My boyfriend stepped out on me, slept with my friend and still tried to emotionally blackmail me on it
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hi what’s up?
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Hello Good day
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how ar you doing?
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I ma okay, and you?
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i'm doing ok. is there anything you wanted to talk about today?
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Yeaa in my description i stated that my boyfriend stepped out on me slept with my close friend
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i'm so sorry. when did you find out?
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a little bit over months now
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how are you feeling about it?
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Disgusted not even sure who should bare more of my anger... my friend or ex
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with your boyfriend or your friend? what's troubling you the most about the situation?
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I m not sure. why would my friend let it happen, and why would my boyfriend choose to disrespect me in that manner
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you've had some time to sit with this, i understand completely that you are disgusted, but how have your felings changed since you found out?
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Changed in what aspect? I still detest both of them and to think he tried to emotionally blackmail me with it
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are you spending time with them like you did before, have you talked to them>
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No im not I cant stand either of them
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even though it doesn't feel like it, affairs have little to nothing to do with the people who get hurt the most it's not about you even though you got hurt the most
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Okay
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the anger and betrayal are natural feelings
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So you think i should have a conversation with them?
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if you want to maintain relationships, then you woudl have further converstations, but if you are ready to move on, nothing they can say will change what you need to do - move on
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I am not interesting in either relationship anymore
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it sounds like you have moved on if you aren't talking to them, is that right?
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and i also havent spoken to no one about it
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so i'd spend my energy working on myself.
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i guess
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what are somethings you can do to take care of you?
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work, meet new people, movies and do fun things
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are there friends you can talk to about this? your parents? siblings? seek out a support group, people you know who can and will take care of you when youare feeling low
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Siblings yes Nut i didnt go into full details yesss thank you so much for listening and advicing
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people who care about you often don't need the details, just that you need them
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Right I just told them it didnt work out and i am not giving details about reasons neither am i talki ng about my friend
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and that's enough. until you are ready, you don't need to elaborate
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yes you are right
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it's really nobody ele's business
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yeaa you know people sometimes wana mind your own business
user
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it's easier to see where others are going than it is ourselves sometimes because there's not the emotion clouding the way
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yes you have been of tremendous help in helping me move around my thoughts
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once you get the raw emotion out of a situation, it's easier to see things like they really are
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i guess so
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i'm glad. plesae stay safe
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