Is it normal for her to talk to past lovers?

Me and my girlfriend will be celebrating our one year anniversary very soon. We recently moved in together and comfortably share a one bedroom apartment (its pretty spacious), to save money on rent and such. We get along great, I feel we are very compatible, and we do the whole "I love you" thing. Here's the dilema. Several times throughout our relationship other guys, that she had previously either dated or had sex with would text her, sometimes benign and sometimes inappropriately. Now i can understand this happening in maybe the first couple months, I had a few girls texting me as well. But hers is going on to this day! The difference is that I was up front with the girls and told them i was flattered but i'm happy with this relationship. She on the other hand is sort of "feeding in" to them and engaging in conversation. This used to not bother me so much. She would tell me when it happend, we'd talk about it, and the issue would be resolved. Note its almost never the same guy, oh and she's still friends with all her ex's. Just the other day though i saw she had a missed message on her phone. We both have each others passwords, and I had this weird feeling so i looked and it was from this guy, lets call him Mike. He was back in town and wanted to hang out with her. It looked like they were having a decent sized conversation and earlier in the week i'd noticed she was commenting/liking his facebook junk which was slightly out of the ordinary. She used to sleep with this guy before i meet her and thats whatever, but why is she talking to him now?? And she's totally been being sketchy about her whereabouts. Now she does have guy friends that she hasnt sleep with that ive meet and theyre all pretty cool, it's not like i'm some jealous jerk. I just think its a little off that she keeps this close of ties with ex-lovers, as i do not. Is this girl bad news? Am i wasting my time? IS THIS NORMAL ??

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  • chatter289

    Personally, i think its disrespectful. I have very high standards when it comes to respect and like you say, it has been a year now, and well,moving and and stuff does make it quite serious.

    When my bf told me he had all his ex gf on fb i was very.. uncomfortable with it, i honestly do not think you should stay friends with your ex's', but thats not the issue here lol.

    I think you should talk to her, from what you have stated you seem to talk about irising issues and this seems to be one on your part.

    One thing i have learned, and i think this may apply to both, men and women that, if you receive attention from someone who you may find attractive or what not, then i guess you may have that nack to just keep the conversation going. We are social animals, we feed from peoples flattery (as sad as that is) because it hels build our self-esteem (how else do you think it develops lol.

    But this is affecting you and i do think you should talk to her and tell her how you feel, if you are as compatable as you say you are then you will not find any problems understanding. If you do have the talk, tell her how would she feel if she was in your shoes.

    Good luck, and keep us posted if you like :) xx

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  • SEWnanist23

    She probably fantisizes about 'the good times" while she's making "good times" with you.

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  • Truth_teller

    It looks like you have a lil wide legged whore. You should either tell her to stop leading guys on(since you sdnt like it) or leave her

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  • TareBear20

    Sadly this is normal. Not to you and I, but in today's society. Let me pick this apart. First off the whole "I love you" thing?! What the fuck is that? People like to toss that word around a lot, it's not something that I personally believe should be present in most relationships I see. When I say it, I mean it. Why do you have each others passwords on you're phones? Sounds like there's a trust issue between you both. I would never ever go through my mans phone in a million years, no matter the level of my curiosity and I think it's out of the norm in a "healthy" relationship. I'm not a know it all about the whole "cheating" scene, but I do think it is disrespectful for her to encourage these guys to keep on texting her. That's just me. Talk about it. Communication is key. I had more to say, but I feel as though I'm coming off as a douchebag, so it ends here.

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  • joybird

    I'm friends with my exes and see no problem. Some people like to be more sociable than others and I think she may be one of them. I doubt there's anything to worry about - she's with you and not one of them!

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  • ashelizax

    It's absolutely normal to be concerned. I was in a very similar situation several years ago (except I'm a girl). I'm not going to bore you with the details, but eventually i grew to not trust him anymore, and then jealousy overcame me, and eventually led to the end of our relationship. But sadly enough, to this day I don't know if he ever cheated on me, or if I was just being paranoid. Do yourself a favor and take a deep breath and tell her you're concerned, in the most relaxed, non-jealous way humanly possible. Let her reaction tell you the rest.

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    • mlig

      Dude that's exactly what I'm going through now!! Well ill give it a shot, thanks

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  • forevercg

    Its all normal except how you said she has been hidding where she is going at times. just being really upfront about where u are 24/7 and soon it will become the norm in your relationship to tell each other where u are. try not to be too jealous of the exs, they are exs for a reason.

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  • This is normal. But I'm not friend with my ex's anymore but that doesnt mean that if I would, I would still talk to them. They would be friends not lovers xd you are the one she loves and I don't think you would've notice she text them if she wanted to cheat on you :)

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  • I don't think you're a jerk for being concerned. Some women are very social that way, but it doesn't always mean that there's something else going on.

    It's funny that you expected her to deal with her exes the same exact way that you dealt with yours. She didn't and now you're upset. Does she know that you had this expectation for her? How did she react when you told her that you want her to cut off all/any communication with every guy she's ever had a relationship with?

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    • mlig

      No that's not what I meant. I mean that ill be perfectly civil with my exs. But I don't go "seeking" them out like she does

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