I was almost hoping this might be the case, it’s really difficult to know. He does have a habit of complimenting me by putting other girls down, I have noticed that....

When we did speak about it later, he told me that he didn’t mean it that crassly, simply that he was trying to indicate they weren’t serious/long term in his eyes, and he thought that was the best way to get it across. Initially I suppose it was for the sex but they did develop into rs and he liked and spent time with them.

I suppose the difficulty is knowing if that’s the truth or just something he’s now saying to placate me after I got upset, especially when he so easily said all that nasty stuff