Her Boyfriend Is Thinking Of Dumping Her After Her Parents Invited Her Ex-Husband To Attend A Football Game With Them
This 24-year-old girl was with her 41-year-old ex-husband for 6 years, and she was married to him for only a short 7 months.
She knows that, in hindsight, she never should have agreed to marry her ex-husband, but she did, and her divorce was made official over the summer.
She ended up meeting her current boyfriend prior to her divorce, but they never made anything serious until after her divorce was finalized.
She has been talking to her current boyfriend for 8 months, yet dating him seriously for 5 months.
“Obviously, there is a huge age gap between my ex and me (one of the many reasons the relationship didn’t work), but my parents normally got along with him because he was close to their age,” she explained.
“They went to many football games together while we were still together, and my mom told me she invited him and his best friend to one last night.”
“She told me she would not bring me up at all, and if he tried to bring me up, she would not allow it. So I really didn’t find it too concerning.”
Well, last night, she was at home with her boyfriend when he mentioned that he wanted to FaceTime her mom to see what she was doing, and she admitted to him that it wasn’t a good idea since she knew her ex-husband was hanging out with her parents.
Her boyfriend got angry with her over this, even though she informed him that she can’t control what her parents do in their free time or who they do things with.
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She tried to reassure her boyfriend by saying she doesn’t speak to her ex anymore and that she knew her ex wouldn’t be talking about her to her parents, but that didn’t help.
“He told me he’s extremely unhappy with the situation and thought so highly of this relationship until now,” she said.
“I couldn’t understand why, so I kept asking him what I did wrong. he kept saying that I didn’t do anything wrong, but if the roles were reversed, I’d feel the same way. After a while of back and forth, he told me he’s considering breaking up with me over this. I cried and asked why would he do that when it has nothing to do with me. He just kept saying he has a right to be unhappy right now, and I validated his feelings many times and never dismissed them because his feelings are valid all the time, as are mine.”
But then, her boyfriend said that perhaps he doesn’t want to split up, but he would like for them to take some time apart since their relationship is moving too quickly.
She asked her boyfriend to clarify, and he stated that he was always worried she would go back to her ex-husband, and he thought that her ex spending time with her parents was an example of that.
She attempted to reinforce to her boyfriend that she doesn’t want to get back together with her ex and that she has not seen nor spoken to him since their divorce.
“He said he still wants to talk to me and hang out here and there. But I told him I have too many feelings involved with him at this point to just hang out casually when we spend every day together now and have talked about moving in together, having children, etc., etc.”
“He told me he no longer wants anything serious with me, and I just broke down crying because I feel like I’ve just wasted my time. I’ve constantly tried to reassure him I don’t talk to my ex. I apologized on my parents’ behalf and told him I’d be having a serious talk with them today. It almost seems like he was looking for a reason to step away from me, and this was a good one.”
She’s left wondering if her boyfriend overreacted. What do you think?
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