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Originally Posted by riotgrrrl
Things like jokes, well, seriously - how are you going to control someone else making a dirty joke? Are you going to keep her in a bubble at home so no other man is going to talk to her/look at her/make dirty jokes? Yes, they are disrespectful but why get angry? This isn't her fault and it isn't a trust issue, that's a good taste issue. As is the dancing really - it's a good taste issue. It's very nice of her to quit the dancing without a quibble.
Why don't you flip this on its head? If not feeling like you want to say something in anger, when someone says something dirty about your g/f, or some guy tries to chat her up, just say something along the lines of "Isn't she just gorgeous? I am a lucky man". You let the men know she is taken, and you also please your g/f with a complement.
The more you write, yes, you do have quite a problem with jealousy. May I say that a good way to keep the odd's down of someone being unfaithful is to be a kind, thoughtful, caring, fun person to be with - and not someone who is these things until another man talks to her. Jealous is an ugly, destructive and completely pointless emotion in relationships. It can become toxic very quickly.
I think that perhaps you shouldn't have started dating again until you'd worked on some issues that the last g/f left you. I've been cheated on, my fiance cheated on me for nearly a year - I took time out, and then dated again when I felt ready. Not for a second did I expect the next person to do the same and nobody (to my knowledge) did.
I wish you well and I hope the therapy does help you.
Hugs.
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Oh no I didn't mean I got mad at her for that. I got mad at the guy making the dirty joke. I know she can't control that. I do have a prob with it, but I don't respond with anger to her, never to her. I sit down and talk about it which is what she tells me makes it easy to resolve. It's on the inside that I'm furious lol. I know it's important to be calm when discussing it and I don't expect to bubble her. I can trust her, but what I am really working on is my reaction to the guys. My last interaction was rather hostile, I told him if he made a joke like that again I'd beat him bloody. And it worked, he never did it again but I acknowledge that reaction is a problem.