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Q: Scenario of me with wife - Am i TOO jealous or possesive?
asked by: dicaprio on March 31st, 2009
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HEre is the scenario -

Married for past 3 yrs. She is 26 i am 29. She is also v attractive and always has men fancy her but she is not big headed and is oblivious to the fact but i am sure she realises more than she lets on.

When we got together, she had told me about her past ex's and about one guy called Kurt. He is my age and they went out of about 3 mths only on about 2/3 dates. He then seemed less interested and it fizzled out.

Over past year or so, they stayed in touch as mates via Facebook and he has dropped her a few emails and messages. They nearly always have a flirty under tone or innuendo and he knows she is now married.

He has made "jokes" about if she ever gets bored of being married or wants a break.... He also said that he always seems to upset the married girls husbands (so say said tongue in cheek).

He is attractive and local and he is single and is out with his mates on the pull a lot so i see on his facebook pages.

So - the situation is that he messaged her in chat on Facebook last night and she told him she was out on work night out with big group this friday and if he was about they should catch up for a drink as he was out that night as well. They exchanged numbers and are going to meet with there respective groups.

She half heartedly asked if i minded and i was honest and said i was not keen or liking the idea and told her these reasons, but said she knows i would never say she cant do something or ban her and so she should do what she wants but thats how i felt.

She says she feels me being like that pushes her away, that i should not feel this way about it and its unfair. She says it is no different from me meeting someone i have been out with in the past alone (i would not do this for the record nor are any of my exes flirts or joke about hooking up etc). She said i made her feel trapped and i said it was fair and natural that i felt as i did given the person and his exploits.

I have no issue now or in the past with her when she met other ex's or men who are friends or work colleagues. But she refers to my alleged over possiveness about her work situation. I am not keen on her work lot as she works as non police staff in a police HQ where all men and she comes home laughing and joking about how they all compliment her on her boobs as a joke and make lots of sex jpkes and remarks and she told me how so so many of them are having affairs in the office and cheating on their partners. So what or how should i feel about her with them daily and on her late shifts and when she goes on works night out.

She is v attractive, gets lots of men drooling and chatting her up but has never given me reason to not trust her or feel that she likes other men more (in fact the opposite) as she is always telling me she loves me and adores me and how great i am, yet these situations still make me uncomfortable and i feel i am normal and fair but she says not -

What do we all think?
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JavaMissus
replied on March 31st, 2009
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I think she is a cat on a hot tin roof that is asking for trouble...Whether she is just playing the flirting game or not, she is playing with fire...She is being stupid...She is being awaken by the male with his hot words telling her what a lay that she is...This is making her more prone to bring out the animal in her...What can you do?...I don't know...When a woman gets like this she must cool down and put her sex vibes in reverse...Whether she can do this or wants to do this at this place in life I just don't know...Now add to this she is in a job situation that has one of the highest divorce rates there is...Here she is Queen...Surrounded with hot men in uniform...The driving force in a woman's mind if she is hot...

No, I don't think you wrong in your thinking...She is walking a very dangerous path in life...Whether she puts on the breaks will be up to her....She is being made a sex goddess by men just by her looks...This can be very hard to handle...

Just my thoughts,
Caroline
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worrywart01
replied on March 31st, 2009
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i agree with caroline...I dont think you're being overly possessive..its not like you sat down and told her "you cant do this you cant do that"..it seems you calmly told her how you felt and she completely ignored it and brushed it off..personally, if my bf WANTED to meet up with an ex fling of his, meeting up alone with this person would be out of the question...no..thats innappropriate..going out in a group is more acceptable however I would still feel alittle uncomfortable...I think she DOES realise more than she lets on, it seems shes constantly coming home and TRYING to make you jealous otherwise why is she telling you about the remarks and comments other men make at her? ...she should respect the fact that this situation makes you uncomfortable and just cancel the plans...
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Makoto
replied on April 1st, 2009
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No, you are not in the wrong. You partner should either remove that guy as a friend from face book, block him, or if that fails, delete her face book account.

She is wrong to be accepting flirty emails and responding to them. That is cheating in a way. It is not physical, but it is nonetheless cheating.

It is a touchy issue, because you are moving in on her privacy, but yet she has proven she can not be trusted with this issue.

Counciling on this issue might be needed.

But, a mail to the guy to back off and stay away would not be a bad thing. He is disrespecting your marriage and he is in the wrong no matter what.

I wonder if you could not even bring harrasment charges against him even. It is your marriage as well too.
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hunters_momma
replied on April 3rd, 2009
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to dicaprio
I think what you are feeling is PERFECTLY fine AND normal. And you should indeed feel that way. What's unfair about the situation, is that she isn't considering YOUR feelings. I just don't think it's right for a man/woman [which ever is in the situation] to talk to their ex(s) if some "flirty-ness" or "hooking up jokes" are being said/going on. Those kinds of conversations typically lead to other things if you know what I mean. I'm not saying your wife would actually DO something with other men but that's what usually happens. You are NOT at all being possessive. She's in the wrong. You're in the right. That simple!
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diamondsz
replied on April 6th, 2009
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It almost sound slike shes telling you to step up your game, shes being honest by telling you but she could see that as her freedom.

Freedom is not only trying to lock her down, it could also be a trust thing, at the same time, communication is vital. Its kind of a double edge and I think you need to have a conversation with her about where you stand.

I hang out with other men, I flirt with them but it never goes beyond that, most of them I don't flirt with cause they are like brothers. Maybe you guys should go out together just another option but if she says no just back off, then again that could backfire. Kind of a tricky thing, wish I could offer some compound advice!
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ServiceU
replied on May 21st, 2009
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you have a right to feel the way you do! if she is very attractive she is going to get compliments, and women love compliments. some of the things she tells you i think i would keep to myself, b/c i m sure you would be jealous over somethings she says.

i a concerned with her meeting her male friend. and if you dont like it you should say something, your her husband, the king of the castle. she can be faithful, but her male friend is crossing the line and he needs to back off.
my ex was the same way, he felt like it's okay for him to have a lot of female friends who wanted him. he knows how to handle himself.....bla,bla,bla. my argument was why cant he find friends that dont want him and someone i feel comfortable around. but when men was around me he was like a pit bull.
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skyehonour
replied on May 21st, 2009
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If for 1 minute u feel uncomfortable with the situation, you should say hunni and make her listen, she should respect your feelings as your partner, meeting up with exes will just end in tears, totally wrong thing to do, he was in the past and should remain in the past, I've tried a couple of times to interact with my exes again and they always want more , if she is set on meeting this guy despite you feelings then her heart isn't truly in the relasionship x
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