boyfriend doing drugs & cheating with ex girfriend Posted: 06-01-07 17:01pm
My boyfriend and I have been dating for
almost 5 months now. i'm 22 and he is 24.
We started off having a pretty great
relationship but eventually trust became a
major concern in it.
First off a little background info.
When we first started dating i knew he
dabbled in a little drug use but didn't
find out how much until about a month in.
He was a regular user of cocaine and
ketamine. I told him that it bothered me
to be around him when he was under the
influence of drugs and asked him not to do
them around me and he agreed.
At first he seemed to be clean whenever I
saw him, but then it turned into him
hiding the fact he was doing drugs by
going into another room, doing a line,
then returning like nothing had happened.
But of course my gut told me otherwise and
he eventually fessed up.
I proceeded to tell him that since
obviously I was getting more and more
upset with the drug use that we couldn't
continue the relationship unless he quit
completely.
He relented and told me he would choose me
over the drugs.
He slipped up once and did a bump of
ketamine while we were out with some
friends one evening and I lost it.
I broke down crying telling him how much
he hurt me and how I couldn't continue
because the trust was now gone. He told me
it wouldn't happen again and we ended up
staying together.
Since then he has been clean and much
happier as have I.
But then the calls started.
His ex girlfriend whom he had dated 3
years prior to us dating would be calling
him at 2,3,4 in the morning. We would both
be sleeping but I would wake up whenever
these calls would come in and noticed the
display saying her name.
I was extremely upset by this and told him
so. He stated I was over reacting and that
he was not cheating on me.
I know he;s not cheating but his ex
calling him at ludacris times isn't
acceptable. He told me if I didn't like it
to call her and tell her. Since then the
calls have stopped and I didn't have to
resort to calling her which I'm glad.
(a side note.. two of my previous
long-term relationships ended with me
being cheated on. Both of my partners
cheated on me with their ex girlfriends)
Then today he finished work early and when
he arrived at my place I asked him how his
day went etc. He went to get a shower and
while in the shower I got the sudden urge
to look at his phone. I know that was
wrong of me and I shouldn't have done it.
But in his messages it showed he'd been
texting someone who was just listed as "M"
I copied the number into my phone and
called it hiding my number. A woman
answered and immediately I hung up and
started crying.
When he came out of the shower I
confronted him asking him who "M" was and
why he didn't mention anything about her.
He said I shouldn't have been snooping etc
and told me it was an old friend and
sister of one of his friends who called
him up while he was at work so he met her
for lunch.
I told him he should have told me about
this and asked why he didnt tell me. He
said "I wasn't sure if your reaction would
be worse than it is now"
Of course it wouldn't be. The fact he was
withholding information about seeing some
girl I don't know while on his lunch,
rather than seeing me isn't acceptable.
When I asked him about his day he should
have mentioned it then, should he not?
We're both at our breaking point now.
He know's I don't trust him.. but I cant
immediately trust him again with how much
he's lied to me in the past... trust has
to be earned. He even said "I don't know
if I want this anymore"
I love him to death and I want to make
this work more than anything. I need help,
opinions, advice.. anything. I know me
snooping wasn't right.. but was my
reaction uncalled for?
Should I have reacted differently?
How can I learn to trust him again?
Please please help... I don't know what to
do and I have no one else to turn to for
advice since I moved last year and have no
close friends here yet.
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Llewellyn
Extremely EHEALTHy
Joined: 21 Jan 2007 Posts: 1743 Location: NY
Posted: 06-01-07 17:30pm
While you technically should not snoop, I
can't entirely blame you for doing so. I
mean, the man really does lie and hide
things from you. It's not a sign of a
good relationship when one person is
lying, and the other feels the need to
snoop because they know something is being
hidden from them. I only had one
relationship where I was in that situation
(he was lying, I knew it, and started
snooping), and it was actually an
extremely abusive relationship.
Honestly, five months is a very short
relationship, and that is a heck of a lot
of garbage to go on in not even five
shorts months. It sounds like this
relationship was never a strong one.
I would probably get out of the
relationship if I were you. You can't
trust each other, neither of you are sure
about the relationship, neither of you are
very happy, and it does not sound like
something that is going to resolve itself
any time soon. You can't just "learn to
trust him again" when he has lied to you
ever since he met you. Maybe I am wrong,
but it sounds like this relationship is,
and always was, doomed.
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DPantelones
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 11 Jan 2007 Posts: 141 Location: ,
Thanks: 0
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Re: Please Help.. =[ Posted: 06-04-07 16:51pm
kayjax
wrote:
How can I learn to trust him
again?
If you're like me, and I like to consider
myself normal, you never will be able to
trust this guy again. Try to be objective
with yourself and look at things you've
suspected from the past with this
loser...and that's what cheaters are,
losers, whether they had a physical or
emotional affair, in my opinion!
Good luck
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aszalajka
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 29 May 2007 Posts: 103 Location: ,
My Personal Thoughts Posted: 06-14-07 15:18pm
For starters i think your dating my ex!
you bf sounds just like him. Personally i
think you should get rid of him. if u dont
trust him now, i personally believe you
wont be able to again. ill stay with a
clif note verison of what happened to me,
i dated a guy for 3 years. in that three
years it was lie after lie. lied to me
about having a job, lied to me about drugs
and lied about a lot more. i put up with
it for 3 years. i tried to be
understanding and caring and trying to
stand by him. i loved him so much and i
suspected the drug use and i just wanted
to help him. finally i broke it off i was
devestated. he called me a few months
later asking to stay with my on house
arrest, against my better judgement i let
him. finally i got sick of him making a
mess all day long eating all my food and
smoking cigs all day long while i was out
hard at work. i told him he needed to
leave. he left. the next day i wake up to
my car gone. he snooped in MY apartment
took my spare key and took any change i
had laying around. and this ass told me he
loved me!!! now im dating a terrific guy
who may not be Mr perfect but hes good to
me and provides for me, and i love him to
death for who he is. Girl, you can do
better than being with a lier who could
possibly be cheating on you. yes you
shouldnt have snooped but if he gives u
good reason to, its only human nature. i
went three years TRYIN and TRYIN to
believe in someone and trust him and i
couldnt. my new bf his ex just sent him a
birthday card, yes i was a lil pissed but
i know and trust that he isnt nor will
ever go back to her. i told him it upset
me but he doesnt have control over who
sends him mail or what not. but personally
save yourself now, before you waste to
much time with this guy. just the drug
thing alone. if it was pot, i would let
that go, well me personally anyways, but
when u start with herione and coke, thats
a whole other world that you dont need to
witness or be a part of. im sure your
better than all that. so you should be
with someone who is better too!
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