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But if this person is a regular part of your life—or you feel like your partner is encouraging it—it might be a bigger problem. Talk to your partner about nipping it in the bud and, if you have to, intervene with the person directly.
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Are you being fair? Aren't you being as uncompromising as he is? No one can force someone to feel diminished, weak, or any other way. Each of us is free to choose how to react and feel about what happens to us.
You say you cannot change anything, but you are as inflexible as he is in how you perceive his behaviour. You add that you do not believe he acts out his fantasies, but that his manner towards other women upsets you because it reminds you of your father, who did have affairs.
Isn't it an indulgence to claim that simply because something triggers a painful memory, it should stop? Your partner is not your father: you have no basis for assuming he will have affairs because your father did. You could, if you chose, interpret your partner's behaviour quite differently. You say he finds women attractive, and it sounds as if he can usually win their interest.
Despite this, he wishes to be with - and stay with - you. We all hope to be indulged when we ask for something from a loved one, and indeed it would be desirable for you if your partner immediately ceased all flirting. But most flashpoints in relationships can be resolved through mutual compromise rather than one-sided acquiescence - and neither of you is offering any such accommodation.
Let us now consider the choices available to you. Given that your partner refuses to stop flirting, you could leave him. However, if you hope to find someone who will oblige your every request, I think you will be looking for a long time - at least, to find someone as exciting as your partner.
Alternatively, you could give him an ultimatum: if he does not stop flirting, you will leave. However, if you demand this, there is no reason why he should not make similarly absolutist demands on you to change whenever anything you do upsets him. You could regard your father's affairs as a psychological trauma, and seek treatment so this no longer dominates your reaction to your partner's flirtations. That seems rather heavy-handed, but it is an option nonetheless. Finally, you could resolve to react differently to your partner's behaviour.
Tell him you trust him, and instead of watching his every move, enjoy the social occasions you share. This has one risk. If he is very insecure and needs your constant jealous attention for reassurance, he will flirt even more outrageously. But if he does, you will need to ask yourself if you want to stay with such a manipulative person.
In truth, it is more likely that he would be delighted with your more trusting reaction.
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