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  • 1 Woman, 3 men. Personal Problem de jour.
  • Moses
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    We have a friend whose life is a mess at the moment.
    Do you have suggestions as to what she should do?

    Let's call her girl G. She is 30+, pretty, intelligent, employed in a job that pays peanuts but if she worked abroad she could earn lots more. She says she doesn't want children. She lives in a small city where shares a flat with her long-term man, and is in debt because of him.

    Man A is he boyfriend of a dozen years. He is a lawyer, but unemployed. He is a compulsive gambler and has lost loads of cash, saddling the two of them with much debt. She doesn't care for him much now, and they argue lots but he can't afford to move out and she can't afford to buy his share of the flat. He had an affair a couple of years ago, G forgave him but it's not been the same since. He wants to stay together and is desperate to keep her.

    Bloke B is someone she met on an extended business trip and had an intensive affair with. She is now infatuated / in love with the man, and he says that he loves her, too. However he lives abroad, is married, older than her, and says he doesn't want to leave his wife. He would like her to move to his country where she could earn OK money IF she could find a job. Moneywise he could probably afford to leave his wife but his job is not secure.

    Chap C is a good platonic friend; G likes him but doesn't fancy him at all. However he has just confessed that he is in love with her (infatuated / besotted) and would like her to move in with him. They've not slept together, she says. Apart from the fling with B she is fairly chaste. Chap C is well-off in a secure job and could fix her financial problems. But he's shy, naive and a virgin at 32. She told him about Bloke B, and his advice was to dump the guy and move in with himself.

    She doesn't have huge numbers of friends in her city, as she works too hard and was very much a couple with A for many years.

    O collective wisdom of STW, what should she do ?

    😕

    twohats
    Free Member

    Which bloke are you?

    Kit
    Free Member

    Ditch A, forget B and C, and stop worrying about it. Simple. 8)

    Mattie_H
    Free Member

    twohats – Member
    Which bloke are you?

    You beat me to it! Curse my aging fingers…

    TenMen
    Free Member

    Is she fit?

    iDave
    Free Member

    what should she do

    write a screenplay

    RichPenny
    Free Member

    I vote for her moving in with Woman A. And pics, lots of pics…..

    barnsleymitch
    Free Member

    Whilst reading the OP, I couldnt help thinking of Simon Bates and 'our tune'.

    DrJ
    Full Member

    Logic says get rid of all 3.

    But it's not so easy to apply logic in your personal life, as I can confirm.

    TandemJeremy
    Free Member

    Ditch A – gambling loser – he won't change now

    Forget B – he will never leave his wife and she is doing the " grass is greener" "I want what I can't have" thing. Affairs with a married man stinks to high heaven – she should be ashamed

    Forget C – she ain't into him she won't be happy.

    Once single and settled she will find D – a decent single bloke

    CaptainFlashheart
    Free Member

    Option D – Airtight?

    Coat on, already gone.

    HeatherBash
    Free Member

    Find D

    crispedwheel
    Free Member

    My money's on Moses being chap C

    mos
    Full Member

    Gett all 3 guys to give her an 'airlock'.

    nuke
    Full Member

    Another thread requiring a trip to Urban Dictionary 😕 . I'm still stunned after finding out what a blumpkin is.

    FWIW I agree with TJ

    tankslapper
    Free Member

    Go on 'the game'?

    rOcKeTdOg
    Full Member

    CaptainFlashheart – Member
    Option D – Airtight?

    Coat on, already gone.

    effiel tower option?

    davidrussell
    Free Member

    get a flat and a vibrator.

    PeterPoddy
    Free Member

    Punch As lights out and leave, move in with B and take all he's got before edjucating C in the ways of the world for one hot steamy weekend before jumping on a plane never to bee seen again.

    cynic-al
    Free Member

    She needs out and to steer clear of men for a while IMO.

    anokdale
    Free Member

    Dont bother with any of them, move out asap and she sounds like she will find D soon enough once she gets rid of the misfit she is with now.

    thisisnotaspoon
    Free Member

    at 32!

