I was at my boyfriends last night and whilst doing the bed the morning after, i found a ticket to the aquarium poking out of an old card holder. My reaction was "aww he must have kept the ticket from when we went 3 years ago", so I took it out to have a look as I thought it was cute that he kept it as a memory.
However, the date on it was from when he took his ex-gf there for her birthday. The only other things in there were his old student cards that haven't been used in years. I just brushed it off as I didn't want to make a big deal as its so petty, and it probably means nothing, he just never threw it away.
Before he left he grabbed his wallet which was next to the card holder, so I said 'aren't you taking your card holder' and passed it to him. He said no I don't need it and I said ok and put it back down with the ticket in sight. I then said "oh look its the ticket!" and he was like 'oh yeah, its probably not from when we went as its so old'. I was satisfied with that as atleast he didn't pretend it was from me, so I went downstairs to head out together. He then shouted from the top of the stairs, "its from 2010 from when my mum took me hhahaahha"! (but the ticket was from 2013 as I had seen it!) I then said "oh can I see, is the design different?" and he said no. I just accepted it and changed the subject. I didn't want to catch him out lying as I didn't want to cause drama, but I did find it odd that he'd lie about something so small. Maybe he did keep it for sentimental reasons, or did he just not want to cause drama so did the right thing by lying to protect my feelings'? Should I confront him or get over it?
Bit of context if it helps:
He has lied previously about other girls, nothing like cheating, just gone behind my back to talk to girls that he was friends with online from his past to 'see if they were ok'. On one occasion I found a stream of texts saying "hey, hello x, hi" all from him, which the girl was ignoring (I also know he found this girl pretty). I asked him why he was trying to reach out to her and it was because when he knew her she was anorexic/depressed/suicidal (which is true). He promised me this was the only communication they had but I didn't believe him as how would he have gotten her number after all these years? I then found out from HER that he had been trying to talk to her on Skype for weeks, which she wasn't interested in but he kept on trying to chat and so she gave him her number to shut him up. She didn't need 'helping'. She said it wasn't flirtatious, but there was x's etc. I don't know what his intention was but I have forgiven him and nothing has happened since (been about 1.5 years since then)! The reason I found this such a big deal was because Im not allowed to have guys numbers. I don't control him yet I have to tell him everything, but he still felt the need to go behind my back.