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LoganAshlee.
My housemate who is a really close friend has recently been getting close to my ex despite me and my ex agreeing we would work through things and start dating again.
I have accepted that me and my ex are never going to get together, but should
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My housemate who is a really close friend has recently been getting close to my ex despite me and my ex agreeing we would work through things and start dating again.
I have accepted that me and my ex are never going to get together, but should I forgive my housemate for staying his all the time/cuddling up to him in front of me/insisting on staying his all the time.
Should I forgive her?
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Oh no! I'm sorry to hear that.
Honestly, I would be upset. You asked should you forgive her.... Has she apologized and promised to step back?
I assume she knows that you and your ex were working through things & in that case, I personally would feel a bit betrayed in that situation. Also, it seems like a sort of unhealthy situation in other ways because if it's your roommate & you're planning to have any kind of future with this person, it sounds like having a roommate who's crossing the line would really make the relationship strained.
Is your ex okay with your housemate crossing this line? That's one thing to consider. Have you said anything to the ex? I personally would be questioning both of their loyalty. If the ex didn't stand up and say something, even just "whoa! That's a little too much." Then it'd be hard to feel like I could really trust them.
Point is: every single person knows the line. There's a line that is not invisible and single or not, flirty or not, everybody knows where that line is and if they cross it, they know it. You don't just buddy up to your friend's ex/possible partner with only friendly intentions. In fact, you don't snuggle up to anybody who's not 100% single. You keep a distance. You be friends, you be friendly, you conversate, but you keep a distance between the two of you. This is how I live anyway. I mean, I'm close with all my family members and my friends and their partners and I will talk, but only in the same room with their partner. I am careful, and that is how a friend should be with your partner.
Anyways, I'd just try to be calm and think about who is doing what and who is trustworthy. The ex? the roommate? Neither? It'd also be a good idea to recall why it is you guys broke up to begin with... Sometimes that's your answer.
If you definitely plan on getting into a relationship with this person then you pretty much
have to set boundaries with this housemate. And it wouldn't be a bad idea to ask your ex how they feel about the person snuggling up to them & try to figure out if they respect you. Maybe they want no part of this housemate, but don't want to cause a scene by confronting them? If you make it known that the situation is not working for you, then you all may be able to work through it. Maybe tell him that you'd prefer putting it off (getting exclusive) for the time being because you feel there's a line crossed between your housemate and your ex. That seems like a good way to figure out where the ex stands in it, and a good way to bring it up? Maybe.
All I know is you can't sit around and be with someone when you have a HOUSEmate who won't stop crossing the line. That's just a disaster and too much for one person to have to deal with (I've been there.) unless it didn't bother you, and it's understandable that it does.
When I went through a similar situation (only this was my year long partner we were not split and it was a family member crossing the line) HE's the one who stood up and said he's uncomfortable with the way she was acting towards him & we talked about it & his solution was to ignore her and refuse to be around to give her any attention at all that way she'd see she's getting nowhere. It works and we have to be around her still, but it's much more comfortable now.
So you probably have to say something at some point.
Hope it works out well for you. Sorry you're dealing with this. I know you must feel a bit hurt by the housemate, especially if you were close friends.