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fancypotfxz7ap
9mo ago
Vent

Feeling guilty

My ex and I dated for a year and two months. I’m a 21 year old female and he’s a 23 year old male. 3 months in he calls me his exs name whom he dated for 2.5 years. He apologized and I stayed, then a few days later I find women lotion and perfume in his room he proceeds to tell me they are his then I tell him I have the same ones it’s for women don’t lie please be honest. He says yes sorry they’re my ex I forgot to throw them away. This caused so much doubt in our relationship it messed everything up I felt that he was never over her. Then he gets invited to a wedding and he’s a groomsmen. He says he’s going on a guys trip with the grooms men and fails to tell me that the bridesmaids are staying in the same Airbnb. I felt so worried lost and insecure because that sounds really bad like he’s doing something sneaky. I argue with him through messages mind you we are still dating come to find out he tells me recently that we weren’t together during that time bc I wasn’t answering his messages. Events like this continued throughout the year I became verbally abusive towards him. I threatened to cheat on him because I was so over it. I didn’t mean it but eventually June 28 I had the chance and I cheated on him with a girl. Part of me felt like he deserved it and part of me regretted it. I told him that same morning and that’s where everything fell apart. He said he wasn’t sure if we could fix things and then he eventually reached out to his ex the one I was always worried about in the middle of us trying to fix things. I can’t help to think that I deserve it but I also think it’s very unfair after everything he put me through.

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luminouscashy2cy9mo ago

He wasn’t over her and even if he was, he certainly didn’t respect. He was being emotionally manipulative and was lying throughout the relationship. He wasn’t transparent even if he was being honest with some things. You shouldn’t have cheated and that will always be morally wrong and you should learn from it to communicate how you feel and if you are dismissed to end it. There is no use dating someone who doesn’t respect you or your feelings. If he wanted you like he claimed he did he would soothe your insecurities and his actions that led to it. He lost you and that was on him. It was unfair the things he put you through but you should work on being comfortable leaving what doesn’t serve you and that man certainly brought you down. The guilt of cheating can be worked through. It is his fault that the relationship fell apart long before you cheated but it is up to you what to do afterwards. He lost you for the potential and the image of other women on his mind. However, you should never cheat and that is on you. Learn from it and choose a different decision that wont affect both parties - cheating destroys both. But it will get better - the guilt especially. Speaking from experience, don’t lose hope.

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