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Me and my boyfriend are dating for two months now.

Before that, he was my best friend. I love everything about him, I love him, because we have a great balance between “bittersweet love” and “joking around”, like teasing. But I’m afraid I’ve gone a bit too far with the teasing.
One of his friends, W., and I started this joke that we were fuckbuddies. At first it was funny, but now my boyfriend thinks W. has feelings for me (like “more than friends”). I had no clue, because I’ve always been someone who jokes around, sometimes maybe being *too playful*.
anyways, we were at the beach with some friends, including my bf and W. On our way to my house, just us three and my best female friend, he teased me by suddenly stopping with holding my hand. I pretended to be mad at him (he knew I wasn’t really mad) and biked next to W, and held his hand. Everything was fine but today he called me telling me he was upset because of that. I told him I was sorry, I didn’t know he was upset about it and that I’d never do it again. Also, I would stop joking around with W and have a serious conversation with W. But at the end of the phone converstation, I told him I love him and he just said “okay”. Is he ever gonna trust me again? Or will his trust in me never gain and will he eventually break up with me? I can’t stand loosing him, he’s been too important for me for too long… Please give me your opinion, I just need another point of view, and some tips maybe, and also your expectations, like “what do you think will happen?”.

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QueenLazyMcCoolBeans offline Verified User (5 years, 11 months) Long Term User Shouts: 2 #
An Undisclosed Location | 1 year, 8 months ago (6 minutes after post)

Hmm, sounds to me like you are quite immature, not that it is a bad thing but sometimes playing/teasing and hurting someone can be a fine line and the thing with maturity is that you know when not to take things to far.

Now to me, being in a relationship with someone and then teasing that person saying I was sleeping with another person, that he knew and that was freinds with me I would wonder about the deeper issue there, I think deep down you know the guy friend was flirting with you and you know you were flirting back and also doing it fron of your fella to make him in some way hurt or feel jealous.

I don’t know if you can fix this or not, I hope for his sake he does not hurt for very long but I would try to reassure him as much as possible and maybe exclude this guy from gatherings with you and your boyfriend for a little while and do not go anywhere he is (without your fella).

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ilivelife offline Verified User (1 year, 9 months) Long Term User Shouts: 11 #
An Unknown Location | 1 year, 8 months ago (34 minutes after post)

Hopefully now your boyfriend has told you how he feels, and you have told him you will stop behaving this way, things will be ok.

He was probably just still upset when he ended the conversation with ‘okay’ rather than ‘I love you too’.

I think when you are in a relationship, flirting with someone else can only end in tears. Even if intended as a joke, people can get the wrong idea, take things the wrong way, and end up getting hurt.

I think in the future, keep the jokes and teasing between just the two of you, and don’t involve anyone else.

Hope it all works out!

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Melisa offline Verified User (2 years, 7 months) Long Term User Shouts: 7 #
An Unknown Location | 1 year, 8 months ago (41 minutes after post)

Thank you to all three of you for helping me! I will remind him that he is truly the only one on my mind, and I’ll think twice before teasing him. Or three times. Or a thousand ;)
And I just talked to him, he’s not very upset now. He still hasn’t told me he loved me, but that’s normal because it’s not something you’d say every minute or say randomly.

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Winters ♠ offline Verified User (2 years, 3 months) Long Term User Shouts: 1 #
An Undisclosed Location | 1 year, 8 months ago (1 hour, 29 minutes after post)

He’ll come around. Just make it clear to your bf that you really do love him and only him. Until then he will be doubtful

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ilivelife offline Verified User (1 year, 9 months) Long Term User Shouts: 11 #
An Unknown Location | 1 year, 8 months ago (1 hour, 38 minutes after post)

melisa.acikali wrote:
Thank you to all three of you for helping me! I will remind him that he is truly the only one on my mind, and I’ll think twice before teasing him. Or three times. Or a thousand ;)
And I just talked to him, he’s not very upset now. He still hasn’t told me he loved me, but that’s normal because it’s not something you’d say every minute or say randomly.

You’re welcome! Glad to hear he seems a bit happier now.

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moufette_l offline Verified User (4 years, 3 months) Long Term User Shouts: 2 #
An Undisclosed Location | 1 year, 8 months ago (5 hours, 52 minutes after post)

you may have hurt his feelings a bit. You shouldnt play games like this because it only shtters trust in time. you you want to keep youre boyfriend, make him feel like it and not like hes one of youre options. boys are often upset when you mess with their pride , and no matter what you do about it its hard to make it up to them for it. flirt with others is always an attack to their pride and i suggest you take that out of the daily routineD:

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Melisa offline Verified User (2 years, 7 months) Long Term User Shouts: 7 #
An Unknown Location | 1 year, 8 months ago (1 week, 5 days after post)

He just dumped me

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QueenLazyMcCoolBeans offline Verified User (5 years, 11 months) Long Term User Shouts: 2 #
An Undisclosed Location | 1 year, 8 months ago (1 week, 5 days after post)

Sorry to hear that =/

I think maybe he was pushed a little too far with the ‘games’

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Melisa offline Verified User (2 years, 7 months) Long Term User Shouts: 7 #
An Unknown Location | 1 year, 8 months ago (1 week, 5 days after post)

I think so too. He said he didn’t like me the way he used to, and that all started from the moment with W.

