Dear Sugar,

I have never been a jealous girlfriend, but my boyfriend's relationship with his ex-girlfriend is making me extremely defensive. We've been dating 2 years and she was the girlfriend prior to me. They've known each other for 7 years, dated for 4 years and lived together for 3; she moved out right before we started dating. For the first year that my boyfriend and I were dating, she refused to meet me but they would go off to the movies or hang out with mutual friends without me and I was fine. But then, after we finally met, she complained to my boyfriend that I didn't really seem interested in getting to know her (which, of course, was true but even my boyfriend admits I was polite) and he, in turn, told me to be nicer. This other time, I wanted to come over but he said it was "their" time. Ever since, I've not been able to stand seeing her. My boyfriend said that she still loves him, and he was the one to break it off with her. My boyfriend and his ex have a lot of mutual friends so she's everywhere. I've told him in no uncertain terms that I hate hanging around her but he won't drop her. My friends tell me I can't tell him to stop seeing her but isn't love about looking out for your partner first? And are boys really that clueless or does he just like the extra attention?


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