Is it normal for my boyfriend to be talking to other girls?

I have been dating my boyfriend for a year and a half and the past month I have been really worried because he has been talking to four or five other girls who are interested in dating him. This has always been a minor problem but I have ignored it. The past month I read texts with him flirting with other girls and I found him talking about having sex sometime with a girl he barely knew from facebook. They were describing it and everything. My boyfriend always has the perfect excuse for things like when girls talk about "makeout sessions" he says no thats what they want to do with him. He says he loves me and only me but I find him lying all the time about these girls texting him and he gets very defensive about it. I tell him it bothers me and he says he will stop but I just keep finding them on his phone. He even told all of these girls he was trying to break up with me. I even showed him the texts and he denied it and turned off his phone and took it away from me. He always hides his phone from me. He says he loves me and only me but its hard to trust him. He says he feels the same way and wants to marry me and that we are soulmates. I feel so depressed when he's not around. Im almost obsessed with figuring out where he is and what he's doing and who he's talking to because of this. I check his phone whenever I can and I always find texts from other girls even if its just a long conversation. I don't care if he talks to friends that are girls, I just don't want him to lie about it and talk to the ones that he flirts with. Im constantly worried that hes going to be flirting with someone else. I love him very much and I do believe that he is the only one for me which is why I put up with this stuff. I just don't want this to keep happening how can I prevent it or get him to stop? All I want is the truth from him. We decided to take a week off because he feels like he isn't happy with himself and wants to figure out what he wants to do in life but we have talked every day and he says he is still being true to me. I feel like I can't enjoy anything without him because I love him so much. I don't have any other friends because I spend all my time with him. We don't have any problems at all other than this. He is my best friend. I feel like im never happy when we are not with each other. I just feel like I am going crazy because of all of this. I want to know how to get things back to normal and have him stop talking to the girls that he flirts with. I would never break up with him because I love him more than anything and I couldn't live without him.

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Comments ( 18 )
  • grace101

    Yo girl! Wake up cut your losses and move on! Unless you want an STD from your bf screwing around!!!!!

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    • Runaway

      LITERALLY

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  • pixie_dust

    he is obviously a sleaze/player/lying cheater. he said he's taking a week bcuz he's unhappy with HIMSELF?? I'd bet u $100 that he took that week to spend with some bitch!! you caught him HOW many times having sexual/inappropriate dialog on his phone? just imagine how many things you haven't caught!! I understand ur attached to him, but you giving away your self esteem to this slime ball!! i've been there, when I was 16-17, I did this and it utterly disgusts me to remember how I allowed this evil demon to destroy my self esteem, self worth. I know that even though u posted this, asking people's opinions, and unanimously people are telling u what a creep this is.. are u going to have the strength to say good bye?? I know I wouldn't have back then. I just have to urge you to not ignore what's plain as day. this is not going to have a happy endinf regardless. and if u keep waitinf for him to change, which he will never, it will just end up hurtinf you more for longer. the time to act is NOW.

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  • manticore

    your setting yourself up for a huge disappointment if you enter marriage with this guy. dump him. it'll be hard at first. and you'll feel like hell and probably want to call him,but don't. cry. cry alot. to the point where you got snot coming out your nose. lay in bed with a bunch of chocolate and watch chick flicks with your girlfriends. eventually you'll come to see he's a manipulative jerk and you'll move on,go dancing with the girls,and catch a better mans eye. And possibly have an exciting new relationship. he's not the only man for you. there's millions of us out there. pick a better fruit then the ones lying on the ground all squishy and rotten,they taste better. hope this helps love.

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  • livnlrn93

    Dump his sorry ass, he's going to be the jackass at the gas pump with a beergut inwardly screaming WHYYYY!? as he fills your tank

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  • What the funcka question is this. Dump him, please .

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  • Ono

    The last line says it all. He knows you'll never break up with him and he treats like an idiot. You're in for a bit of pain either way, but if you break up with him you'll still have some dignity.

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  • joybird

    You've got a cheater, pet :o( whether you like me telling you or not.

