larseny316 said:
Alright, my turn to ask for advice (god help me). Been seeing this girl for about 6 months (I"m 29, shes 21, so the age difference doesn"t help). She recently moved in with me and my other roommates, not as an official "we are moving in together: but more of a "she had no place to go." For me, 6 months is a long time, I"m not a manwhore, just like many people on here I"m fairly antisocial. I"ve never actually lived with whomever I was dating ever. Great girl, and I can honestly say up until 2 weeks ago I had never been happier.
Last week I caught her in a lie (we had been bickering about petty shit for a week before this), she told me she was out with one of her female friends, but it turns out she was out with a guy she flirts with at work, and another coworker and would later be meeting up with more coworkers (including the original girlfriend) She said it was nothing to be concerned with, and if she had told me the truth it wouldn"t have been a big deal. I trust her. However I was pissed, and for that afternoon I didn"t trust her at all.
When she got home, I sat down across from her and said it was over (keep in mind I thought her being caught in a little lie was part of a big lie). She got down on the ground and cried, and I repeated it was over and left the room. Not even a minute later I came back in and apologized and said we could work through it. She calmed down, we went to bed, had sex, and while I knew we would have a tough time, we could work through it.
Fast forward a week, and she"s gone out with her coworkers every night of the week, and I"ve barely seen her. I"ve done everything I can think of to show her what she means to me during this past week. I called her out on it tonight, not because I thought she was cheating, but because we need to be working on our relationship together. She and I get in a big discussion/fight, and she tells me that when I walked out of that room I broke her heart and she can"t love me anymore. She"s afraid if we stay together, down the road if we hit another rough patch and I"ll leave her again. Keep in mind when I left her, I didnt go far, just down the hall and back. She"s been going out every night both to avoid having to admit that too me, and I suspect as a subconscious sandbag of our relationship. So FoH any suggestions on what should be done? Just give her space (keep in mind she lives with me and it will take about a month for her to find a new place), kick her ass out, try to win her back?
I"m inclined to just go about my day to day, and pretend like I"m not all fucked up inside. Not try to make her jealous, but just make sure she sees me at my best when we pass each other in the mornings and at night. Sucking up to her (flowers, dinner etc) did fuck all for me last week, so I know thats out. We both have said that if you ignore the last week we"ve never been happier.
Note: Just to head off the replies - I know she"s not cheating on me with the coworker because they aren"t that stupid. My best friend and my original roommate is ALL of their boss, and he keeps an eye out at work and listens. So when I ask him what the scutttlebutt is at work, and he heard the entire group of them talk about BAR XXXXX, and she told me she went to BAR XXXXX, that all jives. We"re talking about 8 21 year olds, they just like going out, and I doubt they could all organize their stories/casual conversation for 60 hours a week at work just to deceive me.
Give the girl an inch she"ll take a mile. You did the right thing by setting your foot down on the lie, perhaps sayign we"re over was a bit rash but you have your reasons. If you let her get away with that "little lie" which obviously lead to her hanging out with a guy she has interest in, then you"re giving her that "mile" to continue to lie and possibly cheat on you with said guy.. have to stop it early or you"re going to be a doormat.
I"m pretty baffled here though, she started crying on the ground for your forgiveness, you walked off, came back had a heart to heart with her then had makeup sex. Now you"re thinking she"s grateful and learned her lesson, but now shes going out every fucking night without you? I take it back, you werent overboard saying you were over, you have some kind of foresight about this girl that we dont, and you were spot on. She"s walking on your forgiveness and doesnt appreciate it seems.
What girl in their right mind would tell you that "i cant love you anymore after you walked 5 feet away." THATS BULLSHIT WOW! I wish I could smack her for you, fucking rediculous!!!!!! (sorry it makes me rage at how childish that is)
First off, you caught her in a lie, forgave her and now she"s taking it out on you by continuing to mooch off your living situation, while walking all over you by going out every night then "punishing" you by saying she cant love you anymore, but even though she cant love you anymore she still "can" stay with you in your living situation and let you think you"re working things out?
I think you should kick that bitch out, she"s unappreciative, you might have been overboard in the beginning but now she"s taking that "mile" and running with it. Kick her out, I mean fuck, cant love you anymore? THEN WHY DOESNT SHE BREAK UP WITH YOU AND MOVE OUT? Seems like common sense to me (yes i have common sense haha). Don"t blame yourself, why do you want to win her back? She"s obviously moved on before the whole lie was caught, no one changes that fast.
I also wouldnt be so reassuring that they wouldnt cheat because so and so is their boss and you"re best buds with the boss etc.. when theres a WILL theres a WAY. Believe me, and I"m sure everyone whos ever posted in this thread about their ex"s, when you want something to happen you will go out of your way to make it happen. She"s obviously paving the road for cheating, little lie here then cant love you anymore added with never home at nights while continuing to live with you.
She"s stupid but doesnt think you have the balls to kick her out. Why else would she tell the guy who let her move in with her, that she cant love him anymore without fear of ending her living situation? To add, shes going out everynight without you. I know I"m repeating myself but wow this chick has some BAWLS.
She needs a reality check, god does she. I mean I dont know her, I dont know the complete situation but I know what I need to:
- Chick needs place to live, moves in with you (free of rent or maybe not idk)
- Chick lies to hang out with flirtatious guy (if she lied then she knew something was wrong with it, people dont lie over things they think are fine - keep that in mind.)
- Chick cries for forgiveness
- Chick tells newly whipped boyfriend that she cant love him anymore but continues to live in his apartment while going out to probably see said flirtatious boy
- Guy wants to win her back, while thinking she wont cheat cause of boss being his best friend.
I think I"ve outlined it enough, you need to kick her unappreciative ass out and give her reality check and move on. Your relationship is gone, shes taking advantage of your hospitality and you want to know how to win her back. Do you really want to continue to date a chick that acts like this? no. Do you think catching her in a "little" lie is the sign that your relationship is going to new heights and greater happiness? no. Do you think this girl will make you happy anymore? no. Just have to think of the basics.. why would you want to continue to date a girl whos doing this to you, sure you want to win her back, and let"s say you do win her back, then what do you have to gain? you"ve just gained a girl that not only lied to you, but still continued to go out after said lie and use you for living situation while telling you she cant love you anymore over a 5 feet walk away.. WTF no theres better/more appreciative girls out there that will atleast have common sense not to shit where you eat
"nuff said, with that, sorry to hear about your unfortunate situation and i hope things improve.
edit - funny reading ravvenn"s reply and mine, talk about different ends of the spectrum.
I don"t know why everyone is saying he fucked up (yeah ok he went a little too far by saying we"re done but some people have their feeligns/reasons, you dont just throw that around for fun) but the main thing I see here is she lied to him, she obviously knew what she was doing was wrong or she wouldnt have lied, now she"s continuing to live with him but say she cant love him anymore? okay fine maybe she was heartbroken and hurt, but lets not forget here that she was the one caught in a lie about going out with a guy that she flirts with.. if you cant take the punishment dont do the crime..
feel like i"m in the guilty conscience song of eminem..