
Last night he was supposed to go to bed at the same time as me. He'd only been talking all day about how he "needed to get back on schedule" with his sleep hours. And when that hour finally came he was online talking to his in town mystery friend Jer***. I asked him "You going to bed honey?", he responded "Ah... soon, Jer*** wants me to stay up for a little bit". I tried not to let that sting me but it did. My boyfriend NEVER listens to my requests when I ask him to either stay up or come to bed with me. Last week in fact my boyfriend stayed up for 30 hours straight thanks to this dude that messaged him on facebook about a month ago.
I try not to be intimidated but I am. Something does not feel right, and my suspicions grew stronger last night as I woke from sleep at approximately 4:30 am only to see my boyfriend typing away, putting his lap top to the side of the couch and look in my direction as though spotting himself as he unzipped his pants. I could not help myself, curiosity was killing me. Was my boyfriend still chatting with Jer*** and was he having a nice little game of video chat?. I woke up and looked him right in the eye; he stopped and gave me this very deer in the headlight look before making a kiss sound to me. I pretended to go back to sleep. I heard him pull out his wallet . . what the hell was he doing?.
A bit later later at about 5:00am I assume that he thought I was sleeping again. He put his computer back into "watch position" and got up. I did not know exactly where he was heading but I was imagining that he was showing himself from across the room. Silence then took over the house. I got up naked because I had earlier hoped that he would come to bed "soon". But soon never comes with my boyfriend and I always end up sleeping alone as he plays on his computer, the same one that I am typing from now. I followed him into the kitchen where he was staring out the window and breathing very heavy. I asked him if he was OK, I also checked to see if he had a hard on. He said he was fine, I asked him what he was doing and he silently snapped at me "Spending time alone!".
If he needed alone time I could understand that, but he had spent the whole day alone and now I was left to assume that my imagination was telling me the truth. My boyfriend was fucking around online with his web cam to somebody else. I'm really not sure where this whole idea is coming from ... but something deep inside me keeps bringing it up and I can't tell if I am being insecure or if I am really discerning foul play here. It hurts too because I don't feel very close to him anymore. I feel like he's going in a separate direction than I am and that I am no longer invited. He talks so highly about Jer*** and leaves me hanging for a compliment. And now as he sleeps in my bed, I feel terrified of the idea that maybe I did catch him in some funny act last night and perhaps now he's on to the fact that I'm totally suspicious of him.
I don't want pain, yet pain seems to be what I am seeking out here. I can't let him lye because he is so silent. Weeks ago I had to confront him on the fact that he has more intimate conversation with Jer*** than he does with me anymore. We argued about that and J*****n (my boyfriend) insisted that I was incorrect and out of line. Five months ago J*****n and I were in a domestic violence training together and they taught us that such behavior as 'no, no honey you're all wrong' is known as "Crazy Making". It's a tactic used to make the survivor feel lessened in their acceptance and resistance of abuse. It's used to confuse and dis power a person, and I feel as though J******n does it to me often.
So I create realities and I do not let myself rest. I distrust my boyfriend simply because I do not feel like I mean everything to him as I once did; but also because he's told me about cheating on past lovers in the past. I just don't understand how these things happen, I work so hard on making this relationship work and I feel as though he just takes and takes and takes. I have not received a single flower from my boyfriend since my days working at STA Travel. I've recently started to buy him gifts and flowers just to show him that I don't want the romance to end. But I feel it is and I question weather it has anything to do with the fact that we live together or if it is because I do not turn him on anymore.
After our little off-encounter in the kitchen I returned to bed waiting for some kind of appearance from my boyfriend, waiting for a kiss or maybe even participation in sleep together. He did come through the room only to get to the bathroom where he took about a 25 minute shower and returned to the bed fully clothed, not a single kiss and turned away from me. My heart slammed against my chest like a wild cat in a cage. I felt like I could not breathe, I felt so alone, and I felt as though I was having to come to terms with some unspoken reality between us. I went back into history and replayed all of the times that I'd been snubbed by other men. I remembered Aaron, I remembered David and Kolt and William and Levi and the many others who simply did not see me fit to love them. And then I looked to J******n, my current boyfriend and wondered if he even felt anything for me anymore or if he was playing the field between myself and Je***.
Signs of a Cheating Spouse
1)
He/She shows a sudden interest in a different type of music. 2) Spouse's co-workers are uncomfortable in your presence.
3)
He/She has a sudden preoccupation with his or her appearance.4)
Spends an excessive amount of time on the computer when you are asleep. 5) The amount of money being deposited into your checking account drops off.
6) You find items of intimate apparel that you did not give your spouse.
7) Your spouse seems less comfortable around you and is "touchy"
8) You get calls where the caller hangs up when he or she hears your voice.
9) He/she has a definite change in attitude towards everyone in the home.
10) He/She uses a low voice or whisper on the phone or hangs up quickly.
11) Begins to delete all incoming phone calls from the caller ID.
12) Deletes all incoming e-mails when they used to accumulate.
13) Picks fights in order to stomp out of the house.
14) Your cheating husband or wife stops confiding in you and seeking advice from you.
15) He/she sets up a new e-mail account and