    Every sign is there - and it's not just harmless flirting.

    There are 2 ways of looking at this:
    1. He's hanging in with you until he meets someone better :o(
    2. You are the stable 'wife' material and the others are just exciting shags :o(

    Either way, I agree with grace101 - protect yourself until you gain some self respect. You'll only bring him towards you again when you pull back and threaten to dump him. I'm not saying he will stay with you coz he loves you so much but you're his comfort zone and men don't like to lose that.

    Sorry love, but you deserve better :o(
    You must be young coz us older bitches would kick his @ss up and dowm the street!!!

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  • TheArBuilder

    He's gonna cheat SOON..

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  • Myarmfelloff

    Of course it is.

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  • L00neyBin

    All the others being mean may be hypocrites. Just wait until they find a nice, most perfect guy who changes on them and they find it harder then normal to drop him immediately. But what they say has truth, he is selfish. I looked this up because I'm involved in a similar situation. But I was the "flirt" while I found out he was already married!! I feel so bad for his wife who I still know nothing about...She may be like you...Devoted and caring while he's clueless. I told him I wasn't the type to fool around. I'm still talking to him, just not flirty. It's been a week since I found out...I don't really know what to do he said he understands. Now, I know that he's bad and would do the same to me if we were ever together. I know I can find another who is actually available as hard as it feels right now. I have implied to him about staying with his girl and that maybe all he's looking for is right there...But he avoids it, of course. Based on your bf and my friend, they may love you but find a thrill in flirting with other girls and getting their approval, or because they love the thought of having different kinds of sex. It's as guiltless and natural to them as making more friends. I said it's normal, because this is an age-old story...But that doesn't mean I think it's ok. I feel you need to try really hard to get away from him. It sounds bad, but maybe you can start talking to other guys more freely. Not to make your bf jealous or anything, but if that's what he thinks he can do, why wait for him? He can't keep doing that if it bothers you. If you accept his apology he will likely see this as an excuse to do this even in marriage. He backstabs you, he does it in the open, he's immature, doesn't recognize what love needs

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  • Bbygirl.

    I think you're gonna make up as many excuses for him as you can (because u love him), but this is completely unexcusable. It isn't normal for him to be flirting with other girls, talking about have sex with one of them if he supposably loves you. Cut him lose. You'll be happy you did when you find a real guy that knows how to treat u right! You clearly love him more than yourself, & that's not healthy. You're willing to spend all your time, stress yourself out, about what he's doing.. who he's worth. He is NOT worth that. Show some strength & pride. Don't get walked all over.

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  • theunknownsoldier

    ok you seem a bit obsessive but i undertand, there was a time before i got married that my wife thought i was cheating on her this is what she did: she didnt even acknowlege me for 2 days i asked her about it at about around 3 pm on the second day, she told me that she thought i was cheating and we worked it out(i wasnt). try this if he hasnt talked to you about it within the first few days it may be time to move on.

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  • KatieLiz

    He doesn't give a shit about you, stop being a little pussy and stand up for yourself

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  • sometimesmaybe

    Have some self respect and leave his ass you idiot.

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  • piman

    If he's a true bf he will stay with you. If not, you will know because he would go with one of these other girls.

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  • Sweetz

    I was going to say why not leave him but then you mentioned you wouldn't. You said you dont have any friends...you gotta have other people besides HIM. Couples need breaks from eachother once in awhile...you with some friends(girl bonding time) and him with his(bro time). You needa distract yourself a bit...give him space. You're overy thinking too much, being kinda clingy, and needy. Do your own thing.

    About the phone thing. If he has nothing to hide he would've shown you.

    People hardly ever change unless they choose to. Maybe it isn't meant to be, i kind of think you'd be better off seperate ways.

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  • Wow! You really need to not rely on him so much! Anyway, you can't make him stop flirting with other girls. That's something he has to do all by himself. It's good you have shared your feeling with him, but if he continues to lie regardless, what choice do you have other than to break up with him or hope he will change?

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