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affair and gaslighting

my now ex-boyfriend has been having an affair for about four years at this point. He has refused to admit that it's an affair and has been trying to gaslight me into believing that nothing is going on between them and that it is all in my head. Ii layed out why I think it's not all in my head and he promised he wouldn't talk to her on four seperate occasions each time he would do it behind my back. Now he's open about it but will not leave her even if i threaten to leave. Both he and the affair partner have said they are just close friends, and my ex-boyfriend also says they just have a brother-sister bond, that she is his bestfriend. I know that isn't true, their affair is glaringly obvious, I just haven't wanted to believe it. He says he doesn't have sexual feelings for her, doubt this is true, as he can form sexual attractions to anyone, wether it be a model on instagram or a pornstar. I wouldn't be surprised if they've actually had sex or something. We have a bad relationship in general due to my resentment and refusal to get over or accept whats going on between them, another reason I dumped him. But he still acts like we're together, and when I don't engage, he threatens to kill himself and goes into disturbing details about how he'll brutally do so, how I'll be better off w/out him etc. He said he'd marry me in the future, but I know he doesn't have the commitment required. He has said that I'm the only thing that makes him happy, that nothing else can. I just want him to fall in love w/ someone else at this point so he doesn't have to rely on me anymore.
Oh my god im so sorry
no one should be put through that
i know how you feel though so pm me if you wanna chat or anything
Original post by zoonami
my now ex-boyfriend has been having an affair for about four years at this point. He has refused to admit that it's an affair and has been trying to gaslight me into believing that nothing is going on between them and that it is all in my head. Ii layed out why I think it's not all in my head and he promised he wouldn't talk to her on four seperate occasions each time he would do it behind my back. Now he's open about it but will not leave her even if i threaten to leave. Both he and the affair partner have said they are just close friends, and my ex-boyfriend also says they just have a brother-sister bond, that she is his bestfriend. I know that isn't true, their affair is glaringly obvious, I just haven't wanted to believe it. He says he doesn't have sexual feelings for her, doubt this is true, as he can form sexual attractions to anyone, wether it be a model on instagram or a pornstar. I wouldn't be surprised if they've actually had sex or something. We have a bad relationship in general due to my resentment and refusal to get over or accept whats going on between them, another reason I dumped him. But he still acts like we're together, and when I don't engage, he threatens to kill himself and goes into disturbing details about how he'll brutally do so, how I'll be better off w/out him etc. He said he'd marry me in the future, but I know he doesn't have the commitment required. He has said that I'm the only thing that makes him happy, that nothing else can. I just want him to fall in love w/ someone else at this point so he doesn't have to rely on me anymore.


This literally made me cry ;/ and I've never cried whilst reading a tsr post, this hit so close to home I think you're like my twin as painful as it sounds

Aside that my advice would be you need evidence and go with your instinct, our gut feelings tell us the most and seriously if you do not want to stay with him then DON'T irrespective of how vulnerable he seems I beg you do not be someone like me and stay thinking they love you, because if they did, there would never have even been room for something like this to crop up.

I hate it how people can easily blame women or partners in general as overreacting usually and mostly they're not overreacting and have been right all along.

With that being said if you're unhappy leave him, as whatever you're feeling is a red flag and if he's definitely going on about how he'd kill himself that's a major red flag, what he does is not your concern don't let it bug you down, it's a useful manipulative tactic. I've heard it so many times that I'll painfully admit I've used the suicide line too, but that wasn't to make them stay it was because I was with an ex who drove me insane I literally thought I couldn't live with him or even without him.

Don't let that be you I don't wish that level of insanity on anyone.

Do what's best for you always, stay safe and I'm sorry for what you're going through x

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