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Rock4ourRock
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PostPosted: Sat Jun 25, 2011 10:23 pm


You are the apple...






So I've been friends with this girl since junior high. We dated our sophomore year of high school, but that only lasted through that year. We've still been friends even since then, and now we're going into our second year of college.

Through this time, we've fooled around on occasion, but its never really been anything serious (besides the time we dated, of course).

Last year, while she was kinda-sorta seeing a guy (it wasnt official at the time), she and i fooled around a couple times and I left a hickey a little too far up on her shoulder. The guy noticed it and has never trusted me since. The two of them officially got together shortly after this.

I've met the guy on a few occasions and think he's a really cool guy. Hes a music lover, can get along with most anybody, and is a total nerd. He even has a Mandalorian symbol tattooed on his arm with some other various Star Wars and LOTR symbols around it. So yeah, he's pretty awesome and seems to have no real trouble being around me.

However, when I talk to my friend, she's always saying how he doesnt trust me with her and how he really doesnt like her and i hanging out. Even she now doesnt really like being alone with me "given our past".

She and I were planning on having a Harry Potter movie marathon over a few days before we go to the midnight premiere of the last movie. I found out tonight that he's coming along. Now, I can usually fight through an awkward situation and still act cool, but with this, I know there's still going to be that underlying tension and I just hate the whole situation in general.

My question to you, Burn, is what should I do about this guy? I've thought about talking to him, but I have no idea what to say. I need help on how to deal with this whole thing, I dont want to lose one of my best friends just because her boyfriend gets really jealous and doesnt particularly like me....

TL;DR My friend and I have had a sexual past before and just before she got with her current boyfriend, we had a fling again. Boyfriend found out and doesnt trust me, even though I have no problem with him or them in general. What can I do to make future situations together less awkward and what can I say to him if I ever get to talk to him?





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PostPosted: Sun Jun 26, 2011 10:35 am


You know you're in love when you can't fall asleep...


Hearsay is never a good way to find out what someone is thinking. The truth is, you can't really be certain that this guy actually doesn't like you hanging around her. Maybe she just sensed that. Or it could be her own pet theory. Regardless of how, she's built this lie up in her own mind, she had to tell you to keep her boyfriend from attacking you.

So, why not actually ask the boyfriend what he thinks of you hanging around her? Try arranging a one on one conversation with him and see if he'll be able to understand that you won't be trying to make a move on his girl. Now, even if he actually doesn't trust you, nothing will help clear the air like a real man-to-man.


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tina138

PostPosted: Sun Jun 26, 2011 10:43 am


While I agree that talking face to face to clear the situation up, I don't know about being alone with him. (Outside point of view!) Me being paranoid and panicky, I tend to lean toward pessimism and think of bad out comes before the good. Lets say he does want to meet with you alone to talk things out. Whats stopping him from brings a weapon or a few other people to jump you?

sweatdrop Mind you all of this is coming from someone who always thinks the world is out to get them. But I wanted to share words of caution before anything went down.

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PostPosted: Sun Jun 26, 2011 1:19 pm


You are the apple...






I plan on talking to him sometime, I'm just not sure when, nor do I know exactly what to say to him. A couple ideas have bounced around my head: Should I ask his point of view on it all first? Should I come right out and just try to ease his suspicions about my intentions with her?

tina138
Lets say he does want to meet with you alone to talk things out. Whats stopping him from brings a weapon or a few other people to jump you?


No need to worry on this, he's hardly that type of person.





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PostPosted: Sun Jun 26, 2011 2:59 pm


tina138
While I agree that talking face to face to clear the situation up, I don't know about being alone with him. (Outside point of view!) Me being paranoid and panicky, I tend to lean toward pessimism and think of bad out comes before the good. Lets say he does want to meet with you alone to talk things out. Whats stopping him from brings a weapon or a few other people to jump you?

sweatdrop Mind you all of this is coming from someone who always thinks the world is out to get them. But I wanted to share words of caution before anything went down.

cry Showing concern for a member of the burn family.
I guess the thought of prison and the justice system. A crime like that wouldn't be hard to figure out. If he is like that, his friend is a terrible judge of character and probably shouldnt be dating him.


If you have to, seek out a conversation. Other than that, just avoid things like intimate contact with her, or things that'd make it look like you're still trying to sleep with her. Basically no sleaze vibe and he'll eventually find confidence in himself again that she's not going to cheat on him or trust you.
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