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jealousy maybe???

  • 27/11/2007 @ 21:14 constantine said:
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    I feel so crazy sometimes.  My boyfriend has a lot of female friends.  I have trust issues because of some things that have happened in our past.  There is a girl he used to work with that he still talks to.  He says they are just friends and nothing has ever happened.  She had to go by his work today so she brought him a slushy.  It really bothers me that she did that.  I feel like I am being a total lunatic about this.  I try to look at it from my relationships with people.  I wouldn't just bring one of my guy friends "a treat" to his work just because.  I feel like there is something more going on there but he always says no.  If I keep persisting I'm afraid he's going to get sick of it and break it off with me. 

    Any advice? 

  • 27/11/2007 @ 21:22 voltaires_son said:
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    You have to trust him until you know otherwise.

     

    It sucks, I know, but that's really all there is to do. Some people just have a weird way of being friends that doesn't always agree with others' views and/or how they'd act around their friends. Just my two cents. Keep your chin up.

  • 27/11/2007 @ 21:28 roze said:
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    `Hey Constantine what happened in the past? Must have been some serious stuff cos otherwise it sounds such an unthreatening situation.
  • 27/11/2007 @ 21:32 constantine said:
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    It's almost too much to write out.  He's deceived me a few times and just flat out lied to my face.  We broke up and then got back together later and things haven't been so much better since.  I just have a lot of problems trusting what he says about him "just being friends" with some girls.  It's so frustrating to me and he doesn't understand it.  I get so upset when I find something out that I just want to leave and never come back.  I know I wouldn't be happy though. 
  • 27/11/2007 @ 21:34 Muse said:
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    Hi constantine, I was very interested to hear what 's on your mind... I would just say - confidence is everything.  why should you doubt him?  Know your own mind - buying someone a slushy does not an affair make? 
  • 27/11/2007 @ 21:36 constantine said:
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    See, I know.  It sounds so stupid.  It's a freakin' slushy, who cares right?  I guess maybe it wouldn't bother me if he wouldn't have lied to me in the past about stupid things.
  • 27/11/2007 @ 21:37 Wolfie said:
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    Sorry, I missed your post.  What do you think?  Truthfully? 
  • 27/11/2007 @ 21:43 constantine said:
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    I honestly think there was something there between them.  I think there were feelings at the very least on her side.  I read some emails they sent back and forth one time.  She called me by a nickname that only he used.  Then she made light of the fact that I was moving in with him and we would be having a baby and getting married soon. 

    I don't think anything physical has ever happened and I don't think he has feelings for her now.  I don't know.  There's just so much crap that has happened it puts so much doubt in me. 

  • 27/11/2007 @ 21:46 voltaires_son said:
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    Call him out on the emails. He's going to be pissed about it, but it's going to give you the opportunity to point out what hurts you/worries you most (ie- making light of the situation, the nickname).

     

    Of course, there's a downside to doing so and that's that he's going to get pissed enough to leave and not work through it.

  • 27/11/2007 @ 21:49 constantine said:
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    I talked to him about the emails when I found them.  It was about 8 months ago.  He didn't see why it was a big deal she used the nickname and said that he was sorry she made light of the situation.
  • 27/11/2007 @ 21:50 Wolfie said:
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    Hi Constantine.  pregnancy can make you feel more vulnerable than you would otherwise be.  I think in your heart of hearts, you know.  As you said yourself:

    "I don't think anything physical has ever happened and I don't think he has feelings for her now. "

    Let it lie and get on with your life together.  Show him that you love him and don't doubt that he loves you back without rock solid proof - and of course always keep your head held high.... 

  • 27/11/2007 @ 21:50 voltaires_son said:
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    He sounds like a right bastard.
  • 27/11/2007 @ 21:52 constantine said:
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    BigWhiteWolf: Thank you for your advice and support.  I really do appreciate it.

    I'm actually not pregnant, she was making fun of him saying I would be pregnant soon and he would have to marry me.  I could have wrote that more elequently originally.   

  • 27/11/2007 @ 21:54 Wolfie said:
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    My husband read my emails once.  i was so furious, he won't be doing that again.  Relationships take a huge amount of trust and anything you do to destroy that trust weakens the relationship.  Don't make an issue where there is none....
  • 27/11/2007 @ 21:57 voltaires_son said:
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    That's probably the most solid advice there is.
  • 27/11/2007 @ 21:58 constantine said:
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    Thank you all for your input.  I'll try not to be so crazy.  :)
  • 27/11/2007 @ 22:02 roze said:
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    you are not crazy - just afraid of losing what you love- and that constantine - is what keeps us all awake at night
  • 27/11/2007 @ 22:03 Wolfie said:
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    Never underestimate the attraction to a man of a confident woman.... good luck.... 

  • 28/11/2007 @ 01:31 el mariachi said:
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    I know that this doesnt really help but I dont think its possible to just say, its only a slurpie.  The truth is that he has done something to you that has hurt you in a manner that you find it hard if not impossible to trust him.  As hard as it might be to say but I think you need to weigh up a few things, like is this relationship right for me.  I mean if you are constantly hurting over it, that isnt healthy and it isnt good for you.  I know breaking up is hard and frustrating and you loose sleep, you dont want to eat, you feel down, heck im going through it myself but I dont think I could continue a relationship with someone who I had a probelm trusting, in time wounds heal but if you dont fix them they just get worse.
  • 28/11/2007 @ 07:51 Swon said:
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    Jealousy is one of the most destructive emotions we posses, whether justified or not. My wife of 30 years got very jealous when I got back in touch with a girl I'd first met when we were both 13 - as it turned out she was right to be concerned but that's another story and I've posted about it elsewhere on here if anyone wants to find it.   However I would ask all of you these questions.   1. Do you tell you wife, husband, lover or partner that you are discussing the most intimate details of your relationship with total strangers?   2. Assuming that the answer to question one was no, do you feel guilty that you are doing so? and finally, 3. Do you feel these cyber-relationships which we create, could themselves be cause for jealousy?  My answers would be;  No, Yes and Yes
  • 28/11/2007 @ 08:26 Anonymous said:
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    I'd have to agree with s1dg5y here - I'm always intrigued when people say their husband or wife is too close for comfort to a work colleague, how do you know?? There has to be reason why your partner feels the need to mention such irrelevant details as 'friend X dropped a slurpie by the office', why say that if there's anything untoward going on? Or is it his way of saying (even unconsciously) 'someone appears to find me attractive' to remind you what you have? 
  • 28/11/2007 @ 13:12 constantine said:
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    Thank you all for your posts.  I did talk to him about it last night and I feel a whole lot better. 

    DubDubDub: I think the one thing I really don't understand is that he told me this for really no reason.  It's not that I want him to keep things from me but why tell me something when you know I'm going to be bothered by it.  I asked him that and he didn't seem to have a real answer for me. 

  • 28/11/2007 @ 13:36 zorro said:
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    Hey constantine, if its any consolation, I think I know how yoou feel. My boyfriend (my username is ambiguous, i am a girl) is a performer and he plays a lot of gigs away from home and I know from the gigs I have been to that there are groupies who go to stupid lengths to get his attention... or, if i havn't been there, he usually tells me about them when he gets home!! I used to have the same feeling 'why are you telling me this???' but I actually now think this is his way of saying 'hey, this happened, it was a bit weird, so i am telling you about it so we have nothing inbetween us"!!! Remember also, he probably wont be analysing this birds behaviour as much as you...

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