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Just seeking some advice

Jodie_S
Community Member

Hello,

I'm a 20 year old female,

 i started speaking to a guy in 2013 and we moved pretty fast, after a month I was living with him and his family working in s family business. It was great. We had our ups and downs but overall it was great, until I found pictures on his phone of other girls and messages from other girls, he was also on a dating sight... He come clean, apologised and swore it would never happen again. I dealt with it, he then started having mild anger issues getting frustrated at work and shouting at me, manipulation was huge but again I just took it with a pinch of salt. I came back in 2014 to visit my family and much to my disgust I cheated on him... When he questioned me I lied because I was so ashamed. Just like I did though he dealt with it and we got past it. His anger problems got worse and then I found he was speaking to other girls again but I kept it to myself and didn't tell him I knew, until 4 months ago when I confronted him and he denied it all, although I knew it was true as I had seen it all with my own eyes.. He got severely angry and pushed me,I left that night and I hadn't spoke to him in around 3 months. We then started talking again 1 month ago and he swears he has changed etc he has taken anger management classes. Everything was going great until today when I didn't reply to him in over an hour he automatically accused me of cheating, lying to him and everything again.. I don't know what to do because I truly do love him but I feel as if I know deep down I shouldn't have to deal with his split personality. I physically feel as if I need him, I want him but I don't know how long I can take these accusations for 

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geoff
Champion Alumni
Champion Alumni

dear Jodie, hello and nice to be able to talk to you.

To be honest it's quite a difficult situation you are both in at the moment.

Can I just say is how can you stop him from talking to other women in the way he is, secretly on his phone, because not only do you have to control this with him, but then how are you going to stop the girls from contacting him, and even if he gets another sim card, he can still contact them, so it's a vicious circle.

Good on him for taking anger management classes, but you can never cure anybody in half a dozens classes, because later on down the track he will just go back to the way he was, which makes it a very precarious situation for you.

Love can take on so many different meanings in life and can then overshadow what is really happening.

You have also had an affair and remember when I said that he can't be cured in just a few sessions, then what you have done will upset him, so now I worry for your safety.

Whether he drinks alcohol and you haven't mentioned this, so I suppose I'm guessing, but however if he does then you are at more risk.

You can still love him even if you're not with him, and 'what's good for the goose is good for the gander', however if you my closest friend, I would try and dissuade you, sorry.  L Geoff. x

Jodie_S
Community Member
Thank you for your response Geoff, no he does not smoke, drink or touch illegal substances and he never has. I am in the situation now where I have offered to him that although we have both made mistakes, I am willing to forget about the past but it seems he is finding it a lot harder than me, which is understandable. But there is such a thing as last chances? I sound like I have already made my choice I know but I really appreciate other people's opinions as it does help me to consider things hugely. I did not mention in the post that we also live interstate at the moment, which makes a relationship hard over the phone and one weekend away a month. But that is bare able because it also gives us time to realise what is right before committing to a huge full on relationship again