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I feel like a boundary was broken but I need an outside perspective.
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Older boyfriend breaking boundariesā€¦ right?

My boyfriend is 51 and I am 24 (F). Weā€™ve been together for close to three years now. During that time weā€™ve experimented with being ā€œopenā€, aka going to swingers clubs and welcoming other singles and couples into bed with us. Iā€™ve really enjoyed it so far, and weā€™ve become very close with three other couples who we party with and occasionally swap with. Again, with these people who are my friends, I absolutely love it.

A while ago I found out he was talking to someone on tumblr and they were sending him nude photos. I got so upset at this because they were a stranger to the both of us and it felt like it was close to cheating because I had no idea it was going on. He apologized for it and said that he didnā€™t know it was a boundary of mine, he didnā€™t think it would be a problem, etc. Whatever. Maybe heā€™s being truthful because of our sexually open-ish relationship. I made my boundary clear at that moment and thought we moved on.

Fast forward to about a month ago, he finds a couple online and wants to set up a play date for all of us. At this moment I was feeling kind of insecure about myself due to some unrelated things and told him I wasnā€™t ready. He said ok, but he had already added the couple on Snapchat which was fine with me. But I specifically said to him, please no photos exchanged. He said of course not.

Two days ago Iā€™m using his phone to give him gps directions while weā€™re driving and he gets a snap from the girl in the couple. Surprise surprise itā€™s a topless photo. I lost my shitā€¦ I feel so broken that heā€™d do this. I asked him why. I asked him if I wasnā€™t clear enough when I asked no nude photos. He said no, you were clear, I was just being stupid and wasnā€™t filtering my messages well enough, and he felt stupid that he let those ones slide.

I feel like heā€™s playing dumb right now. How could he not know that this would upset me? Am I missing something here? Am I expecting too much monogamous behavior from a non monogamous man?

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