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Mon 14 Sep, 2015 09:32 pm
Hello all,
I have a situation I currently need some advice for. I think I'm doing the right thing with this woman but I'll let you all see from a different perspective.
So, I was living in Germany a year ago and I decided to get a roommate to live with me. This slightly younger lady (I'm 29 now and she is 28) I met I started spending time with her and we kind of got close. One night we had an incredible time together out at a dance club and spontaneously began kissing and dancing. It felt like we were the only two people in the world and I know she felt it too. What began there ended in the bedroom. We had sex together and it was very good. I never could have imagined getting involved with a roommate but it just kind of happened.
Fast forward a bit and I lose my job, I had to leave Germany and return to the USA. Both of us have kept in close communication ever since. We even spoke on the phone or texted each other nearly every day.
Now things have gotten a bit complicated. She has told me that this guy she has known for awhile suddenly has declared his love for her. HOWEVER, this guy was already married!!! That's right, he is married and cheated on his wife with her. He claims to be divorcing his wife for her now. Her life is rather complicated, and she lost her job before so now she tells me she has very little options and wants to move in with him by the end of the month.
Recently I have started falling for her....harder than I thought. I think about her a lot and I even sent her roses all the way to Germany that she really enjoyed. I told her that I am planning on returning for my Master's degree and she should wait for me by the end of November. It doesn't look like that's going to happen. I am simply not there and this guy is putting too much pressure over her and manipulating her completely. Probably promising her security.
She is REALLY INSECURE about herself. She always liked to send me photos of herself and ask me what I thought of her.
It seems like she is having trouble appreciating a good guy like me and this jerk is now in the picture instead.
My question is: Is it unfair of me to ask her to choose me over him since I haven't been back there in a year?
How should I handle this situation, do I wait for her to go through a trial with this guy and hope that she will wise up?
Is it possible to stay friends with her during this time?
Am I in a pretty good position as the "good guy" who will be patient and love her in the end? Is this relationship she wants to be in now likely to fail?
There is likely to be a lot of trust issues between her and this guy, not to mention she's moving in with him too soon and will be dependent on him for awhile. The whole situation is just bad.
She wants me to come back to Germany, and I do plan on it. Just not quite soon enough, unfortunately.
Please give me some needed advice.
Thanks in advance.
@regulator47,
regulator47 wrote:Her life is rather complicated, and she lost her job before so now she tells me she has very little options and wants to move in with him by the end of the month.
Probably promising her security.
are you able to provide her the security and housing she needs right now?
@ehBeth,
At the moment I am not able to do that as I am still living in the United States until November like I asked her to wait for me.
@ehBeth,
Is it worth asking her to move in with me somewhere in November instead of this other guy? I wish I could win her back from him. We have lived together before which is one advantage.
Edit: We went from talking almost every day, to now she has gone pretty quiet for the past few days.
Could it be she is still thinking things over or do you guys think she already made her choice and is living with this guy now?
I'm not sure, but in a day or so I'll just contact her again.
This man has left his wife for her and now they are moving in with each other.
She called you because she needed a back-up plan. In case her new BF doesn't work out.
Wrong girl, wrong time, wrong place.
@regulator47,
Quote:Is it unfair of me to ask her to choose me over him since I haven't been back there in a year?
No it isn't unfair, but she may not choose you - put it out there and allow her to make a decision Then if she does not choose you - you need to let it go and then look for someone near you. Who knows when you are ready you are free to reach out to her again and maybe she will come to her senses.
I say this because my guess from how you describe her - she won't wait for you.
@PUNKEY,
I don't think you see the problems that are going to arise from this...
There will be massive trust issues between those two. The wife is not completely out of the picture yet, it's been too soon. When two people move in together so quickly it rarely works out.
Bottom line she is wanting to have this guy as her new daddy figure to take care of her. A guy cannot take care of her she needs to take care of herself.
I'm going to go with my gut and my heart on this one and think that her decision will not work out for her. She does care about me. People can change and she will figure out that she deserves a better man in her life. I'm not just going to throw her away like a piece of garbage. I believe that happens too often today. If you really care about someone you will exercise some patience. Of course, on the other hand if I meet someone better then it's probably for the best anyway.
@PUNKEY,
Also, did it ever occur to you that he's probably going to cheat on her?
He did it once with his wife he will most likely do it again. This guy is a complete liar, manipulator and an asshole.
@regulator47,
You seem (to me) to be misunderstanding Punkey's post.
@ossobuco,
What's the correct way to interpret his post?
@regulator47,
The reality is that it's none of your business once she's made the decision to move on with her new boyfriend.
@regulator47,
regulator47 wrote:Bottom line she is wanting to have this guy as her new daddy figure to take care of her.
bottom line is she wanted someone to take care of her. you didn't come through so she's found someone else.
it doesn't matter that you can see the problems with her decision or that we can see them at this distance. she's made her choice and it wasn't you.