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Kind of a pissy craptackular day!

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    mrskisstobe    May 21, 2011   IA

    So my FI have been together for 3+ years and engaged for 6 months. He was with his ex before me for quite some time and they never got engaged.

    So here's my deal. I have a program on my computer to monitor what my kids look and all that because I don't want them just pulling up porn or stuff like that.

    Well I was checking the log the other day and noticed that my FI had been on my laptop (usually uses the downstairs PC) and it showed what he looked at. 3 different girls, one of which was his ex and another was a girl he went out with a couple times and she blew him off the other is some random one. So being the snoopy poop, I looked further back in the log and sure enough he has been pulling up their profiles on Facebook for quite some time. Not everyday but it looks like 1-2 times a week. When I look further back, about 1 year, it showed he had emailed 2 of them. One was to the girl he dated twice and said that she looked beautiful in all her pictures and he wished he would have taken her out a few more times. The other was to the random girl and all it said was Wow. He did recently email his ex but it was about a situation with his brother and SIL. And he told his ex that I was his soulmate.

    Why do men feel the need to do stuff like this?

    I guess my big concern is because my kids started daycamp and of course my kid would befriend this random girl's daughter. This would be the random girl he emailed Wow to. Anyway, I have my daughter introduce me to her new friend and her mom (this girl) was right there. I did make a point to say my Fi(said his name) and I live close by. I hate to be mean and nasty but she is really not that cute. She is one of those who is always at the bar and you can tell.

     

    I guess I am just having an insecure day. I do love my FI but this makes me feel like he is settling with me and wishes he was given a chance with them

     
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    soontobewalsh    09/18/10   Boston

    I have to say you may be a better woman than me! I would be upset and angry if I found out that my FI was emailing and contacting his ex's and random women. I feel that if he is truly satisfied with our life together than no other woman, especially an ex should be a thought to him. Maybe he feels a bit anxious now that you two are taking the step towards becoming husband and wife but I still think it's inappropriate that he's done that and that he has hidden it from you. Good Luck

     
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    mrskisstobe    May 21, 2011   IA

    It was before we got engaged. It was over a year ago.

    The ex email was because of his brother and wife. They caused huge drama between my FI and his brother because they asked to invite people we don't know to the wedding. His SIL said that his ex is better than me and all that. So FI emailed his ex and said that she should be friends with his bro's wife since his bro's wife thinks so highly of her. He told his ex that he was never ready to get married when they were together and he's ready with me and that I am his soul mate and all this other stuff. Basically saying that he is over her and he is happy with me.

     
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    mrskisstobe    May 21, 2011   IA

    It just makes me feel insecure that he is looking at these girls. He hasn't emailed them since the one time a year ago.

     
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    soontobewalsh    09/18/10   Boston

    Ahhh..I see. Sorry for the confusion then.

    Well, at least you can rest easy regarding his ex. The fact that he spelled out for her that he is happy with you is a reassuring feeling. In regards to the other women, if he hasn't emailed them in over a year than maybe it was a moment of panic for him. Maybe he knew he was getting ready to propose and just had that "cold feet" instance. And of course when he thought better of it, he knew you were the one. It's definitely a tough situation and I can't blame you for feeling insecure. Do you think confronting him would help you feel better?

     
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    mrskisstobe    May 21, 2011   IA

    I don't want to confront him because then he will think I was snooping. Ok, well I was a little.

    I guess I don't understand why guys feel the need to look at other girls. Once in awhile, fine I guess. But the same 2 over and over again?

    I know he loves me and put a ring on my finger but come on.

     
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    noritake22    March 31, 2011   Seattle

    It was over a year ago. I would leave it alone.

     
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    Sage    June 26, 2010   PA

    Well, just to put things in perspective, I look at all SORTS of peoples' pages on Facebook, and it certainly doesn't mean I care for them - even a smidgen. I check out my ex every now and then. I check out his new wife. I check out other exes... just to see what they're up to. Granted, I don't talk to them, but when I get bored at work, sometimes I "check up" on people from my past!

     
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    mrskisstobe    May 21, 2011   IA

    He is still looking at them though. Just the other day he was on their pages. It's feels like he is obsessed with them.  I hate to think of what he does on the computer downstairs. I have the program on the laptop not the downstairs one.

     
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    mrskisstobe    May 21, 2011   IA

    I am ok with a little curiosity, but the same 2 girls over and over again? Especially when he had emailed them in the past.

     
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    2PeasinaPod       Philadelphia

    Wait, I'm confused. I thought you said it was a year ago that this was happening, but now you're saying that he still looks at them. I don't know how cool I would be with that. I think I might say something to him...even if it's just to say you saw in the history that he was looking at these girls on facebook, and what is going on.

    I mean, I admit, I look at my ex on facebook and his wife too, just to see what's going on with them, but that definitely doesn't mean I have any interest in them. And, my husband knows that I do that. He actually uses my facebook page to check out what's going on with his ex's too. It's just out of morbid curiosity.

    It does also bother me though that he was emailing these girls a year ago. Though you weren't engaged then, he was still your boyfriend, correct? I wouldn't be cool with that either. If you're in a relationship with me, there shouldn't be any reason for you to be emailing other girls letting them know how attractive you think they are.

