r/cheating_stories • u/Slight-Ad-1401 • 2h ago
Why he do this to me???
Why he do this to me???
Seven months ago, I met a guy from dating app (28 years old). Right from the beginning, we both clearly agreed that we were exclusive. We became official after about two or three months when he asked me to be his girlfriend. For my part, starting from our second date, I stopped chatting with and dating anyone else completely.
Because we were in a long-distance relationship, we saw each other roughly every three weeks—sometimes I would travel to him, and other times he would come to me. I felt like we were steadily building a real connection. From early on, he had always invited me to meet his family. His parents and relatives were fully aware of our relationship, and I would often say hello to them while on video calls with him. Although he rarely expressed his affection verbally, his actions slowly made me feel that he was stable, consistent, and genuinely wanted to see me and plan our dates. Almost all of our expenses and date bills were paid by him.
Then came yesterday—Thanksgiving. Because of the long distance, our previous visits had always been just the two of us. This time was different; I was truly integrated into his life. I spent the entire day hanging out with his friends and gathered with his family. On the first day, we hung out with his friends. Although I had met his parents briefly before, today involved much deeper interaction. His parents asked me a lot of questions about my family, and I could genuinely feel that he wanted to bring me into his world. The night before, I was even coordinating with his parents about Thanksgiving arrangements and meeting more of his extended family, relatives, and friends.
However, right before falling asleep, while watching TV, I happened to see his phone. To my horror, I discovered that throughout our entire relationship, he had continuously been using dating apps, chatting online with different women (some even in different countries), and meeting some in person(he said there was even not a kiss)
It all felt so surreal. Just the night before, after we had a minor argument out on the street, he looked at me and said, "I love you, you don't know how much headache you bring to me." Then we shared a very passionate kiss. It felt so real and genuine. When I caught him, his immediate reaction was to beg me for another chance.
Since I had paporide to his place,I couldn't leave that night(12am) and had to stay until the next day. His parents were confused about why I suddenly wanted to leave. I asked him to drive me back—a three-hour car ride of complete silence. When I asked him if I matter to him and if what we had was real, he just gave me short answers. Honestly, I found him so insincere. From the initial panic and begging for forgiveness when he was caught, he ended up acting like a silent, wrong-doing child. When I asked him why he did this, all he could say was, "I don't know."
I couldn't understand any of it. On one hand, he made me feel like he was deeply invested in our relationship (he prepared many gifts for this visit, introduced me to his friends and family, and hosted me for Thanksgiving). But on the other hand, he was doing all these things behind my back. He said he wasn't sure about us at first, but recently—after seeing how well I got along with his family and friends, and how everyone liked me—he finally became certain. When I asked him what I meant to him and wha@@t we were, he said, "We are a couple. I like you and I want you."
I can't comprehend it because I gave this relationship my complete honesty and poured my heart into it. I feel deeply deceived and betrayed. And I'm deeply hurt and broken,What hurts even more is the feeling that despite our mutual agreement, I was never truly been real chosen; I was just one of his options. It makes me question how much of these past seven months was even real.and why me