I mean, I wouldn't go so far as to say “not allowed”, but most married/long term relationships do discuss upcoming events between each other. It's just basic respect.
To me, those types of demands – who you can be friends with – are red flags for controlling behavior. If you agree, more demands that restrict your freedom will follow. What he is telling you is that 1. he doesn't trust YOU, which pretty mich sets up the relationship for failure. Since he is making you responsible for keeping that insecurity in check by changing your behavior, why it needs to come from within, he needs to work on it. And 2. double standards! he can be friends with the opposite sex, but you cannot. That is always a huge red flag. And 3: he's already gaslighting you by saying it's different. That those are not his friends, bla bla, but in reality you can't really talk to men and he can talk to women, this is obviously is a double standard. A dude who is trying to rewrite reality and blatantly tells you that stuff that is happening, is not happening, is always bad news bears.
All in all, a parade of red flags. Each of those on itself is a problem, all of them? Damn, OP. The steps to take is to make it super clear he doesn't get to decide who your friends are, and that this is not negotiable and also mention that he absolutely does not get to control what you do to this extent, ever. And if he freaks out over it, that is the biggest reddest flag ever, dump him then.
Thank you for the advise. That is what I’ve been mulling over for the last 3ish months.
It’s not easy to end a relationship with the love of your life
You would probably be horrible to live with if you think any of that is unfair lol
I mean, I wouldn't go so far as to say “not allowed”, but most married/long term relationships do discuss upcoming events between each other. It's just basic respect.
To me, those types of demands – who you can be friends with – are red flags for controlling behavior. If you agree, more demands that restrict your freedom will follow. What he is telling you is that 1. he doesn't trust YOU, which pretty mich sets up the relationship for failure. Since he is making you responsible for keeping that insecurity in check by changing your behavior, why it needs to come from within, he needs to work on it. And 2. double standards! he can be friends with the opposite sex, but you cannot. That is always a huge red flag. And 3: he's already gaslighting you by saying it's different. That those are not his friends, bla bla, but in reality you can't really talk to men and he can talk to women, this is obviously is a double standard. A dude who is trying to rewrite reality and blatantly tells you that stuff that is happening, is not happening, is always bad news bears.
All in all, a parade of red flags. Each of those on itself is a problem, all of them? Damn, OP. The steps to take is to make it super clear he doesn't get to decide who your friends are, and that this is not negotiable and also mention that he absolutely does not get to control what you do to this extent, ever. And if he freaks out over it, that is the biggest reddest flag ever, dump him then.