I still trusted this person at this point, I had no reason to believe he was interested. After we found out she was 18 he certainly wasn’t responding to her flirtation at least in front of me. But she’d added him on steam and she’d referred to them texting each other. This should have been my first red flag.

After she left I told my friend straight up that that was uncomfortable that he should have shut it down harder and that an 18 yo is a child and doesn’t know what they’re doing. The responsibility is on him to figure it out. He told me he would never want to do anything to make me uncomfortable, he was worried I was mad at him and told me he valued my friendship. It felt like a moment of real vulnerability and reassurance and communication.

Here’s where I fucked up. He started flirting with me and I leaned in because I thought I saw a different version of him who was responsible and mature. Ha! Well this morning I log on and I see he’s playing lethal company and I message asking if I can join. No response. There’s a sick feeling in my gut. I asked him point blank last night if he was going to be seeing her again and he said he would not. I go to his steam friends, and I see she is playing too. I add her and ask if she’s playing with him in a casual way. She says ‘yes, I’m trying to make him my housewife.’

This is all I needed to know. I went off on him on steam messages, discord calling him a sick piece of shit. I have been that 18 year old being predated on my men who should have known better. It’s disgusting. And I can’t believe I fell for that. He pursued me and I allowed myself to look past my initial instincts and give him the benefit of the doubt. I still feel sick. You can’t trust just anyone. Urgh.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5659112&forum_id=2#48518149)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5659112&forum_id=2#48518164)