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My boyfriend is seriously misinterpreting stuff from my Facebook

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Question - (23 February 2012) 10 Answers - (Newest, 28 February 2012)
A female United States age 36-40, *olove10 writes:

My boyfriend is upset over a message he found on my Facebook. I went to starbucks a couple of months ago and a friend I had not seen in a while was working there, he asked to exchange numbers and then contacted me shortly on Facebook. We would occasionally IM but nothing big. He called me a couple of times to see if I wanted to go to a party, or hang out, but I always said no, because I was with my bf or with family or friends. On Facebook the message basically looked as if I always was the one asking to hang out, although most of the IM's do not show.....the conversation basically just said stuff like me saying "hey we should hang out soon, maybe tomorrow" him saying " no i can't, but what about thursday there is a party I can meet you at 8" and me saying " no i can't sorry... but maybe soon" My intention was never to meet up with him, although I didn't think anything of it because if we had met up it would be primarily to catch up on old times. Now my boyfriend thinks I most likely did something with this guy, and doesn't know what to believe. I feel like maybe it was a bad idea to have ever messaged back and forth with my friend although in my eyes it wasn't with any intention to cheat or anything, just as friends. I guess I would be a bit upset if my bf had done something like that, but i feel he is over reacting and basically waiting to just call it quits. He hasn't broke up with me but he is acting cold, distant and basically today said he was over it and didn't want to deal with this kind of crap. What can I do? I feel lost and out of options. I am so in love with this man, and it hurts to think he does not trust me one bit because of a message on Facebook. PLease help.

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A female reader, Jessica M Payne Australia +, writes (28 February 2012):

I have to agree with these people about facebook.

I too have had problems with my boyfriend cause of facebook, my facebook statuses, peoples comments.

Its been about a month now, and honestly i dont feel like im missing much.

Plus, facebook is a huge distraction during studying.

Does work clicks facebook newsfeed comments on peoples statuses oh look an inbox message reads and replies oh look another new status or a couple of comments hours pass oh damn, I should have got that work done instead of facebook!.

You will probably find that your friends only facebook ypu these days? No texts, no calls on the mobile or home phone....if you get rid of facebook you will find out how better your life is!

You don't need facebook!!!!!!!!!

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A female reader, Miamine United Kingdom +, writes (23 February 2012):

Miamine agony auntIf your using facebook chat it will keep a record and you can show him that. Same thing goes for IM, it saves all of your conversation history.

If you weren't going to meet up with the guy, why didn't you just tell him and stop wasting his time?

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A female reader, VampireLady Romania +, writes (23 February 2012):

VampireLady agony auntWell hey there, guess what? You screwed up! And trust me, i am not being mean, i am being honest! Not so long ago (a week ago) the same thing happened to me. My bf found out i was messaging another guy. Now while I wasn't thinking much about it, HE did! And let me tell you, i feel horrible for doing that.

I REGRET so much the fact that i messaged that other guy, you wouldn't even imagine. And now, everytime i speak to my boyfriend i get such a guilty feeling (even though the conversation i had with the guy on facebook was harmless, therefore i shouldn't feel guilty about it.. yet i do). Each time i see my boyfriends face i am reminded by that.

And in a way, i think this will stay in our relationship for a long while. He said to me he's not thinking about, he still loves me to pieces, BUT he's trusting me a little less than before. You can't imagine how i felt when he told me that. I cried for 2 hours straight(and mind you i'm not the type of person to cry).

I know i blew it! Big time!

You, unfortunately, did too! Now you have to live with it, either way. I would advise you to delete the guy from facebook, or to delete facebook itself!

IF trust dies, the relationship dies.... :(

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A female reader, So_Very_Confused United States +, writes (23 February 2012):

So_Very_Confused agony auntWhat I don’t get is why would you say “we should hang out soon” if you had NO intention of ever meeting up with him?

You need to delete the friend and/or facebook and go to your BF and explain it all to him and show him you deleted it and try to win his trust back.

While you haven’t done anything wrong, in relationships sometimes we have to give up certain things to get what we want…

in this case give up facebook.... if my fiance was so inclined as to have me give it up (he does not facebook and finds mine amusing more than anything) I would give it up as it's not a critical thing to my life.

sometimes our pasts are hard for our present partners to deal with until they are very secure with their standing in our lives

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A female reader, Vickster8511 United Kingdom +, writes (23 February 2012):

Facebook!!!! Arghhhh!!!!! It's nothing but trouble, its causing problems in our relationship so much that my boyfriend has deleted his account. I am thinking of doing the same. Maybe that's the answer for you x

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A male reader, Ldu Canada +, writes (23 February 2012):

why would you have to meet up one on one with this friend ? . Cant you catch up just IMing ? . You said u didnt go to a party or meet up with him because you were busy with your bf or family. This indicates that you would have met up with this guy to go to a party if you went busy......you clearly Dont think things threw and view your actions threw the eyes of you bf . Have you ever done anything to break you bf trust in the past? I Wouldnt expect this reaction if its the first time something like this has ever happened.

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A male reader, landomando United States +, writes (23 February 2012):

This is exactly like what happened to me. I met this girl i havnt seen in forever and started to talk to her on facebook. It was harmless and the conversations werent that long. basically saying we should hang out catch up go to a party... And my GF at the time hacked my computer and facebook. She accused me of cheating. She even contacted this girl and bitched her out and wanted to know like everything. Like the day i saw her and where we were... basically it ruined a perfectly good relationship. She could never really trust me again. and she broke up with me over it (for a week tho). First of all, Facebook destroys relationships. First of all why did he go through your facebook account? What right did he have to go snooping through your stuff?

I honestly believe what your saying you didnt want to get with him but i know the feelling/exciitment you get from just talking to someone else. And maybe it does seem like flirting a lil. But you dont really realize it or think your doing anything wrong. But to someone else, esp your BF it does look like you are trying to hook up with him.

Basically you messed up. and really didnt even know that what you were doing could affect you. You lost his trust. I think guys once you talk to them can get over it. If you talk and he just cant get over this. You need to break up. give him some time and maybe you some time. A relationship is built around trust. No trust, no relationship.

Good luck! im sorry you are going through this.

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A female reader, solove10 United States +, writes (23 February 2012):

solove10 is verified as being by the original poster of the question

when i said no to my friend about not being able to go out, I did say I couldn't because I was going to dinner with my boyfriend. I made it clear from the beginning i had a boyfriend.... Sorry if I was not clear in the question

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A female reader, Basschick Australia +, writes (23 February 2012):

Basschick agony auntYou violated your boyfriend's trust because even though it may have been in "your mind" not to actually do anything, it looked quite possibly "on facebook" that you were planning to. Your boyfriend cannot read your mind but he has stumbled onto the IM messages which clearly implied that you were planning to hook up with this guy and just because the two of you never could get your schedules on track to do so, does not help you look less guilty. Also you never once mentioned to this guy that actually had a boyfriend and that perhaps was the reason you weren't available to meet. If you really wanted to just rehash old memories, it would have been nice to invite your b/f along and then he could hear all the stories and catch up on pieces of your life without feeling like you were plotting an affair behind his back. Trust is a deal breaker. If you talk your b/f off the ledge after this infraction, he will be quite suspicious of you for awhile and you will have to be patient until he regains his trust again.

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A female reader, Jessica M Payne Australia +, writes (23 February 2012):

Hi.

I would just delete facebook all together.

Facebook is the cause of most relationship break downs.

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