Hello, I suppose I just have a few questions about behavior to ask people. I have been in a serious relationship for almost 4 years. During this time, my fiance threatened to break up with me for not satisfying physical needs, for which I broke up with him temporarily. He came back and was, seemingly, a better person. After this, he lied about a relationship with a girl, it was mainly flirting over the internet, no physical relationship, but he had told her he didn't want to marry me, which he NEVER said to me before. I also found out he was lying about contact with other people that I didn't approve of (for personal reasons). I never said, "I don't want you talking to them!", I always said, "Please don't talk with them anymore, it really hurts me." To which he would always say that he was sorry and he understood and didn't want to hurt me, but then he'd do it again and again. He lied about a trip he took, during which he saw an ex-girlfriend (they've remained pals). I also found out he was visiting pornographic websites. I found an email address that he never told me about, and lots of emails from different dating and sexually explicit websites. Whenever I find these things, he denies it. Then after I insist for a few days, he tells me something, then that changes within the next few days/weeks into something else, and when I keep insisting he's lying for a long period of time, he finally confesses. Every time I think he's lying, he is, but he makes it seem like I am insane for thinking he's lying. Now, I am bi-polar and schizophrenic, and I've been on medication in the past and in therapy in the past, I have it under control and I am med free. He pushes that and suggests that I need medication, and basically, whether he tries to or not, makes it seem like I am insane, which drives me nuts because I don't know if I actually do have a problem, or if he's manipulating me. He does this repeatedly, and every time I confront him for lying, I always end up right in the long run.
What do I need to do? What would you do if your significant other did this type of thing to you or your friend? I would like you to know that he does love me (somewhere inside) and can be very very sweet and affectionate. I love him very much and don't want to leave him, but am I being manipulated or used?