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Did I overreact to his relationship with his sister in law?

Asked by rebeccan01218 (59points) July 25th, 2011

My boyfriend of over a year and I just broke up a couple weeks ago. I couldnt have put into words how great he was. We had no big issues ( except for one huge sister in law problem) until the last week of the relationship. His brothers wife, throughout our relationship, continuously called him. She lives in FL so I only met her once but when I did it wasn’t good. She was very rude to me, rolled her eyes when I spoke, and would continuously put her arm on my boyfriend and look at me. His mother noticed the interaction which happened early on in the dating. He said it didnt matter to him if his sister in law and I weren’t going to be friends and he supported me. However, I heard almost weekly things about her and he occassionally would say how beautiful she was. I took it as she was his ideal girl. Her behavior got more demanding-she called him when we were on vacation together and threw a huge tantrum when he didn’t call her back until we came home. I found out by mistake through his phone that she had been trying to find him a place to live near her. Sometimes I would confront him about these things-he would either defend her aggressively or admit to some things such as she one time came out in only her underwear when he was over and another time told her brother how she found my boyfriend more attractive. Her husband seems to be mesmerized by her and doesnt care. I found this all very disturbing and in my last fight with my boyfriend he told me the fact that she and I would never be friends impacted how he thought of me and how he viewed the relationship. That ended it. He hates me because I told him I found his relationship with his sister in law bizarre. Any thoughts on this?

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lucillelucillelucille's avatar

You are lucky to be rid of him. :)

bob_'s avatar

Drop him like a bad habit.

Fly's avatar

There’s something off about the whole relationship. If your boyfriend honestly considers your relationship with her to be the deciding factor on the fate of your relationship, something weird is going on there.

Pied_Pfeffer's avatar

While it can be difficult to be integrated into existing close family relationships, this one is in The Twilight Zone. My heart goes out to you, but you did the wise and healthy thing by getting out. It sounds as if there is little chance that it would have eventually gotten better, and there is potential there that it could get worse.

atlantis's avatar

You’re ex bf is a loser. Hahahahahaha!

rebeccan01218's avatar

Good grief. I find a good guy who treats me like a lady except for one MAJOR flaw. sucks

bob_'s avatar

@rebeccan01218 There are still some fish in the ocean. “Someone who doesn’t have a weird relationship with his sister-in-law” is not too much to ask for.

RealEyesRealizeRealLies's avatar

Start calling her husband.

Hibernate's avatar

Be off with it. People have issues all the time.

Pandora's avatar

I would be surprised if it took him one month after moving to florida to fall into bed with her. Hell she already sounds and acts like a possessive lover. I think he was with you to cover up his feelings for her so his brother thinks their relationship is innocent. You are lucky to be out of it.

marinelife's avatar

He is heading for trouble: with his brother, with the rest of the family. Not least because she sounds like a stone bitch.

Be glad of your escape. He did have problems as a boyfriend: big problems. Someone else’s opinion of you shaped his????

Judi's avatar

Just feel sorry for his brother now. I wonder how HE feels about his wife’s obsession with his brother? You did the right thing by getting out before you invested anymore into the relationship.

laineybug's avatar

You did not overreact, there’s definitely something weird there. You did the right thing.

Jellie's avatar

Bizzare is right. Your ex couldn’t accept or admit to how a certain relationship was crossing the line and this would only cause more problems in the future. Don’t think of this as a boyfriend lost, think of it as all the MESS you’ve avoided which at this point in time seems inevitable.

Good riddance, girl.

netlawman05's avatar

I agree that this could become a problem but first of all I think you should ask yourself how much of a problem this really is. For starters most of us need a best friend outside of a relationship. Secondly unlike most men he has this huge female influence on his life as opposed to a “Jack the Lad” type mate. This could mean that you have someone very understanding and special here.

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