is boyfriend cheating what do u think?
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| Fri, 12-23-2005 - 7:00am |
Hi, for the last couple days this has really really been bothering me. See I have been with my boyfriend for almost a year. It has been a rocky one and we did fight and break up often but I do love him and we managed to stay together this far. When I first met him and started dating him he had this girl that was constantly texting, calling, leaving messages, etc...He never hid it from me and always told me when she was doing it and let me listen to the messages. He said he was telling me because he did not want to hide it from me and that he told her many times that he had a girlfriend and did want to see her anymore. He had told me he dated her in high school they broke up and then they messed around off and on since then inbetween me and his past girlfriend that he had. She supposedly had a boyfriend up until recently (about a couple days ago) for the last couple years. When we started dating I did not really think to much into it because we were dating not an item yet and when we became serious the phone calls and texts began to stop(from what I saw and from what he was telling me could be wrong though.)
Ok here is my problem. On Sunday we broke up. We had got into a pettite fight and he broke up with me. I did not call him until the next day in the morning. We made up I and he told me he went to a basketball game on Sunday nite (when we broke up) and that girl was there. He told everyone their that we broke up. He said she was there with her boyfriend and told her to stop texting his phone. I guess the boyfriend was angry and broke up with her (or for something not sure what just assuming). (My first thought was I had already thought she had stoped doing that monthes ago what his he talking about.) On monday afternoon she texted him a picture of herself in a thong bent over on the bed (could be in a porn magazine). He showed me and I got angry and told him that to tell her to stop it. He supposedly text her back to stop it she called him 3 times and text 4 after that telling him she wants to see him and and she has the orginals if he wants it. I told him that I really am not going to put up with her acting like this and for him to fix it. I left it alone up until yesterday. We spent the whole week together (I had off so did he). In that time she has texted and called him a thousand times saying that she wants to be with him, why is he not picking up the phone, come see her and to ditch me, she has a present for him, etc..(everytime she called he played the voice mail on speaker so I I could hear that he was not answering her.) Well yesterday she called like a million times again. starting at 7:30 in the morning. I had a hair appointment at 2:30 and she called before I told him listen this is getting out of hand and is really beginning to bother me and to tell her to stop. When she was calling I told him to answer to phone. He said no "why so you and her get into a screaming match if I ignore her she will go away". I left and came back. He told me while I was gone she called again left a message and he called her back. He told her that I was getting mad and to stop and he said she said so and that she wanted to she him and she loves him. I asked him why did he wait to talk to her until I left and why could he tell her that while I was there he said because you guys will end up screaming at each other or something like that. I let it go again. She called again like 3 times until 6:30 when I left again to go to the mall. He played her voicemails which said "to make his nite free from his girlfriend and to come see her and to please call her she wants to see him tonite." I left to finish christmas shopping up. I forgot to mention she calls from a private blocked number everytime. I am getting pissed and I wanted to see if he was telling me the truth about not answering her calls. I blocked my number and called him and he answered. I hung up I was so pissed because he said that he does not answer her calls. I got home he was there. She texted and called him again like 4 or 5 times before I went to bed. I wanted to mention that we have been fightening somewhat lately because I told him a while back I wanted to move into toghether. My sister lives with me right know so he moved out of his place lives inbetween his sister and brothers and I have aksed my sister if she would move out it was only suppose to be temperary until she got on her feet. She does not want to move ibn with my mom and dad again and she has been causing a lot of problems with him and I with my parents. (it is a whole other story.) Well to get back to what I was writing about earlier he told me when I got back that he is tired of this situation with living inbetween brother and sister it has been since end of sept. He loves me he started crying but he cant do it anymore too stressfully. I said that I tried to talk to my sister and besides taking her stuff and moving it out she does not want to go and I cant just throw her out like that. We have been kinda fightening off and on since sept about this. I told him that the only thing on my mind right know is that girl and I want it to stop. I said does he want to break up so that he can go see her. He said it is not over that stupid girl and he cant believe I think that. I told him that I was very angry about it and I want to stop it is driving me crazy know. He starts again with the I cant be with u in this situation it is not u he wants to live together and stuff and it has been since sept and he can not do this anymore. I said that I loved him and did not want to break up and that I would talk to my sister again. He said that it would not be right know to talk to her because of the holdiay and that he was fine but looked miserable. What do I do is he seeing her or am I crazy. I am not an insecure person but the calling a thousand times a day is driving me crazy. He did not tell her infront of me so I do not know what he is really saying to her cause he does not pick up the phone when I am there. What is all this about what do I do do u think he is cheating? He is with me every nite but I dont know what he is doing and saying to her when I am at work or out doing something. He has never givin me a reason to doubt him until know when he answered that phone when I called private. (by the way I asked him if she called while I was gone he said yeah but he did not answer so I am kinda doubting him.) What do I do?

Wow, first of all, I am sorry that you are in this predicament. I consider myself to be a little crazy sometimes, but I would never call as much as she calls unless it was a dire emergency! ESPECIALLY not to someone who is not my boyfriend or family.
Anyway, back to your question. I don't think he's cheating, especially if he's with your every night. The fact that he allows you to listen to the voicemails and texts, and you can obviously deduce from her complaints that he has NOT been to see her, doesn't make me suspect that he's cheating. However, he could very well be hiding the fact that he may talk to this girl on occasion, and chooses not to tell you because he's scared of how you'll react.
I've been in a similiar situation like this, with a girl that my boyfriend dated briefly while we were broken up. She would call his phone repeatedly until sometimes, he had to answer it just to tell her to stop calling. She would send him several text messages a day and beg him to come over and see her. I was just as annoyed and fed up with her as you are with this girl- UNTIL, I realized that I am not going to let some stupid girl dictate how I spend my time. I'm not going to spend my precious life over some psycho who can't relax and take a hint. And you shouldn't either- all this time you're worrying about her, you could be building a better and stronger relationship with your beau. Show him that you are secure enough with yourself that you don't need to worry about this girl...
I **promise** you that the texts and calls will dwindle until they become few and far between. It took about 5 months for my boyfriend's "friend" to get the hint and trust me, there were many times that I wanted to throw his phone out of the window or answer the phone myself to tell her to stay away. Instead, I ended up looking the best because I brushed my shoulders of her, stopped thinking about her so much and showed my boyfriend that I didn't care about her(of course, you WILL continue to care but as long as you keep it to yourself most of the time).
Just relax, take a deep breath. Tell your boyfriend that you want to have one final discussion on this topic and then you're not going to bring it up again- tell him everything you feel, leaving nothing out, and be brutally honest about what you want and need to make your relatonship solid and healthy. You're going to be fine- in the meantime, just be cautious and open to things. He hasn't done anything to warrant suspicion but that doesnt mean that he might not be being completely open with you. Just be careful but don't overract. Best of luck to you ;)