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I Hate My Ex Boyfriend

Wasted Four Years Of My Life With A Cheater

By: An EP User
Written on January 30th, 2013
By: An EP User
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  • weseestars

    That is exactly how it feels.

    Mar 9
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  • Squeekarose

    I love this!!! I'm deling with the same thing. A man that used 5 yrs of my life and he broke up with me everytime he needed to get out there and try and get a piece of strange I think is how he put it and I kept taking him back and I miss him like crazy but the last time we broke up he was with someone that weekend which tell me that he was already seeing her and his family always tried to break us up especially his mom and how sad is that? I told him and his mom b careful what u ask for cause u just might get it lol!! What if this chick turns out to b way worse then me? Ill laugh my *** off lol lol I don't know he's a jerk and always wants me around to pay for everything and I think that's all he ever wanted lol

    Mar 9
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  • RMEXS

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    Feb 11
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  • lwright87

    I feel it

    Feb 5
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  • Tizzywiz

    Wow, your experience sounds so very similar to mine. The length of time mine cheated was the same, I think, in so far as the information I found out. I also took him back, but i was convinced it was emotional only, the many others were what were inappropriate relationships...but later I learned it was more. Mine did not reveal anything himself, so ultimately I only know what I obsessively had to find out for myself, mainly because we were together for 20 years in total, married 17. Tragic. He was a coward too. I'm sorry you're in pain because I know it well. It's hell. I hope one day to get out of this place of hate because I know it eats me up inside. Unfortunately, I can't leave him out of my life as we share a little one, so the pain is like a dull torture. Be well. I know you will find better man for yourself. If I've learned anything from this it's healing myself and the scars and trying to be whole on my own so I can recognize the mistakes and the warning signs and identify and nurture a healthier relationship. Living with years of deception can alter a normal state of being.

    Feb 2
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    • ihateyouRP

      Thank you. Your words are inspiring. I just do not understand how easy it is for these cowards to walk in our lives. Are you still together with yours since you share a child?
      It feels like my whole relationship was a lie. *sigh* hopefully one day I get out of this rut.

      Feb 3
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    • Tizzywiz

      No, I'm currently separated. It's difficult since I have to see him often because of our toddler. But I am willing to make sure my child has the feeling of total security, and that means having her father in her life and not shuttling her from place to place. I plan on starting therapy as soon as I find an affordable plan. Friends are helpful, but family isn't near. That would help. It's important I am in a good place for the little one, and it's a challenge. Sure he is helpful, but the emotions are certainly raw, so we keep discussions about our shared responsibility. If it feels ok, sometimes regular friendly conversations take place, but he is pretty erratic, and has issues of his own he is dealing with so I tread carefully. For the most part, there is cooperation. My anger is there, but that's something I know I need to manage with eating properly (eventually), exercise (i will), and sleep (difficult with a little one), especially now that I work full time and take freelance work. Best bet is to set small goals for yourself. Like mine are to research and call therapists or group therapy, improve menu by pulling easy recipes for me and baby, schedule workouts. Something like that. Eventually, you'll notice you are focusing on you.

      Feb 4
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    • Tizzywiz

      Also, I wanted to mention, when you start to focus on yourself, your confidence will improve, time will heal, men will be attracted, if you want to start again, or you may find enjoy being on your own for a bit. Take a trip? Plan some nights with girlfriends NOT talking about him. Or talk about him but don't let it consume or dominate you. But therapy is key I believe, because it's like expelling the bad stuff. It helps to intellectualize it all and detach. I tend to dwell, so I know it's hard to look back on the years you lost. Maybe you will discover something about yourself in this new journey you wouldn't have otherwise learned while you were with him. My relationship was my whole adult life, but I'm still relatively young. It would be destructive to look back on it all with vitriol. I built a lot in those years, and something good came out of it, as did the most precious little being in my life.

      Feb 4
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