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Danielle Kate Wroe

Woman puzzled by partner's 'romantic' text message admitting he's 'loved others more'

Messaging your significant other can be really cute - especially when they're telling you how much you mean to them and how much they love you.

But one woman was left baffled after receiving a text from her partner where he revealed something pretty unexpected which completely changed her perception of him.

She took to Mumsnet to ask whether people thought she was being unreasonable reacting so badly to a message her partner had sent to her.

She wrote: "My partner and I have been together on and off for nearly 10 years and we have a nine-year-old daughter. He works away in hospitality and comes back to me and my daughter when he gets days off. I woke during the early hours and found this message he had sent, all lovely until I read the part when he said he had loved others more!

The man sent a very confusing message, admitting he'd loved others more than his current partner (Glittersparkle76/mumsnet)

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"I thought what the actual f**k, why would you even need to say that to me? Are some things best left unsaid? He's meant to be coming back late tonight for three days but now I feel like telling him to f**k off and don't bother!

"Am I overreacting to this message? I feel like I'm second, third or even fourth best now and don't think I will ever be able to get that comment out of my head.

"Even if I felt in my past I had loved others more than I do him, I would never say that to him as I don't feel it needs to be said! I would love others opinions on this and how they would feel if their partner sent them this message."

The message itself started very nicely saying he loves her with all his heart, but he started to stumble when he admitted 'although, I've loved others more.'

Other people jumped to her defence saying they'd feel the exact same if they were in her shoes.

One wrote: "Hahaha what kind of 'romantic' message is that. Why would he say that at all?

"Yeah that wouldn't make me feel very good to be honest. Kinda like, the girls I liked/loved more , didn't want me so you're the best I got. Very strange!"

Someone else said: "It’s a f**king strange message. The fact that he says 'right now' implies he’s okay to love someone else in future, that he doesn’t see you as a long term relationship. He’s not committed to you, sorry."

"What a charmer. Not", a different user quipped.

"It's self-indulgent, poorly-written nonsense. I wouldn't want a relationship with someone who came out with this kind of rubbish", another fumed.

Someone who thought the message was awful wrote: "The more I read it the more I cringe."

What do you think? Let us know in the comments below.

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