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Wavez

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So here's the situation. A couple weeks ago I went out to a bar with my friends to just chill and drink. My girlfriend got a little upset because she didn't realize I was just hanging out with the guys. She texted me saying she was going to sleep early that night. The next day I went over to pick her up because she sleeps with me on the weekends. While I was just chilling with her at her place she did something that just alerted me as very strange. Normally she doesn't pack her over night bag until we are about to leave, but this time it was already packed with clothes and just on the floor of her room.

What caught me as strange was how she took out an underwear and bra and changed them out for different ones. If she just did it casually like she normally does I wouldn't think anything of it. This time she first took out the underwear in an awkward way. She was looking at me and smiling while she clenched the underwear in her fist so I couldn't see it and then put it in her drawer and put in a different one. Then about 15 minutes later she went to her bag again and did the same thing with her bra. Took it out while looking at me and smiling instead of just casually changing them out. This time I was able to see what it looked like. The bra was one I've never seen her wear before. The way she changed out her underwear and bra from her bag was very strange to me, but I didn't say anything about it.

A week later I brought it up because she lied to me about something and then I felt like I had to bring that up because it wasn't sitting right with me. I questioned her asking her why her clothes were already packed when she usually waits till we leave to pack. She said they were old clothes from when she slept over my place before. Then I asked why she took out a bra from the bag I never saw before. Then she said oh she already packed ahead of time while she was waiting for me, and she said the bra in her bag was uncomfortable and she changed her mind about wanting to wear that bra. She said she would never cheat on me and I should trust her. I dropped it because I thought I was just being paranoid. Of course I wasn't really satisfied by her answers and it's been lingering in mind ever since.

Now fast forward to today. I just saw her wearing that bra she claimed was so uncomfortable she didn't want to wear it before. I asked if that bra is so uncomfortable why is she wearing it now. She told me she couldn't find her other bra so she had no choice but to wear that one. I'm sure she has several bras, but she chose to wear the one she told me she doesn't like to wear at all. That's why her answer doesn't make sense to me.

She's very sweet and good to me. She says she loves me and I'm the best guy she's ever been with. She came here from another country 6 months ago so she doesn't know too many people. She spends most of her time with me, in class, or at home with her sister.

Am I just being paranoid or did she spend the night somewhere else a few weeks ago?
 

Franco

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Wavez,

You're definitely being very paranoid. It sounds to me like you have no real evidence that she did anything wrong, and you're putting her on the spot for something that's very minute. In general, your attitude with your girlfriend should be a rather carefree one, and unless you have absolutely solid evidence that she's crossing the line somewhere (like you caught her making out with another guy or having sex with another guy), then you need to be much more laid back about things.

Too many guys try to take "preventive" measures to try and stop cheating before it happens, or they try to intervene at any sign of something that is disobedient. This isn't really the way to go about things with your girl, and it will only move you toward a "needy" or "controlling" type of guy in her mind. She should be much more worried about what you're doing at any given time rather than you being worried about what she's doing. That's not to say you should openly cheat on your girl, but it is to say that there should be very slight paranoia on her end with no little-to-no paranoia on your end.

I wouldn't bring it up again. She might have been slightly worried about you going out to the bars with the guys (and possibly meeting another chick), so she was acting differently to see if she could get a reaction out of you. And it worked. So make sure not to worry about it or bring it up next time. =)

- Franco
 
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Wavez

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Thanks Franco. Yea I guess I'm just over thinking it. Guess I have a hard time trusting people and especially when I read things about girls who are sweet, but have no problem cheating on their boyfriends. I'll definitely not bring this up and try to put it out of my mind.
 
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