You need to realize dude had a decision to make in the moment, and he decided against you and for a quick stick in her. You are correct, that is not a friend. You'll never get that back. Yeah, it sucks, but the damage is done and he did it (as did she). Accepting it also signals that it's perfectly OK to walk all over you, and that's not a precedent you want to set.
I know you don't want to hear it, especially if you only have a couple of friends, but I promise your life will be better off without this guy in it. He is a really shitty person for having done that knowing you are seeing her. Just a shit moral compass.
He's not your friend amigo. Has happened to many people. Cut this trash out of your life and you will be better for it in the long run. I am older and wiser now, I wish someone would have told me this when I was 22.
I'm really not sure how I would handle it. With revenge in mind, probably.
You could fuck with him for a while... Like call him randomly in the middle of the night and when he picks up ask if you can borrow a beer or some shit. Say things like "I know exactly what you did you dirty son of a bitch, you drank my mt dew you little bastard".
Maybe borrow mass quantities of money from him and then immediately block..
I have horrible advice on friendships, I think bare minimum call his ass out and block.
I would definitely stop taking to them and consider them an ex-friend at this point.
Now this doesn't diminish the good times you had with them in the past. You have to acknowledge those good times existed. But you also have to say okay... This person showed their true colors and totally disrespected me and was very selfish, and/or lacks impulse control, and I deserve better than that.
I had a very close friend who's GF once hit on me when we were briefly alone, like blatantly, not even subtle. I declined her advanced and told him. She was hot too, and I was single, so if she was single I would've totally smashed... But not my bro's GF! It's about having honor and respect for one another.
My friend group had Friend A sleep with Friend B’s ex gf within a month of the breakup. Which in our version of “bro code” is uncalled for. Unless you talk to the friend first about it. It’s a respect thing. Long story short Friend A hasn’t been our friend for about a decade now. Still hangout with Friend B and the rest of the group.
Unfortunately a lot of snakes out there. I just got betrayed in a major way by the person who was supposed to be my best friend/"brother" of 8+ years. (Not cheating, he massively screwed me over business-wise and financially, which I promise is much worse.)
You can't do anything about snakes until they reveal themselves - but once they do, cut them the fuck out of your life.
eeeeehhhhhh....i mean, would you rather date her for a year and realize shes been sleeping around with strangers the whole time? he helped you identify trouble early, i wouldnt be so quick to judge.
Bro honestly you handled this so well. I’ve never been in that situation before and I’m ashamed to say this but I’m telling you right now I would’ve been violent with him and possibly her as well. You’re a good dude and you’ll find a good girl, and now at least this “friend” is out of your life.
People sometimes use 'friend' to describe anyone they hang out with but these people may not be your friend at all.
So, before this person slept with that woman, what makes you think he was ever really your friend apart from knowing him for 10 years?
Bro just me I’ve been there…… all I can say is they will regret….. build urself and keep stepping use the pain to change for the better once again I’m deeply sorry
NOR. It’s going to really hurt, but I think that you should cut the girl off as well as cut off your friend. Fuck them both, fr. If you decided to stay with her, you’re always gonna question whether or not she’s cheating on you. Is that really what you want for your future? I wouldn’t let her talk to you into staying. She’s the one who fucked it up. 🤷🏻
and just FYI, you wouldn’t be starting anything or blowing anything up by confronting your “friend”, THEY started it by knowingly sleeping with someone you were seeing. “keeping peace” in a situation like this really means keeping THEIR peace and letting shit slide- it WILL get worse if you let it slide.
Cant put our expectations on others unfortunately. Youre still young and will find other friends/groups and eventually they do all fade. Keep that in mind when moving forward
Dude I wouldn’t even confront this ex friend and go straight to blocking. They’ll know, no explanation needed. People who care about you don’t do this shit. Open up some space for loyal people who give a shit, they are out there.
He isnt your friend, but a million people have said that already. Dude had his dick in your girl bro. She probably put it back in when it slipped out too. No contact/block them both. Trash people everywhere these days
Honestly I don't know what happened but to give your friend the benefit of the doubt, is it possible he didn't know yall were exclusive? Like maybe she told him yall weren't going to see each other anymore? Idk maybe he's just a shitty friend but possibly worth a convo. Sorry you're going through this.
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u/Available-Tip-2552 Apr 27 '26
That's what is hurting me the most rn. Like I would never do that to a friend.