But last week I gained some hope because we seemed happy again and I believed we could make it and now it’s all gone and it’s my fault.

I know, I’ll get over it and it just takes some time, but right now it’s not helping :p but hey, everybody’s gotta go through this once or even multiple times in his/her life right? ;)
it just sucks..

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ilivelife offline Verified User (1 year, 9 months) Long Term User Shouts: 11 #
An Unknown Location | 1 year, 8 months ago (2 weeks, 4 days after post)

Oh no! Sorry for the delay in reply - have been away & minus a laptop.

Hope you’re doing ok, and yes things will get better in time.

All experiences are useful, even the painful ones, and although this relationship didn’t work out, try to learn from what happened.

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An Unknown Location | 1 year, 3 months ago (5 months after post)

not being offensive but that was pretty stupid, honestly put yourself in his shoes and see what it would be like if he was acting like that with your best female friend??

I personally think that the whole “okay” after you said you loved him was just to scare you into thinking he didn’t. He probably regretted it after but if you really change and stop acting so immature I think things will be fine

Its hard to know exactly how a guy will react to the things we do but at least he told you it upset him rather than let it go and end up leaving you…

I think ye will be fine, jealousy is tough but I get the feeling he has put up with a lot more before this finally got to him…

Prove your sorry and he should be fine since there really isn’t anything between you and W. , is there?

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Melisa offline Verified User (2 years, 7 months) Long Term User Shouts: 7 #
An Unknown Location | 1 year, 3 months ago (5 months after post)

k0012239 wrote:
not being offensive but that was pretty stupid, honestly put yourself in his shoes and see what it would be like if he was acting like that with your best female friend??

I personally think that the whole “okay” after you said you loved him was just to scare you into thinking he didn’t. He probably regretted it after but if you really change and stop acting so immature I think things will be fine

Its hard to know exactly how a guy will react to the things we do but at least he told you it upset him rather than let it go and end up leaving you…

I think ye will be fine, jealousy is tough but I get the feeling he has put up with a lot more before this finally got to him…

Prove your sorry and he should be fine since there really isn’t anything between you and W. , is there?

Thank you so much for your help, I really appreciate it - but it’s a little too late. He already broke up with me about 1 week after I posted this. It took me months to get over him but I finally did it :) Still kinda miss it though - just the happiness and perfectness of my life. But I proved myself I can be happy being single, so I’m gonna be happy pretty soon I hope. It’s only progress!

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An Unknown Location | 1 year, 2 months ago (5 months, 4 weeks after post)

I have the same problem with my boyfriend and I have been with him for 9 months. I would say to help is by doing what your heart thinks. Even if its hard.

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KenniBuu offline Verified User (1 year, 2 months) Long Term User Shouts: 0 #
An Unknown Location | 1 year, 2 months ago (6 months, 2 weeks after post)

Omg! No way! My boyfriend and I have been dating for two months on March 12th!

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An Unknown Location | 1 year, 2 months ago (6 months, 2 weeks after post)

Oh, and I think that you should let it blow over, but first, you need to find out if this W. dude is really into you. If he isn’t, you can use that to your advantage when talking about W. to your boyfriend. And also, make sure your boyfriend knows your just a playfull girl. He can’t expect you to be perfect.

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Melisa offline Verified User (2 years, 7 months) Long Term User Shouts: 7 #
An Unknown Location | 1 year, 2 months ago (6 months, 2 weeks after post)

KenniBuu wrote:
Oh, and I think that you should let it blow over, but first, you need to find out if this W. dude is really into you. If he isn’t, you can use that to your advantage when talking about W. to your boyfriend. And also, make sure your boyfriend knows your just a playfull girl. He can’t expect you to be perfect.

Well thank you for your help but it has been over six months since I posted this. W. was not into me but the boyfriend I had broke up with me because of this. (So he is now my ex-boyfriend). I wish you all the luck with your boyfriend, you guy probably can’t wait till April 12th haha

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KenniBuu offline Verified User (1 year, 2 months) Long Term User Shouts: 0 #
An Unknown Location | 1 year, 2 months ago (6 months, 2 weeks after post)

Well, I still wish you the best with finding someone who really likes you. I hate dealing with relationship problems, and the guy I’m with now doesn’t like them either. We laugh alot, and we tease alot. Your ex wasn’t the one for you, because God has better things in store for you. Just open your eyes to the extreme. You’ll be amazed about what you’ve discovered :D

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Melisa offline Verified User (2 years, 7 months) Long Term User Shouts: 7 #
An Unknown Location | 1 year, 2 months ago (6 months, 2 weeks after post)

Thank you so much!

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KenniBuu offline Verified User (1 year, 2 months) Long Term User Shouts: 0 #
An Unknown Location | 1 year, 2 months ago (6 months, 2 weeks after post)

np :)

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An Unknown Location | 1 year, 1 month ago (7 months after post)

if your love is true then he will definitely call you back, and if he doesn do that then it means that he was never yours n you deserve someone even better than this ………

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