# Girlfriend is spending a lot of time talking to a new guy friend of hers online. Should I worry?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [May 5, 2010, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girlfriend-is-spending-a-lot-of-time-talking-to-a-new-guy-friend-of-hers-online-should-i-worry/538444 "2010-05-05T20:29:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\
**Post date:** [May 6, 2010, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girlfriend-is-spending-a-lot-of-time-talking-to-a-new-guy-friend-of-hers-online-should-i-worry/538444/147 "2010-05-06T23:30:34Z")

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> [@kidneyfailure](#):
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> Suspicion doesn’t equal proof. In all of the situations I’ve been in I had my suspicions, but I acknowledged that I might have just been making a big deal out of nothing. I needed proof and I got it and I was right. What’s so hard to figure out?

I can’t figure out how you could feel that distrustful of someone and then think that if you don’t get your proof, you can go back to trusting them.

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