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Just this week I broke up with my boyfriend of about 6 months. Early on in our relationship, I cheated on him. I’m not going to go into detail or excuse myself. I take full responsibility. He found out the night of because I had forgotten I was sharing my location with him. We broke up for about 2 weeks with contact here and there. I was extremely remorseful over what I did because it was a meaningless one night stand and I, despite what some people may think, loved my boyfriend very much. I made the huge (and selfish) mistake of trying to get him back. And, in the end, we did. Being apart was hard for both of us because we had a really close relationship from the beginning.
Anyway, a month ago I moved out of the city we were dating in and I now live an hour away. We were both sad but I tried to be positive, saying that the distance could maybe do us some good because we were together A LOT.
Well, I was wrong. I started to become paranoid because I kept thinking he was going to cheat on me to get me back, and, I actually found messages on his phone the week I moved out (not anything sexual but he was initiating contact with other girls). And then it all fell apart. He became cold towards me in a way he had never been before, not apologizing for any of his wrongdoings, and basically saying I wasn’t allowed to have feelings because I cheated on him. I know, my behavior warrants his coldness but we actually were doing really well before I moved out. And at the flip of a switch he stopped caring like he used to. We used to talk about getting married, we looked at apartments together to move into, etc etc, even after I cheated. But it all went away.
I’m pretty upset. Of course, it’s all my fault we’re here in the first place. But like any normal person, I just miss the way he used to care for me. He taught me a lot about love that I never realized before, because I was never much of a romantic person. I miss that version of him, kind, sweet, soft, and patient. Our fights turned into him telling me to shut up and calling me a bitch. So, I broke up with him and it was pretty mutual. Which, he’s never actually wanted to break up with me for good until now. Everything has changed so much. We used to be each other’s rock and now I can barely get a reply from him. He never used to leave me hanging.
I’m hurting very badly. I know I was the one who ruined the relationship, should have let him go when I cheated, but that doesn’t mean we don’t have a strong connection that I’m going to miss deeply. Just need some advice to move on, and maybe how to be a better girlfriend in the future. ThanksRiderChalk it up to a lesson learned and never hurt anyone like that again. Those are the consequences of thinking selfishly. It hurts you more in the end.
Smart guy for leaving. He realized you cheating on him meant you never truly loved him in the first place.
KBOS geez, judgmental much? Iit’s not that simple. You can truly love someone and still cheat on them. Love and sex are two completely different things. Cheating indicates a problem in the relationship or a problem one person is having that has nothing to do with the other person. There are different reasons for cheating.
OP – there was some reason you cheated. I don’t know what it is and you don’t have to explain yourself. You know what it is. I’ve noticed men have a much harder time forgiving cheating than women do. He just wasn’t going to be able to forgive you for this. Some couples can get through an incident of infidelity and some can’t. This one was a no-go. Sorry. You’re just going to have to accept it and learn. How to be a better girlfriend in the future? Well, there is the obvious “don’t cheat”… but that sounds trite. Either you cheated because you have a problem or because there was a problem in the relationship. If it’s you, then you need to go address your issues before you get into another relationship. If it was a relationship, then you need to find a way to communicate and handle conflict without choosing a passive aggressive method of getting attention or punishing your BF.
Please let me goCheating is a choice! A selfish one.
In a moment where you decide to cheat on your partner, are you choosing to love your partner in that moment?
It doesn’t mean we don’t have a strong connection that I’m going to miss deeply….there will be others. Let go.
There is no excuse for cheating. Obviously j did not love her enough to stay loyal and seriously broke his trust.
It’s great you owned up to your mistake. learn from it, let go, and get better not bitter. That’s how you move on.
AndersonAsk yourself:
If you truly want or are ready for a monogamous, faithful relationship. It isn’t for everybody.
How paramount is carnal pleasure/thrill etc to you compared to being loyal in a rship
Whether the cheating was a mistake or if there was a reason that lead you to it.
How willing are you to avoid or give up risky scenarios in the future that might lead to cheating, for the betterment of your rship
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That version of him after the cheating, where it seemed like things were back to normal. It wasn’t real. I’m willing to bet he had started to check out because infidelity poisons a rship. It was just a matter of time before his mind followed.
If it helps, I’ve cheated twice, albeit via texting. One was because I was naive thinking that telling a “friend” that I’m taken and loyal would mean she’d quit pursuing/flirting with me. I was wrong. And there’s only so much I could resist a woman throwing herself at me before I give in. Now I know better to take control and shut down anyone that doesn’t respect my boundaries, instead of trusting their conscience. The other was because long story short, I was a scumbag with bad habits that needed punished because I lived with no accountability and got away with a lot. I’m glad for those experiences. I needed them both as they taught me various things and allowed me to have integrity today that I can be proud of.
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