    I'm a walking disaster when it comes to relationships and women, but even I can get into a girls pants!

    ditto the above, flat + ann summers catalogue + wait for bloke D

    Junkyard
    Free Member

    A clearly wont change
    B wants to have his cake and eat …who on earth would move to another counrtry to be someones bit on the side and expect a happy ending?
    C- 32yr old virgin … it would be cruel to make jokes but how do you get to that age without getting laid?

    fisha
    Free Member

    D = You. Pump her. wipe yourself clean on the curtains ( it wont matter as she'll be moving on from her flat by the sounds of it ) and then walk away leaving her for man E whenever she comes along.

    davidrussell
    Free Member

    wipe yourself clean on the curtains

    it'll be the only screaming you hear during that sojourn…

    twohats
    Free Member

    I'm a walking disaster when it comes to relationships and women, but even I can get into a girls pants!

    Stolen pants from your neighbours washing line doesn't count! 😉

    tankslapper
    Free Member

    Moses – your Chap C

    Crime solved, Professor Plum was dogging Miss Scarlet in the Library….

    flippinheckler
    Free Member

    If girl G moves to the same country as bloke B then she is heading for a heap of trouble chasing a guy who wont leave his wife, he will probably feel threated by her doing something as drastic as uping sticks and relocating to be near him, Bloke C is deluding himself and should wake up and ask himself why he is still a virgin at 32, bloke A needs shooting. The delemia is if girl G could find a way out of the flat without being dependant on others than thats the choice she should go for.

    MrsToast
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    Option A: If she doesn’t think the relationship is worth saving (via counselling or whatever) she should ditch him.

    Option B: Is married. Unless she wants to be a morally questionable trollop, she should ditch him. End of. Even from a more pragmatic point of view, if he’s cheating on his wife with her, he’s probably got other totty all over the shop. Even if he left his wife for her, he’ll probably cheat on her once he gets bored.

    Option C: She doesn’t fancy him, and moving in with him would be unfair on him, and basically prostituting herself. OK, maybe not that unfair on him, if he’s OK knowing that she’s imagining that she’s elsewhere. If she’s cheated on her long-term bloke with a married man, I doubt that starting a relationship with a bloke she doesn’t fancy is likely to be a long and faithful one.

    In short, she should WTFU, stop sleeping around behind her bloke’s back, particularly with married men – if she’s unhappy with the relationship, she should end it, for both their sakes. She sounds like she needs some time being single to figure out what she actually wants from life, instead of basing her emotional and financial wellbeing around a bunch of unsuitable men.

    Zulu-Eleven
    Free Member

    Another vote for the Zulu-Alpha option here 😀

    ScottChegg
    Free Member

    Some women are like monkeys. They won't let go of one branch until they've got hold of the next. They would be better off without any bloke for a long period, but only feel they have worth as a mans accessory.

    OP has a strange view, she has no friends because she was part of a couple which makes me feel that moses is Girl G.

    sherry
    Free Member

    It doesn't sound as if any of them are suited for her and her for them. Maybe instead of thinking the solution is another relationship why not be single for a while? Anyone would be a fool to get involved with her at the moment. cynic-al has it correct I think, she's not doing herself or any men any favours at the moment. Being that she's a cheat I would never get involved as her morals have gone and it will be easier the next time to stray.

    samuri
    Free Member

    she sounds like a right goer. C would have the introduction of his life to sex. Go for it moses.

    Moses
    Full Member

    For what it's worth, I'm none of A,B,C or G.
    We've known her for years, but didn't see much of her when she was being all coupley (?)with A.
    Her morals are fine. B was an aberration from what she's said – totally unexpected.

    wwaswas
    Full Member

    "he's shy, naive and a virgin at 32"

    bloody programmers, all the same.

    I'd advise her to take a break and then find 'D'.

    hels
    Free Member

    Wake up and realise that she is responsible for her own life and happiness, and that no man from A-Z is going to sort that out for her ?

    Another vote for the cynical-al view.

    MrsToast
    Free Member

    Her morals are fine. B was an aberration from what she's said – totally unexpected.

    She’s cheated on her partner of over ten years…with a married man. Given that you describe the affair as ‘intensive’ and that she’s considering moving to his country to be his bit on the side on a more fulltime basis (possibly with the view of hoping he’ll leave his wife), it doesn’t sound like it was a one-off or a mistake she regrets. I’d hardly describe her morals as ‘fine’.

    anokdale
    Free Member

    Mrs Toast is right, all a bit handy whan she wants it, stay clear is my advice.

    anotherdeadhero
    Free Member

    Ditch A and be single for a while until she knows what she wants. If that means they have to sell the flat and A gets jumped on by his creditors, too bad, her equity should be secure. Simples.

    jon1973
    Free Member

    Girl G. 30+, pretty, intelligent.

    Well Hellllooo.

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