I have been seeing someone for about 9 months, he is 50 I am 49. We get along extremely well but for some reason he is always telling me about past girlfriends and their experiences or how many women come on to him on a daily basis. I am not a jealous person. But I am curious as to why he does it?
Mystery Man answered this question on
August 27, 2011 1:40 AM
He is 50 and feeling it.
Be grateful he hasn't gone for an all out midlife crisis and grabbed the sports car and 20 year old. It's just his way of reassuring himself that he is a sexual being still, the guy equivalent of the menopause, if you wish.
Minorly annoying, but ultimately harmless.
Maybe you should mention it to him. I mean you find it important enough to say something here. My ex BF did that too so I said…, “Well, you don’t want to date her & neither do I so let’s talk about something else.” It was the hint he needed & that was the last time I heard about a person from his past.
Personally I think it’s disrespectful.
Guys that do this I believe are a little insecure. He may not even have other women coming on to him at all. He may just be saying that to boost his own ego, thinking that you will be jealous and that would just make him feel better about himself. You may want to ask him "Why are you feel as though you need to tell me this? Are you trying to make me jealous? Do you want to go out with these other women?"
Like silkysly says, you might try to tell him you don't even want to hear about it. It's ridiculous. I would say there's a lot of men AND women out there that get hit on from time to time, but it's not something that needs to be shared. It's just a fact of life.
Meh. Weird. Never felt the need to talk about past relationships.