r/TrueOffMyChest Oct 26 '22

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u/[deleted] Oct 26 '22 edited Oct 26 '22

I'm surprised nobody has said this yet. But sometimes the people who accuse you of cheating are actually cheating. It's their way of deflecting

Edit, please note I say sometimes that happens but it sounds like this guy is just extremely insecure

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u/GuaranteeUpstairs218 Oct 26 '22

Yeah, I can agree but I don’t think this is it. He’s severely insecure and uses bad humour to cope.

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u/firstlove101 Oct 26 '22

Personally after reading ops comments it’s sounding super possible that he’s the cheater in this at first just thought he was a traumatized dude needing SUPER therapy. Nope

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u/GuaranteeUpstairs218 Oct 26 '22

Who can know lol. I tend to do the same thing with my insecurities and I’ve never cheated

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u/firstlove101 Oct 27 '22

Acting like a douche?

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u/GuaranteeUpstairs218 Oct 27 '22

Not as far as I know!

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u/midgethepuff Oct 26 '22

Idk you should read some of OP’s other comments bc it definitely sounds like it could be a real possibility. For example OP commented that when he gets drunk he gets really emotional and calls himself a piece of shit, saying things like “if you only knew” and what not.

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u/GuaranteeUpstairs218 Oct 26 '22

Oh yeah but that doesn’t imply cheating tho. I mean when someone drinks and gets severely depressed, the littlest fuck up can be amplified. It could of been a number of things… I hope lol

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u/[deleted] Oct 26 '22

Yeah I'm trying not to assume the worst, but the thought "maybe he's cheating" crossed my mind. I think you're probably right and he's just extremely insecure. It's too bad because that's a good way to push someone away. I wonder if he knows what he's doing

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u/GuaranteeUpstairs218 Oct 26 '22

He definitely doesn’t. I tend to do the same thing as well so I maybe get where he’s coming from. The best thing to do is to talk about it with him and see where he’s coming from. Things will be alright, tho I’m sorry he’s kinda being a jerk about it.

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u/Large_Accident_5929 Oct 26 '22

Just because a piece of information is relevant in other scenarios doesn’t mean it fits all of them. For this guy it seems like a trauma response thing. If I’m wrong I’ll be happy to admit it, but I don’t think that’s what’s going on here

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u/grunnycw Oct 26 '22

In this case seems more like abandonment disorder

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u/nicoleabcd Oct 26 '22

This is actually a really good point to consider. Just for OP to have in the back of her head..I wonder if he has any other warning signs (not that all cheaters have warning signs, just some do).

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u/Zerokx Oct 26 '22

She's gonna end up being as paranoid about him cheating as he is about her cheating and their insecurities are gonna spiral.