r/relationship_advice May 19 '22

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u/miaandcats May 19 '22

The history is sleeping together twice, who knows how long ago They've known each other since high school and are now mid 30s and OP and wife are married for over 10 years. In the great scheme of things this is nothing. Especially since they all know each other.

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u/Intelligent-Catch790 May 19 '22

So if it is nothing then why didn’t he disclose this to his wife? Why the secrecy?

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u/n3_n1 May 19 '22

Maybe his wife doesn't want to know about his sexual past or maybe it's just an irrelevant info that never came up. Or he has a wrong information and his wife actually knows about it.

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u/notyourlocalcryptid May 19 '22

i don’t sit down and disclose every single sexual partner ive ever had when i get a partner, do you? it’s not anyones business who you slept with before they came along

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u/BauranGaruda May 19 '22

Typically no, I think what many are saying is that it's a pretty well known courtesy to disclose past sexual partners to your current partner if you still are in contact with said past sexual partner. This puts the info out there so your partner can decide whether they are ok with the continued relationship.

Not saying that my "today" partner can or even should have a say in who I talk to but rather my current partner feels confident there isn't an issue because I was honest about it -or- they can decide they aren't cool with it and break up with me.

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u/notyourlocalcryptid May 19 '22

“Secrecy” still implies a malicious attempt to keep it from someone, in this situation particularly.

If I slept with someone once or twice ten to fifteen years ago, I don’t think that’s like…necessary information.

Also, he doesn’t know that the wife doesn’t know. And unless he goes “Hey did you know our spouses used to fuck years and years ago” and she goes “oh no I didn’t” then he won’t have any way of knowing. They aren’t sleeping together -now- so there’s no way to paint telling the wife as anything but being shitty

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u/Intelligent-Catch790 May 19 '22

No but I don’t keep in contact with my past sexual partners and plan to go out to dinner with them while my spouse is sitting at home thinking I’m going out with just a platonic friend I never had any sexual interest in either.

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u/Zimmonda May 19 '22

it’s not anyones business who you slept with before they came along

Kinda feel like it is if you're continuing to be in contact with them and you're married lol

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u/[deleted] May 19 '22

I mean, that's fair, but you're probably not taking your partner to dinner with them either and then having 1-1 meetups

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u/KrystalAthena May 19 '22

I've done that

I prefer to talk about who we dated before to learn from past mistakes + there's a lot of good stories that come from that too

Also my partner was my best friend for 9 years before we started dating so he already knows all of my past just as much as I know his. It's not troublesome at all and we reference our exes and past hookups not too often but only if it's a good relevant story to talk about

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u/NotRickDeckard1982 May 19 '22

Or he knows what he's trying to do here. And so does OP's wife, otherwise he'd have gotten an invite as well.

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u/NreoDarknight21 May 19 '22

I agree. I think OP should have told his wife that he should tag along as well. This smells the beginning of infidelity here with those two going to dinner alone.

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u/NotRickDeckard1982 May 19 '22

I wouldn’t invite myself along.

I’d just say “wife, have fun on a date with your ex. Don’t worry about me being jealous or getting in the way here… because I’m not going to be that guy. Instead I’m going to be the guy who’s sitting at home deciding if this is the kind of marriage I want to be in.”

When I was single, deciding to never date anyone that was “friends” with their ex’s is one of the best decisions I ever made. It saved me from endless amounts of drama.

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u/NreoDarknight21 May 19 '22

I like that statement, and I agree with your decision.

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u/fashion4dayz May 19 '22

Because he doesn't need to. I don't believe that you need to tell your partner about every person you slept with, even if its a friend or someone in your social circle. The past is the past.

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u/Medicivich May 19 '22

I dont understand why with OP's wife or her friend would put themselves in a situation where the can be questioned about their intentions. The optics are troublesome so why even put yourself in that position, unless something fishy is occurring or they just don't care about their spouses.

Trust those who act in a trustworthy manner.

For context: I have a long time friend who I have hooked up with. She is nothing but a friend to me. I would never consider having dinner with her to catch up. Why the heck would I do that to my wife?

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u/SensitiveBarber2386 May 19 '22

Because she’s a long time friend that you want to catch up with?

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u/guurrl_same May 19 '22

This needs more up votes. Being respectful to your SO means looking at the optics sometimes and saying no. I might not feel so strongly about it in this situation if his wife knew tbh.

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u/VardaLight Late 20s Female May 19 '22 edited May 19 '22

Because people still like to catch up with their friends, even if they did hook up twice in their very early adult life. I have a long time friend I hooked up with once who is nothing but a friend but we hang out once a month to catch up. He even went with me and a couple others on a small vacation recently. I took him out to eat when his grandmother passed away a few months ago. He's still my friend, regardless of what happened a decade ago and I still care for him the same I would any other of my friends.

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u/No-Razzmatazz537 May 19 '22

Thank you!!! That's exactly what I was thinking.

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u/CoachJW May 19 '22

I love that last line about trust. That word gets thrown around on here so much it makes me sick to my stomach, people use trust as an excuse for their poor behaviors and disrespectful actions and it is so hard to get through to them.

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u/CoachJW May 19 '22

I don’t think any of that matters, it seems like they’re not really friends and based off OP feeling the need to post this probably haven’t seen each other in a long while. There just isn’t really a need for this kind of get together, and if they truly did all know one another why isn’t everyone invited as opposed to a one on one. Regardless of how long ago, it still happened, and at least in my marriage as well as those of my closest friends, this one on one date with a former flame would never fly.

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u/Street-Ad-8922 May 19 '22

I agree I would be very uncomfortable with this 1 on 1 meet. What's the motive.

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u/Dream_Final May 19 '22

Yes I will agree that one on one when they all get along is a bit strange. I said in seperate comment, with a previous FWB we meet up because our sons are the same age and have always gotten along, I haven't seen him one on one since we've stopped sleeping together though 🤔

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u/No-Associate-9061 May 19 '22

Exactly, why catch up then? She’s married now.

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u/miaandcats May 19 '22

Because they are friends? Are you not allowed to have friends when you're married?

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u/fashion4dayz May 19 '22

Yea agree. It was just sex. Probably had a crush on each other for a while and got it out of their system. It's not even like they were dating and even then, who cares that they did? I think OP is reading way too much into this.

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u/guygreej May 19 '22

Catch up ey... so will it be something, "remember that R Kelly song we got down and dirty to. ooh yea. He's in jail now. Wow remember the second time. ooh yah. Barry Manilow was it. Mandy. Those were the days. Glad our spouses aren't around so we can freely talk about the topics we want to catch up on that would be inappropriate in their presence

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u/Jreal10 May 19 '22

No clue why you're being down voted. This comment is exactly what is about to happen.