BrownieBrie
Well-Known Member
I' m surprised about their ages. I thought these were kids playing all these games.
"Secretly engaged" the whole time? Your friend is still going to marry him. What is going on in her head? You see how men dis tun some women stupid?
I can't co-sign on this one. She was wrong for snooping but it seems justified since he was really doing wrong. Where she went wrong was continuing the surveillance when she found out what was going on. She should have called him out immediately. Her snooping doesn't put her on the same level as his cheating though.
I'm confused. How does she not know he cheated if she read the emails and saw that the experience was ethereal and supercalifragilisticexpialidocious and whatever other words he used to describe their time together?
I've heard of this before. I think its more common than we realize. The couple discusses it and decides to get their stuff together before announcing it publicly. This is the time where he saves for the ring, gets the bill collectors off his/her back, formalizes child custody or child support issues before the crazy baby momma knows that the door is closed forever, etc. I guess it could include marriage counseling as well but most will do this after the engagement is announced.
As long as its only a secret for a short period of time then I don't see anything wrong with it. I can see a man's ego not being able to handle her not having a ring or having a puny ring so I may give a pass on something like that for a short period of time. The same applies to one person having debt if there is a realistic plan to get it paid off. Most issues can be resolved without keeping the engagement under wraps though. To each his own.
It's not the secretly engaged part that has me perplexed. I know some people who were. It's what went down while they were engaged. I can't believe she's still going to marry him.
How stupid can she be? Seriously.I get the impression that she feels that she's "won."
Maybe she did.
nevermind...
Our relationships really are reflections of where we are internally. I hope this lady moves to a higher plane before she marries this guy.
Yeah.
Not sure that she'll reach a higher plane in a few short months but .
She was snooping to "make sure" that he didn't relapse.
He relapsed.
At this point it's like watching a train wreck. She's gonna proceed because her (male) pastor told her to pray and remain faithful.
Yeah.
Not sure that she'll reach a higher plane in a few short months but .
She was snooping to "make sure" that he didn't relapse.
He relapsed.
At this point it's like watching a train wreck. She's gonna proceed because her (male) pastor told her to pray and remain faithful.
Yeah.
Not sure that she'll reach a higher plane in a few short months but .
She was snooping to "make sure" that he didn't relapse.
He relapsed.
At this point it's like watching a train wreck. She's gonna proceed because her (male) pastor told her to pray and remain faithful.
I KNEW IT! I KNEW IT! I KNEW IT!!!Update! Update!
He's reaching out to the ex again (on FB, emails, texting)....
Yeah.
Not sure that she'll reach a higher plane in a few short months but .
She was snooping to "make sure" that he didn't relapse.
He relapsed.
At this point it's like watching a train wreck. She's gonna proceed because her (male) pastor told her to pray and remain faithful.
I KNEW IT! I KNEW IT! I KNEW IT!!!
Welp.
I finally spoke to her and asked why she was going through with it when it was obvious that they had "issues."
Her response was that he's a good man and she's not going to let the devil take what's hers. The "ex" was sent by the devil to tempt her man and though he fell, they are still standing.
The pastor is her brother. He's also marrying them.
Welp.
I finally spoke to her and asked why she was going through with it when it was obvious that they had "issues."
Her response was that he's a good man and she's not going to let the devil take what's hers. The "ex" was sent by the devil to tempt her man and though he fell, they are still standing.
The pastor is her brother. He's also marrying them.
Welp.
I finally spoke to her and asked why she was going through with it when it was obvious that they had "issues."
Her response was that he's a good man and she's not going to let the devil take what's hers. The "ex" was sent by the devil to tempt her man and though he fell, they are still standing.
The pastor is her brother. He's also marrying them.
Real Scenario-
You've been seeing this guy (long distance) for about a year and things are coasting along nicely.
About 4 months ago he starts to act...different.
You find out that his college sweetheart, the one he's carried a torch for forever, has resurfaced and they've been talking and hanging out. "Talking" means 4-5 hours almost every night. "Hanging out" means he cancelled a trip to come see you to travel 4 hours to see HER. You're pretty sure they touched & agreed from texts that described their meeting as ethereal & beautiful & inevitable & amazing & spectacular (his words).
You've never had sex with this guy (although you've tried) because he was abstaining before you met.
Now he feels guilty and is coming to see you.
What say you?
My advice was to bounce because, er, um, yeah. erplexed