AIO? Please tell me there are better partners out there
2 years ago, I bought my boyfriend two books, and I inscribed a message and signed my name in each of them.
Now, I stumbled across the two books on his bookcase. It turns out he somehow removed the inscriptions completely (they were in ink).
He had previously told me his now teenaged daughter lives 3 hours away, with the mother. Turned out, they lived a mere 25 minutes away all along. When I confronted him about why he had lied about where his daughter and the mom were all along, he claimed he had nothing to apologize for because he was "protecting his daughter". She ended up moving in with him 6 months ago when the mom had to relocate for a job opportunity. She couldn't move with her mom because she was nearing the end of her last year of high school - or at least, that's what he told me.
Just checking if I'm the crazy one here for feeling insanely disrespected.
Edit: I realize perhaps I was a little ambiguous about the daughter. He had told me she existed from the jump. Just that he lied and said she and the mother of the child lived 3 hours away. Only to find out they had been living less than half an hour away all along, since the child (who is now 18) was in primary school.
Edit: For added context on why I'm livid, I'm adding another red flag which I had previously put in the comments. His brother died last month, and I went to the funeral to show support. In my mind, that's the respectable and loving thing to do for a partner of two years. Guy got me out of there without introducing me to a single person, faster than I could say "my condolences". Mind you, my own father died 6 months prior. The directions to my father's childhood home are incredibly simple. Take one left and drive all the way down - last house on the right. He claimed he got lost. As understanding as I am, even I knew that he was full of crap at that point.
Edit: Another bit of information that I put in the comments, but since deleted and put here instead.
He repeatedly told me he wants me to give him a baby. When I questioned why he was asking me to be his next baby mama instead of talking about a more reasonable thing first - i.e. marraige - he would act like I was being unreasonable.
Holy sh*t this guy is a piece of work. I think I just survived something without realizing.
I'm definitely leaving this relationship. Me discovering the removed inscriptions this afternoon, is the proverbial hair that broke the camel's back.