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I met an online person in real life.

Thank you to all who helped with my last inquiry, I’m sorry I didn’t get to update (for those who remember.) But we did meet and it went amazingly, my parents liked him, and he wants to visit again.

Now here’s the touchy part.
He’s been talking to some girl for a while now (before I met him in real life) and I have reason to believe they were romantically involved during a lull he and I had in our relationship a few months back.

Now jump to the present: After meeting him in real life, and having it go swimmingly, he called me every night following his return home. I was happy about this. But lately he hasn’t been calling at all, and just last night he was not replying to my messages. Assuming suspicion, I asked ‘do you still talk to *insert name of girl he was involved with here*’ and he replied ‘oh yea, I’m on the phone with her right now.’ I did not act enthused, and he invited me into their call just so I could hear them banter as following:
“you’re stupid!”
“no you are!! hehehe!”
“you are!”
“no you are hehe”
I was upset..
I mean is he intentionally blowing me off to talk to this girl instead of me? Because he really did ignore my messages, he doesn’t call, and when it comes time to say goodnight he’s very curt about it. (Example: ‘Night.’) (He used to say something along the lines of “goodnight, I love you, talk to you tomorrow.)

He’s planning to visit again in two weeks, but I’m just worried about this girl and hate being put on the back burner.

I’d like to know if I should bring it up.
I do have faith that he likes me more than her, because I’m confident in myself and realize that I’m worth it.
But at the same time, I am irked by this situation:
is it enough of an issue to mention and risk rocking the boat?

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TinyDancer :) offline Verified User (1 year, 3 months) Long Term User Shouts: 15 #
An Unknown Location | 2 months, 1 week ago (6 minutes after post)

tell him when he comes talk in person

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AriLola offline Verified User (1 year, 7 months) Long Term User Shouts: 4 #
An Unknown Location | 2 months, 1 week ago (18 minutes after post)

Yep. It’s better to wait until you’re face to face with him. Come on though. He’s messin’ around. If I had have been in a situation like that I would have snapped already!

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Elexa Rose offline Verified User (2 years, 3 months) Long Term User Shouts: 1 #
An Undisclosed Location | 2 months, 1 week ago (21 minutes after post)

Lol I agree with both of you, especially with AriLola’s ’snapping.’ I’m about to. But in the past I’ve been too paraniod and it’s been the end of many relationships.. Actually practically every single one. We’re still young, it’s more a question of how much flirting is too much flirting..

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Mradams. offline Verified User (7 months, 4 weeks) Long Term User Shouts: 3 #
An Undisclosed Location | 2 months, 1 week ago (22 minutes after post)

i’ve been in a similiar position myself,my ex,i still love her loads,even though it was long distance,and i haven’t stopped at the same time as being with my recent girlfriend.i convinced myself i hadn’t.you need to talk to him about how he feels about this girl so that you have some clarification that he doesn’t still care about her.it will give you piece of mind.

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Elexa Rose offline Verified User (2 years, 3 months) Long Term User Shouts: 1 #
An Undisclosed Location | 2 months, 1 week ago (27 minutes after post)

Thank youu
Sometimes answers make me a bit more scared haha
Should I bring it up soon or wait two weeks?
I mean my skin is crawling and my stomach is turning constantly..
but waiting may be more effective; if it doesn’t destroy my nervous system first.

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Mradams. offline Verified User (7 months, 4 weeks) Long Term User Shouts: 3 #
An Undisclosed Location | 2 months, 1 week ago (31 minutes after post)

i’d say quicker the better,you want the peace of mind,if you don’t want it playing on your mind cos it’ll just irk you,disturb you from your daily life.

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TinyDancer :) offline Verified User (1 year, 3 months) Long Term User Shouts: 15 #
An Unknown Location | 2 months, 1 week ago (32 minutes after post)

Yeah answers confuse me more lol

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Elexa Rose offline Verified User (2 years, 3 months) Long Term User Shouts: 1 #
An Undisclosed Location | 2 months, 1 week ago (33 minutes after post)

I do have some events to attend tomorrow, I was hoping being more active with friends could help ease my mind and allow me more leverage to hold off for a while. It’s wishful thinking though.
And totally, I remember in the past with similar situations some people would flat out say “dump him, it’s over.” And that would just make me feel hopeless XD.
Most of the time they were right, though. =/

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Mradams. offline Verified User (7 months, 4 weeks) Long Term User Shouts: 3 #
An Undisclosed Location | 2 months, 1 week ago (35 minutes after post)

And the answers will always scare you cos it might be the answer your not looking for

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Elexa Rose offline Verified User (2 years, 3 months) Long Term User Shouts: 1 #
An Undisclosed Location | 2 months, 1 week ago (36 minutes after post)

That is definitely true; I wish everyone could always say ‘everything will be fine’ and have it be that way.
The truth will always hurt.
Sometimes I wonder why we all deny the inevitable but I do it all the time so I won’t be hypocritical. lol.

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2 months, 1 week ago (1 hour, 13 minutes after post)

Saying it will be fine is not seeing your potential relationship realistically. Having just met in person, you’re still building a more realistic relationship which is quite different from an online relationship.

You have the right to ask him where you stand in his life now, after having met in person. I would tell him now that, when he visits, you and him need to talk about some things. It would be best to talk about these things in person rather than through e-mails or phone calls.

And I wouldn’t say just “dump him” since you’ve only just moved into the realm of a real relationship. Internet/online relationships are not the same as one pursued in real life, and if this is a long distance relationship, thats another factor to add in that might make this relationship harder than one with a guy who lives near you. Trust, strong trust, is what will make any relationship work, and if you don’t quite have that in you now to him then this may be an issue you need to confront inside yourself and ask yourself if you “feel” you can totally trust him when not together.

I agree with Mradams above that the answers you desire may not be the answers you get from this guy. Again, this is a part of any potential relationship in its early stages as 2 people get to know one another and build a relationship together.

Good luck. I hope this will work out for you, but if not, I do hope you know inside of you that you have the strength to grow past this and be happy. Take care.

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zilverknight offline Verified User (4 months) Long Term User Shouts: 32 #
An Unknown Location | 2 months, 1 week ago (2 hours, 5 minutes after post)

Dear Elexa.

I think you remember me. can you remember what I wrote to you in your previous post?

Perhaps I’m wrong, but I advice you to be cautious in your next meeting with him.

As mention before, If a person treully loves you and respect you.
He won’t ever toy with your feelings.

In any event wish you good luck

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