was supposed to see her that night and was late, only it turned out he'd been spending nights at her house and hadn't told her he was grabbing a drink with me to talk platonically at that point. He'd somehow lied to her about where he was and didn't respond to me the whole wknd even thou he was supposed to come with me to my brother's baby shower/ my entire family summer get together. Everyone kept asking me where he was (they treated us like we were already married, including his and my mutual friends who were there). I was in shock and had told him I needed him there bc I was still hurting about us not keeping it (I regretted it badly) since my bro's baby and mine had due dates about 1.5 wk apart.
I'd needed to get books for a class and had told him I'd need them by this wknd svrl wks in a row. I was on my way home, had to pass by his house and texted him I was stopping by there to get my stuff. He chose her (after 2.5 wks?!) and I didnt want to be just his friend anymore. Mad and hurt I demanded he tell his mother to let me get his stuff from his upstairs apt (I helped decorate) or I would (reasurring him I'd never do or say anything to let her know there was something wrong). He said he was still at her place, but called as asked. I like her, we'd had a number of conversations. His dad had met my family at the airport. He'd talked about having them over to our house for dinner one day. I would never have said anything to her anyway. She let me up and told me to lock up behind me and stop by before I left. My son had left toys and we kept forgetting to pick them up. I got all of my stuff (none of the gifts I'd left him over the yrs).
I sobbed the hour ride home as if someone had died. He was my best friend and constant companion for the last 4+ yrs. He didn't call as promised when he got home but left a vmail the next night which I was afraid to return, knowing he was going to rejct me. I wrote him a letter saying I loved him to much to be his friend anymore and that I really hoped she made him happy (meh- i also said some admonishing things about not lying to people in the future and to communicate better so she'd trust better) and left it in his mailbox a couple of days later (I didn't say it quite right after I reread what I wrote). No response by Friday, I finally broke down and told my parents everything. Dad told me to demand he tell me we were through face to fac
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i kinda just want to stop texting her cold turkey and see what she thinks if i do that... maybe she'll wonder about me or maybe not... maybe that other guy will occupy her or maybe not... i want to leave her alone and see if she misses me but at the same time... i feel if i do that, it;ll just give her time and she'll cling on to the next guy and not worry about me anymore.. idk what to do
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Can I still point out that you were snooping when you went through his history? Then looked up the websites? Went through the trouble of looking at his twitter? And finding out he is actually spending his money on porn? (P.s. Are you sure he is spending money on it? Most porn is free.)
You found something you didn't like. Confront him with it and talk about it.
Before you found out, did you ever feel like he might cheat on you? Would you trust him if you didn't know?
Trying to explain why you like a certain kind of porn is hard enough but it usually leads to some funny stories.