     
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    mrskisstobe    May 21, 2011   IA

    It was over a year ago that he had emailed them. He still looks at their pages occasionally. Sometimes it's 1-2 a week and then he will go for awhile and not look.

     
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    punky_brewster    July 31, 2010   Victoria, BC

    I agree with 2peasinapod. It would bug me if he were looking at these girls once or twice a week, every week and also that he e-mailed them while you two were dating.

    I would just ask him what on earth he is up to. I am assuming he knows you have this software to monitor your kids computer use. Just say you were checking that and noticed he has quite an interest in these two women...

     
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    mrskisstobe    May 21, 2011   IA

    He actually does not know I have it on there. It's my laptop and I pay for the internet so I saw no point in telling him.

     
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    2PeasinaPod       Philadelphia

    It's never a bad time to let him know. It might make him stop using your laptop for these things, but I still think it's worth finding out why he feels the need to look at these girls and contact them while you're dating and now engaged. It just doesn't sit well with me that he was telling other girls how beautiful they are. If my husband did that at any point while we were dating, I'd be pretty upset. I should be the only woman he's saying those words to (unless he's saying them to his mother or his daughter).

     
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    mrskisstobe    May 21, 2011   IA

    I do love him and I know he wouldn't cheat on me but this really pisses me off. He tells everyone he loves and my kids, well then prove it.

    I wish I had a way of confronting him about it but it will cause a huge fight and he will think I am spying on him. Im not. I only put that software on there because my older daughter, who is 10, was looking up things on You Tube that I considered highly inappropriate.

     
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    punky_brewster    July 31, 2010   Victoria, BC

    @mrskisstobe: I would just tell him the truth, that you have software on your computer to monitor your kid's activities and that you saw he had been looking at these women and that it bugs you. If he does love you and care for you he should understand your concern and have an adult conversation about it instead of being confrontational and argumentative about it.

     
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    mrskisstobe    May 21, 2011   IA

    If I do tell him then he will accuse me of spying and saying that I put it on there to see what he's doing and all this.

    Part of me wants to schedule a play date with the girl who's kids go to my daughters' day camp. I am sure he would sh** himself if she showed up at our house.

     
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    Jizes318    November 19, 2010   Miami

    IM SORRY HE IS STILL LOOKING AT THEM! WHY WOULD HE FEEL THE NEED TO LOOK AT THEIR PROFILES? I DONT CARE WHAT THE EXCUSE IS BUT 1-2 TIMES A WEEK? ARE YOU KIDDING ME? BIG NO NO FOR ME.

     
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    2PeasinaPod       Philadelphia

    If he immediately goes to "you're spying on me" then I don't think you guys are as solid as you think you are. Explain that you put the tracking device on your computer to monitor what your 10 year old looks at. That's called being a responsible parent. Because of that, you saw that he was looking at these girls. That doesn't sound like snooping to me. If he thinks so, then maybe he has more to hide?

    I'm really sorry that this is happening to you. It's something that no woman should have to discover on her own and I do think you need to confront him on it.

    When exactly is he looking at these girls? When you're not home, or when you are and he's using your laptop? Maybe you can catch him in the act. Walk up behind him and say, "she's pretty...who's that?" Then he'll have to explain himself.

     
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    mrskisstobe    May 21, 2011   IA

    He does it when I am not home.

     
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    punky_brewster    July 31, 2010   Victoria, BC

    I agree with 2peasinapod. Particularly with this "If he immediately goes to "you're spying on me" then I don't think you guys are as solid as you think you are."

    If you guys are getting married in a few months you should be able to talk about things like this. If I checked the history on our computer and found out my FI had been doing things like this I would immediatley confront him.

    You shouldn't care if he thinks you were spying on him because 1. you weren't and 2. he's the one who's up to something shifty, not you.

     
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    2PeasinaPod       Philadelphia

    Punky - you said it. People get defensive when they think they're being attacked, or when they have something to hide. When you call someone out on something, and their first reaction is to turn it around and put the blame on you, they're trying to divert your attention away from the matter at hand. Don't let him do that to you - whether you were snooping or not, why did he give you something to find?

     
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    A couple of times a week?  That is weird.  Does he only look at their profiles or are they one of many? 

    I just feel like you need to close the door on your past sometimes.

     
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    mrskisstobe    May 21, 2011   IA

    He pulls up their page and that's it. He doesn't look through their pics or anything.

    I have looked at ex's before but not often. There are times when it looks like he hasn't looked at their page for awhile and then starts to look again. Niether one have given him the time of day. The one girl he took out a couple times before i met him she blew him off.

     
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    pendola      

    Before my DH and when not in a relationship, I would go through phases of being semi obsessed with past guys.  I would look up their info to see what they were doing, what has changed, etc.  I figured out it was best to go cold turkey and never look at them again and move on. 

    I just think something is fishy and you have the right to say "Hey, what the heck is going on?"  I mean telling a girl "Oh, I wish I would have dated you more."? Seriously?  Sure he's told the ex you are his soulmate but he still looks them up weekly.

     

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