Ok, constructive comments only please - certain level of maturity required :) this is long.
In short, been having problems with my live-in B/F of 4.5 yrs. I want to preface this with the fact that outside this issue all else is peachy and we match really well/have a great time/always together/similar minded/connected, etc.
About a year ago, I found out that since we were together, he'd spend some time on myspace (hi5, friendster, name it) and had like 133 friends/chicks on it (mostly 18-20 yr olds); which all of them he claimed he never met. Of course, no mention of me or being in a LTR in his profiles.
Later I found out he asked at least one girl for lunch (she didn't jump though), and brought at least two home on different occasions (my b/f took like 200 of naked (not the artistic kind either) pics of them, but yet says he didn't hook up with either one. There was also a few of weird emails like replying to Craisglsit NSA type personals, etc, over a course of 4 years (he used to work from home before so if anything went on before 7pm, I wouldn't know).
This totally bugged me and we fought over it (i.e, I'd cry and he'd get ticked off and say "it's nothing", etc).
Tired of such crap, I left for a short vacation (alone), to clear my head, have some fun, nothing more. And that I did; met a bunch of people including some guy I kept in touch via phone/email for about 2 weeks after my trip. Nothing happened, just some flirty conversations (which was wrong on my part, but I am vindictive). I know I was wrong to even go that far.
My B/F was furious though (apparently, what was OK for him to do, was not for me) when he saw the emails, we had a falling out; made up, I stopped communication with this dude, etc.
Shortly after though, I emailed spoke with this 18 yr old chick he went after on myspace, and brought home for the so-called "photoshoot" (the last one happened 3 months ago) while I was away. She said he tried to "do"
her after a lap dance she gave, and they had a fight over that, the end.
I confront him - no drama, mind you - I'm too shocked to even cry, just calmly tell him I want out of this sh*t ASAP. He swears and begs and cries for a few hrs and makes me stay. Obviously, all his profiles come down and he promises not to ever pull any remotely similar stunts. Conveniently, at that time - he buys me the ring and we're consumed with it for a while. (He never wanted to hear about marriage or this type of stuff before). The ring goes back (we saw a better style) and he decided to postpone the purchase, which is fine with me. He is starting a new business and our *next step* is just not a priority (nor do I think it will ever be, in fairness partly due to stuff beyond his control).
Yet, somehow we work things out (or so it seemed), and we did have a great month together.
I thought I put this sh*t behind us, or rather tried to tell myself I did. Obviously not. I can't seem to get past it. Am I crazy for even trying?? Is it even possible considering our history? Yet again, there has been so many great times... I don't want to bring this up again to my b/f as he'd just probably get mad.
All that from a guy who says he loves me, and I do believe that, as he treats me so well and even lets me drive his car :) I do love him also (seriously). I'm not a prude, I can understand attraction and flirting (which he also has no problem doing in front of me), but maybe this is a bit much.
He is a good father (the man is 40, I'm 31) to his 2 teen live-away kids from prior marriage, a hard worker and a very responsible, smart, educated, articulate, charming guy. Everybody loves him, including my parents. So it's not like I ask for advice from people I know.
Here is my question; obviously he lied before, but is there any chance he may be telling the truth when he says he won't cheat/do any weird crap to jeopardize our relationship? He says it's "different now", since there was a talk of ring and possibly marriage in remote future.
I'm some whiny nagging type, btw (nor I am into babies and minivans and white fences), I like sports, I'm in awesome shape, typical attractive eastern euro girl, make my own money, can cook, no real baggage/kids/crazy family. So it ticks me off that I was treated this way (albeit behind my back). This is the first guy I genuinely cared for.
This type behavior, does that mean my b/f never wanted anything serious - since he was always willing to risk our relationship... like continuing with his sh*t after getting caught first time/lying? Thus, he'll be likely to do it again? Frankly, I'm tired of "what ifs" swirling in my head for the past few years.
He still claims he never physically cheated on me and all this bizarre crap was *to boost his ego*, *curiosity*, whatever. Is this the type of stuff to expect in any LTR? In such case, I may never want one. I am an extremely loyal person and expect nothing but the same in return.
There are good days and bad days, and I hide bad days from my B/F (or I try my best). Silly stuff triggers the worst memories lately. He is really busy with work now and I don't want to bother him with my whining again.
I did realize I need to make a decision (once and for all), when my friend was showing me some furniture website on her Myspace page (I don't have one) and I almost bit through my lip just so to fight tears back. I want to fix it but don't know how.
2006-06-19
07:25:15
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