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Holiday romance dilemma

I've been going out with a guy for nearly 3 yrs now. I love him, but for the last few months things haven't ben great- there have been times wen i havent felt as attracted to him as i used to.
On holiday i met this French guy who was just a friend to start with , then he decided that he really liked me and kept coming on to me. i really liked him back but was determined not to cheat on my bf. Eventually after lots of him speaking french in my ear i gave in and kissed him and we spent the last 2 days of my holiday as a couple which was absolutely fantastic.
anyway now im home everytime i see my bf i really dnt feel attracted to him at all- i dont feel guilty even though i know i should because im glad i did it cos it opened my eyes up to how my relationship wasn't worth saving anyway and how i was just being too weak to walk away from it.
Wot I'm trying to say is wen i finish with my bf (which im going to have to do soon anyway cos im going to uni) do u think it'd be kinder just to say to him its cos i dnt think it'l work ova a long distance, or do u think i shud come clean, eve n tho im neva guna c the holiday guy agen (but hopefully wil email him from time to time). I dnt want to hurt my bf anymroe than i have 2, but i also think he deserves the whole truth.

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Reply 1
tell him the truth, you are going to be cheating on him and being in a realtionship you dont want to be in
Why did you give in to this french guy, you should have dumped your boyfriend first as its obvious you are not comitted to him.

I don't know why you didn't attempt to work it out with your current boyfriend and find out why you have gone off him, you may as well tell him now but be prepared for him to be very heartbroken.

Who says relationships don't work because of University, mine did and many others did also, but i wouldn't wait till uni to dump him i'd get it over with.
Reply 3
you shouldve told him about the french guy as soon as you got back.
tell him as soon as and if he doesnt end it you should being as you have no apparent interest in him anymore.

and speaking frech in your ear? do you have any idea what he was saying :p:
Reply 4
come clean otherwise he may try and hang on to you
i doubt it would work with the french guy either
Reply 6
Sorry, but you are being too easy on yourself. You owed it to your boyfriend to tell him you wanted to move on before getting off with a random guy you just met. You seem way too unconcerned about hurting someone you love, to the point where it sounds like you don't love him at all.

HOWEVER - that doesn't mean the best thing to do now is hurt him unnecessarily. Just tell him you feel you want to move on, and be done with it. And if he ever does find out about frenchie, well maybe everyone realising you are a cheat will make you realise how badly you acted.
Reply 7
I know that i definately don't want to be with him anymore- i just didn't realise cos I love him its hard to realise that i don't actually fancy him or have any sexual desire.
I gave in to the French guy cos i really liked him- i had (and stil have) a huge crush on him which i told myself i wasn't going to do anything about but he just wasnt giving up (but in a romantic way not a forceful way).
As for speaking french in my ear it was jus the usual chat up lines- u have beautiful eyes, im crazy bout u, i love the way u kiss, i'd really like to kiss u, etc.
Reply 8
yeh, once you've had one baggette you've had them all.
Reply 9
Carl1982
i doubt it would work with the french guy either


I don't want to be with the french guy (Greg) cos he's moving to california anyway to do a masters degree. but he just made me realise my relationship isnt worth saving. its not like i want one or the other. im jus guna b friends wit Greg now- hes guna gelp me relearn french via email
Reply 10
KingKev
yeh, once you've had one baggette you've had them all.

?? meaning al french guys r the same? or once u start u jus cant stop ( a la pringles)
flyingpig
I know that i definately don't want to be with him anymore- i just didn't realise cos I love him its hard to realise that i don't actually fancy him or have any sexual desire.
I gave in to the French guy cos i really liked him- i had (and stil have) a huge crush on him which i told myself i wasn't going to do anything about but he just wasnt giving up (but in a romantic way not a forceful way).
As for speaking french in my ear it was jus the usual chat up lines- u have beautiful eyes, im crazy bout u, i love the way u kiss, i'd really like to kiss u, etc.



Any reason why you suddenly gone off your boyfriend, has he changed, have your feelings changed etc?
Reply 12
flyingpig
?? meaning al french guys r the same? or once u start u jus cant stop ( a la pringles)


what i should have said is a fresh baggette never lasts more than 2 days:biggrin:

same goes to the French in wars, lol
Reply 13
My bf is 10 yrs older than me and we've been together nearly 3yrs now. sumtimes i jus look at his face and i can c his age- he always used to look rly yung but now its kinda crept up on him. i kno thats not his fault but it makes me feel dirty and that our relationship is wrong. i think its jus ran its course rly. also we havent had sex for months now 4 certain reasons and it feels like hes jus more of a gd friend than a bf.
yeah thats the problem unfortunatly with a 10 year gap especially when your say only 18 for example he's 28 and when you met you;d be 15 he'd be 25, course your feelings do change more at your age.
Reply 15
KingKev


same goes to the French in wars, lol


my dad has exactly the same feelings
and thats another thing- he had dinner wit hte parents and they rly liked him which they dnt with my bf cos hes so much older and hes neva rly made the effort wit them.
the french dude is 21 so is still 3 yrs older, but it dnt feel it- he feels the same if u kno wot i mean- we dnt look odd together
something simmilar happened to me. Once i cheated i realised that there wasnt anything in the relationship between us two (i do realise the irony that i was the one saying this) but it showed i have nothing to give to the relationship.

I ended it a few weeks later. Never told my gf tho. Don't think you should either for their sake
Reply 17
plez dnt shrthnd :confused: :smile:

you need to break up with your boyfriend your no longer attracted to him mentally or physically, and you have no desire to be with him.
Reply 18
I'd finish with him straight away but i work with him so it'd make things pretty awkward (not that they aren't know cos i think he can sense sumink is wrong as I move away everytime he tries to touch me).
might be a bit awkward at work but you need to finish with him like now, because it's only gonna get worse for you.