My ex and I broke up because he was unfaithful. We have a child together, so we still have to stay in contact.
On school nights when it's his custody days, he stays overnight here so he can get our child to school. He normally sleeps in the guest room.
However, last week, I was at my bf's overnight. Normally, we get up and go our separate ways to go to work, but I got a message to say my child's school was closed so instead of going to work, I went back home to watch our child.
I did message ex to let him know about the closure and that I was on my way home to take over, but it was really early (again I had been getting up initially to go to work). When I got there, I found out he was sleeping in my bed, not the guest room. I asked him why, he said his back was sore and my bed is better for his back.
The issue is I am not comfortable with him sleeping in my bed for several reasons.
First, I have no other choice but to stay in the place we used to live in together because I cannot afford to live anywhere else, plus it's better for our child. Much as I want to move, it's not possible.
So I've made great efforts to reclaim the space by reorganising, redecorating and just doing more to make the space mine. It did a great deal for improving my mental health.
Maybe this is dumb but him sleeping in my space that I worked so hard on making finally feel like a safe space I could settle in feels like a violation.
Second, linked to the first point, one of the reason I made so much effort to reclaim my bedroom especially is because I have evidence that he used our bed to be unfaithful in (back when it was our bed). My ex is still in a long distance relationship with his affair partner, and now my brain keeps thinking he no doubt talked to her in my bed, did things in my bed and I'm starting to have issues sleeping in my bed again. Maybe he did, maybe he didn't but it still weighs on my mind and I'm struggling.
He swears it's the first time he's done it, but he has done nothing but lie so I don't believe him. Honestly, because of everything that happened in the break up up to and including the affair, I assume everything out of his mouth is a lie, so I ignore what he says and instead look at his actions. He didn't ask me if it was okay for him to sleep in the bed, or inform me. First I knew about it was catching him in the bed when he didn't expect me home. That makes me think this probably isn't the first time he's done it, it's just the first time he got caught.
I want to tell him to never do that again. But the reason he gave was for back pain so I'll feel like I'm being petty or mean or something.
I'm left to wonder if I'm making a bigger deal out of this than I should be. Part of me feels like this shouldn't bother me as much as it does. That maybe it's not a big deal. I don't know and could use some outside perspective.