{"id":94,"date":"2011-10-07T04:51:06","date_gmt":"2011-10-07T04:51:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/areasontosmile\/?p=94"},"modified":"2011-10-07T04:51:06","modified_gmt":"2011-10-07T04:51:06","slug":"qa-%e2%80%9cmy-boyfriend-keeps-women%e2%80%99s-numbers-in-his-wallet%e2%80%a6%e2%80%9d-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/areasontosmile\/2011\/10\/qa-%e2%80%9cmy-boyfriend-keeps-women%e2%80%99s-numbers-in-his-wallet%e2%80%a6%e2%80%9d-video.html","title":{"rendered":"Q&amp;A: \u201cMy boyfriend keeps women\u2019s numbers in his wallet\u2026\u201d (VIDEO)"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_95\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-95\" style=\"width: 260px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/304\/2011\/10\/He-Does-Not-Want-To-Commit.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-95\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/304\/2011\/10\/He-Does-Not-Want-To-Commit.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"260\" height=\"194\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-95\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">When a person shows you who they are...believe them the first time<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Question submitted via <a title=\"Formspring\" href=\"http:\/\/formspring.me\/bdavewalters\" target=\"_blank\">Formspring<\/a>:<br \/>\n\u201cMy boyfriend doesn&#8217;t listen to me at all especially when it comes to financial matters. I don&#8217;t trust me due to past issues and his womanizing. He tends to keep women numbers in his wallet then tells me they were there before he moved in?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;When a person shows you who they are, believe them the first time&#8221;<br \/>\n-Maya Angelou<\/p>\n<p>Once again, let\u2019s review:<br \/>\n1. He doesn\u2019t listen to you<br \/>\n2. You appear to be having some sort of financial issues, since why would you be upset that he doesn\u2019t listen when things go well?<br \/>\n3. You live together, but apparently not for very long since he believes having just arrived is a cover story.<br \/>\n4. You don\u2019t trust you (?) because of \u2018past issues\u2019.<br \/>\n5. You called him a womanizer.<br \/>\n6. He admits to womanizing (since he didn\u2019t deny collecting the numbers).<br \/>\n7. You clearly don\u2019t trust him. Why? You were snooping in his wallet.<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"All About You with B  Dave Walters Episode 59 Part 1: Tainted Love\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Q3L27NiuWfw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The short answer is: break up.<br \/>\nThe longer answer is the three pillars of a successful relationship are trust, respect, and communication; love is a byproduct of these three things.<br \/>\nAnd what is your relationship lacking? Trust, respect, and communication.<\/p>\n<p>You don\u2019t trust him because he cheated in the past, and you suspect he\u2019s cheating now\u2026and with good reason. You also don\u2019t trust him in financial matters, perhaps rightly so. You don\u2019t even trust *you* because of \u2018past issues\u2019 of some sort.<br \/>\nThere\u2019s no respect, because if he respected you he wouldn\u2019t be trying to pick up other women, and you clearly don\u2019t respect yourself or you wouldn\u2019t put up with it. He also apparently doesn\u2019t respect you enough to stop, since you said he \u2018tends\u2019 to keep women\u2019s numbers, which would seem to indicate you\u2019ve caught him doing it more than once. In this day of cell phones and computers it\u2019s pretty easy to do dirt without getting caught, but he doesn\u2019t seem to care enough to even cover his tracks.<\/p>\n<p>And finally, you have no communication; and if you can\u2019t communicate, you don\u2019t have a relationship.<br \/>\nNow, in his defense, you say \u201che doesn\u2019t listen to you\u201d, but how are you communicating with him? Are you clearly and directly laying out your concerns, and suggestions for how you can improve, or do you nag and complain, or even worse, yell and scream? Same thing for the other women\u2019s numbers, have you clearly told him how him doing this makes you feel and how much it hurts you? Or do you just complain\u2026or worst of all, say nothing?<\/p>\n<p>At any rate, you seem to have fundamental issues in all the areas that matter: trust, respect, and communication, so the solution remains the same: break up.<br \/>\nIf he moved in for financial reasons rather than romantic ones, it may take some time; but make a plan and get out as soon as possible.<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"All About You with B  Dave Walters Episode 59 Part 2: Tainted Love\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/anmo8S0fNoI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>And if you\u2019re thinking \u201cbut I love him\u201d, you may want to ask yourself: why is it you feel like you can\u2019t leave someone who doesn\u2019t listen to you, lies, betrays your trust, and runs around behind your back? Since if he doesn\u2019t care enough to cover up something as easy as getting numbers, who knows what else he is doing that you don\u2019t know about.<\/p>\n<p>And by the way: if you\u2019re thinking \u201cbut he can change\u201d, why would he? Right now he\u2019s getting everything he wants and you just take it.<\/p>\n<p>Take some time to focus on loving yourself first, and you\u2019ll start to see that you deserve much better. If you are worried that you won\u2019t be able to find a better man\u2026cheating womanizers who don\u2019t listen are pretty easy to come by.<\/p>\n<p>What do you think she should do? Feel free to comment down below!<\/p>\n<p>You are great, and I love you!<br \/>\nAnd if you love me back, click subscribe over on the right hand side!<\/p>\n<p>B. Dave Walters<br \/>\nWriter, Life Coach, and Talk Radio Host<\/p>\n<p>Find out more about me:<br \/>\n<a title=\"http:\/\/about.me\/BDaveWalters\" href=\"http:\/\/about.me\/BDaveWalters\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/about.me\/BDaveWalters<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ask me anything:<br \/>\n<a title=\"http:\/\/about.me\/BDaveWalters\" href=\"http:\/\/about.me\/BDaveWalters\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/formspring.me\/BDaveWalters<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Question submitted via Formspring: \u201cMy boyfriend doesn&#8217;t listen to me at all especially when it comes to financial matters. I don&#8217;t trust me due to past issues and his womanizing. 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