Things always get worse!

Okay here is the deal … My ex-boyfriend sends an email to me that he is coming back to the US for the month and he wanted to get together. I wasnt too keen on it in the beginning because of how terrible our relationship had been and all that he had put me through. I told me SO about the email and he asked me if I wanted to see him (the ex). I told him not really (I mean I only talk to my ex to be nice). Then i asked my SO if it would have bothered him if my ex came over. He said no it wouldnt bother him at all … that he didnt have anything to worry about.

Okay here is where the mess begins. Well my ex emails me again asking if it was alright if he stopped by to say hi before he goes back to England. So I figured what is the harm I mean my SO said that it wouldnt bother him … plus he would be there. I thought I would be nice and grant my ex his wishes to see me … I mean it has been more than 2 years since we broke up and I figured that its about time I kind of forgot about the past … I mean I have found the guy of my dreams now so no big deal right…

Wrong so wrong. I told my SO about it today and he had a fit. Okay I admit that it was wrong for me to tell him that my ex was going to stop in tomorrow at the last min. … but the decision was kind of last min. but that still isnt a good excuse. Anyway he got totally pissed at me. He got mad because I said that my ex could stop by. He said I lied to him when I said I didnt want to see him and then invite him over. True I should have talked it over with him before hand … I admit that fault. But he really shouldnt be totally mad because he did tell me that he wouldnt mind if my ex came over and shit. He did tell me that it wouldnt bother him … but it did … so he too lied to me.

Well after he got mad and said he would just leave when my ex got there, I told him that I would just email my ex and tell him he couldnt come over. He got mad at me because of that. He said that even if I did that he would still leave tomorrow no matter what. I told him that it was kind of childish (which wasnt the best thing to say I know). Well I email the ex told him not to come … he doesnt know where my house is anyway. 3 hours later my SO was still giving me the silent treament … then I lay down to go to bed …but then I thought well if he is mad at me then I doubt he would want me to sleep in the same bed with him (its his bed) so I go to the couch … I wasnt bothering him… I didnt say anything to him … then he gets pissed shuts off the tv and leaves.

I know what I did was wrong and I tried to make it right be calling the whole thing off … but it didnt work … nothing worked … it seemed whatever I did to try to make up for it made it worse … like I said I know it was wrong and I apologize but isnt he over reacting a bit or am I just a bitch? You tell me

Well, now I’m not saying you reacted the right way, but you reacted the same way I would have. Except a bit nicer. I would have basically said ‘screw you’ to the SO and had my ex over anyway. I mean, would he react the same way if it was just a male friend coming to visit? If not, doesn’t he trust you? You said you didn’t like him that much, so if I was him, I’d be at ease, even if I wasn’t there, but I mean, it’s nice to see people who remind you of days gone by, even if some of them aren’t so great.

When you first posed the question to your boyfriend, you mentioned it as something that wasn’t actually a possibility, so it seems somewhat logical that he wouldn’t have a problem with it, since it wasn’t going to happen anyway.

Then, when you told him that your ex was indeed coming over, it was real, and your boyfriend’s trust issues and insecurities came to a surface. Before, he was saying what he felt he NEEDED to say, now he was saying what he really felt.

I’m not saying this as a slam against your SO. In similar situations, I’ve reacted exactly like your SO so I guess I’m kind of trying to give you his point of view. I’m also one of those people who’s never understood staying friends with an ex. If there were still anything redeeming about the ex, then we would probably have never broken up. Yeah, I know not everyone shares this view.