Long story short, my boyfriend of 2 months went to a conference in Pheonix right before we met in person. I've seen the pictures taken from the conference, and he is usually with one of his employees. She lives in another state, and is 26 (and not very attractive).
A couple of the pictures have remarks on them. One picture is of him and her sitting at a large dinner table amongst other employees. The caption says "Kevin and Sara sitting in a tree" below it. My boyfriend left a comment on the page that says "What a cute couple!". Another one is of Sara showing him her new conference shirt which is folded and resting on her arm, close to her body. He is clearly looking at her breasts. The caption on that says "Hey, are you Easy too?" which refers to the name of the conference. His post says something in his defense. He posted these photo comments immediately after this came up when he emailed me other pictures from the conference. It really seems as though he was prematurely defending himself.
Almost every picture he is in, including the one of him in the pool with his partners and their wives, includes this chick next to him. It's more like he's usually next to her. (i.e. she's not following him around, I don't think)
I've asked him about the two of them. His response is that there is nothing going on there as she is an employee of his, she lives in a different state, etc. He says that they just hung out there because she is also recently divorced, so they are a couple of the few people that did not have a significant other during the stay.
When he refers to the conference to anyone, he will often say "you know, Brian - he's the one that I hung out with on the trip to Phoenix", referring to a friend of his that lives in Phoenix, that he supposedly hung out with him while he was in town. It seems to me like he's over-doing his denial so that I don't get suspicious.
I'm not jealous - I don't even have the right to be as this conference took place before he and I even met. I am a little bit concerned about his obvious attraction to her, and how this might come in to play between him and I when the next conference takes place. Yes, he would invite me to the next conference, but I want no part of it if they are longing to be together again or whatever. I'd just much rather break it off with him before that if I think that there is interest in her on his part. I don't play second choice - ever. Also, they are friends on MySpace.
Not a huge deal, just wondering what others points of view are on this.
Thanks alot
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Well, i tend to think its a good idea to trust your instincts. Some people blow things out of proportion, but what you've written suggests a level head and trying to be reasonable
You could try talking to him. Tell him you get a definite sense that he was attracted to her. That isn't the concern though, you are talking to him, wanting to know him better and it and what really bothers you is that he can't share he's feelings on a previous girl he's attracted to (and what that means), and not that he was attracted to her.
If you feel he's still holding back, that's a red light. How can you really fall for someone when they are holding themselves back on apparently inconsequential stuff. How can you trust that you communicate, how can you feel safe with him and/or trust him?