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Should I stay with my girlfriend?

Asked by Srw805 (35points) September 26th, 2013

I started dating this girl who I have been friends with for about eight years. We started hooking up a year ago and have been officially dating for nine months. This girl is beautiful, funny, fun to hang out with, we have great sex and she is one of my best friends. When we are having a good time it is awesome and I can safely say I have never loved anyone as I love her, but she has shown from the very beginning of us dating and still to this day that she is a liar and probably isn’t over her ex. I want to know if I am being paranoid and jumping to conclusions or if I am just convincing myself that everything is ok.

The first time I found out about her being shady was on valentines day, she had sent her ex texts saying that she was still always thinking about him and still loved him, so we broke up after her ex sent me the texts she sent him. Later that day I ended up back at her house and we made up. The next month she lies to me and I find out she is going to jail to visit her ex. We break up get back together right away. A few months pass and I’m looking for some clothes for my son and find some love letters that he has been sending her. She says she never wrote him and kept them because she thought he finally cared about her but that she wanted to be with me and that she would write him a letter saying that. She does.
One of the dudes friends hits me up saying he is angry at me because my girlfriend ( his ex) told him I made her write that letter. ( which is a lie) we break up for about a week she tells him that was wrong of her to put that blame on me and that she just didn’t want him mad at her. We are currently living together and I feel stuck. I have no idea what to do. I don’t know if I’m being crazy and it’s not a big deal and she really does love me, or if I’m just buying into what she says and can’t except that she’s not over her ex. Any advice or personal experiences?

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19 Answers

livelaughlove21's avatar

Run.

Oh, and on-again off-again relationships don’t work. “We broke up and immediately got back together.” How old are you guys? Sounds like high school all over again.

Seek's avatar

All I have going through my head are movie quotes and memes.

I’m to old for this shit.
Ain’t nobody got time for that.
Save the drama for your mama.

Seriously, though, you don’t need this crap. Go find a nice girl who isn’t obsessed with a convict.

Srw805's avatar

Too old that’s for sure

tedibear's avatar

Break up with her permanently, please. You will lose your mind worrying about what she’s up to, who she’s with, who she’s texting, etc. The break-up pain will hurt for a while, so try to look to the long term and remember that you will be better off in the end. Remind yourself of the bad stuff and when that doesn’t work, look for a healthy distraction.

Oh, and welcome to Fluther!

tobycrabtree's avatar

I do not think that this is going to work as it is long time now and still she is not over her ex. Just try to talk with her and see what she is telling, you can give her a last chance.

marinelife's avatar

You have been ignoring repeated evidence that you are warming her bed as a stand in for her ex.

She has shown you over and over again that:

1. She cares for him still.
2. She lies about her actions. What else has she been lying to you about?
3. She cheats on you with him whenever she wants to.

You are simply providing her with the money to get by in the world and a handy sex partner while she waits around for her ex to get out of jail.

Leave her and go far away!

elbanditoroso's avatar

Bad news. Leave. Even great sex is not worth the crap she is giving you. She’s treating you like crap.

boffin's avatar

If you have to ask, then even you are having doubts. Time to move on.

trailsillustrated's avatar

NO you should not stay with her sincerely, ex liar and cheater

Sunny2's avatar

If a relationship lacks honesty, it is doomed, like it or not. Say goodbye for good.

Judi's avatar

Stay! If you like being used.

JLeslie's avatar

Run and never look back.

ItalianPrincess1217's avatar

I think you already know what you need to do. You just needed reassurance from others that it’s the right choice. Leave. Never look back. Be strong or she’ll try to pull you right back again.

rojo's avatar

Leave. Permanently. No more getting back together. You are shortchanging yourself by hanging around. You could be using the time to find someone who cares for you.

Tropical_Willie's avatar

Say, “Good Bye!”

viragorider's avatar

That’s what you get for trying to date a fuck buddy. Hand her off to the next sucker.

steveschmidt58's avatar

Just breakup with her.

Kardamom's avatar

You may love her, whatever that means, but it sounds like you’re having a hard time leaving her because she is so beautiful and you guys have hot sex. And I think that part of you loves the drama.

You may love her, but you do not know her very well. What you do know is that she lies and then tries to blame you for the things that are not working out.

If you didn’t have a child, I might say that you might as well continue to break up and make up with her until the cows come home, but because you do have a child, that child needs to be your first priority, not your sexual fulfillment. You are setting a horrible example for your child, one that suggests that it’s perfectly OK to “hook up” with people you don’t know, stay with people who treat you badly, and run back eagerly to people who you know will hurt you again. Your child will potentially try to bond with this woman, and then be hurt by the fact that she comes and goes at will.

I’m afraid that this whole situation sounds like something out of a high school drama. When you become an adult (doesn’t matter how old you actually are, but when you have a child, you automatically become an adult whether you want to or not) you have to accept adult responsibilities over your personal desires. That means doing the best you can to raise your child in a nurturing and safe environment .

This woman is in love with a dude who is in jail. People don’t end up in jail by accident, it’s because they have done something bad. She loves this dude, and by staying with her, you are showing your child that it’s kind of cool and exciting and normal to have all of this drama playing out, day after day, after day. It’s neither cool, exciting, normal or healthy.

Gain some stability in your life, if not for you, for your child’s sake. Next time you are looking for love, look past the hotness of the woman, and get to know her. Find out what kind of person she is, what is important to her, what her values are, if you are compatible with her, if she wants to make a stable life with you and your son.

jca's avatar

Adios! That’s what I would say.

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