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Cheated on my GF of 2 years with an old flame.

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Original post by ivybridge
Yes it kind of is though to the girl he was with - you don't just flounce off and cheat on your partner. It's not a mutually agreed open relationship. If you believe cheating is okay then perhaps you shouldn't be in a relationship. If people want to sleep around, they shouldn't commit to somebody in the first place - the girl he is with does not deserve this and you are utterly callous to say she should suck it up.

Maturity has nothing to do with it; people between the ages of 12 and bloody 100 strongly agree with the premise I'm puting forward... More so than yours.


If i asked for a divorce everytime something like this happened to me, i would be separated many times over. just saying
Original post by john2054
If i asked for a divorce everytime something like this happened to me, i would be separated many times over. just saying


Don't get into one in the first place then, if you have no interest in being loyal and faithful to that one person, which is a vow you take by the way.
Original post by ivybridge
Don't get into one in the first place then, if you have no interest in being loyal and faithful to that one person, which is a vow you take by the way.


i mean i could have divorced my wife, given the amount she has cheated on me. But instead i bottled it. which i suggest you do now.
I feel so sorry for the girl you are going to leave behind. You're going to remove 2 years of your lives for someone you don't know very well. Honestly it doesn't sound like you aren't mature enough for a relationship yet. If you cant keep to yourself for a pretty girl, 2 years in to a relationship how can the new girl trust you too. You need to go and see your current girlfriend and tell her everything because she will find out sooner or later and it will only be worse for her. Let her down gently though, if your going to rip her heart in to tiny pieces because you clearly don't care about her or you wouldn't have done this, but she deserves to not have any feelings left for you so she can get over you.
Wow, I actually agree with ivybridge on this for once.

You really should develop more self-control, OP. You could have just told your 'old flame' that you had a girlfriend, and you needed to break up with her before you could start a new relationship. Surely you can wait just 2 months before you start sleeping with your new girlfriend. Be more patient, for goodness' sake :colonhash:
Tell your gf asap. She deserves to know. Dont try and makes excuses, be honest and leave the ball in her court
Original post by john2054
i mean i could have divorced my wife, given the amount she has cheated on me. But instead i bottled it. which i suggest you do now.


The same thing goes for her. She should not have entered the commitment and your marriage is clearly an absolute joke.
Original post by ivybridge
The same thing goes for her. She should not have entered the commitment and your marriage is clearly an absolute joke.


not at all. leave me alone thanks.
Original post by john2054
not at all. leave me alone thanks.


And you had the audacity to talk about immaturity with me? Lolololololol.

Grow up. If you can't handle disagreement and bluntness or criticism, don't join in with discussions on online forums.
Original post by ivybridge
And you had the audacity to talk about immaturity with me? Lolololololol.

Grow up. If you can't handle disagreement and bluntness or criticism, don't join in with discussions on online forums.


my marriage is not an absolute joke **** off
Original post by john2054
my marriage is not an absolute joke **** off


Judging by your story, it kind of is.
Original post by ivybridge
Judging by your story, it kind of is.


i've told you that i have had bad times

i haven't told you that i waited seven years for my wife when she was in a different country

that he visa status was rejected twice, before i won in a british court of appeal

that they have lived here with me, her and her step daughter, that we have been through a lot

so yes she has cheated on me, yet like i said, this in itself is only a small issue.

grow up
Original post by john2054
i've told you that i have had bad times

i haven't told you that i waited seven years for my wife when she was in a different country

that he visa status was rejected twice, before i won in a british court of appeal

that they have lived here with me, her and her step daughter, that we have been through a lot

so yes she has cheated on me, yet like i said, this in itself is only a small issue.

grow up


And that should make a shred of difference to my opinion because...?

Pal, you're like 30-odd years old and you're throwing your toys out the pram because I disagree with you - you, grow up.
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Original post by Anonymous
I understand that cheating is wrong and take full responsibility for my actions and make no excuses for it, I just couldn't physically or emotionally help myself.

I'm away in France for the next 2 months on a summer job in Biarritz. On the third day I bumped into an old flame I used to see - she's spending a month here with her family. I was startled, we hadn't seen each other for over 2 years (we cut contact).

I asked her to this bar I'm semi-helping out with and we spent 6 hours together(!!) from 8pm to 2am. We didn't sleep together then.

The next day I got a text from her asking me to meet her in the city centre by the church. I headed over there and she was just jaw-dropping - white dress, beautiful hair, brilliant smile and peachy-red lipstick. We went for a walk round town and ended up at this auberge where we had lunch. I couldn't keep my eyes of her, and it seemed she couldn't too. She kept asking about what had been going on, what I was up to, that she got through to her final year at University in Paris, that her mum is finally getting better and that she had no idea why we cut contact.

By the time we left it was round 6:30pm, so we started to head back to the hotel/casino. It was quite a silent walk back I must say, but I could feel the tension between us, the looks we were making, the cute smiles...

I asked if I could sit down (I've got breathing issues from a recent illness). She sat down next to me and we ended up making out quite... passionately.

I'm not going to go into anymore details, but we did end up sleeping together.


I realise I've got to tell my GF sooner rather than later, but she's not here and I do kind of want to tell her in person so she isn't confused or whatever.

I don't know what's goingto happen between me and my old flame, but yeah...



Any sound advice?


Yea, because that is what she will be like, confused :rolleyes:

Dump your gf and don't tell her. It's the only honorable thing left that you can do. Not that you have much honor.
Original post by john2054
i've told you that i have had bad times

i haven't told you that i waited seven years for my wife when she was in a different country

that he visa status was rejected twice, before i won in a british court of appeal

that they have lived here with me, her and her step daughter, that we have been through a lot

so yes she has cheated on me, yet like i said, this in itself is only a small issue.

grow up


Why are you on a student forum arguing with teenagers then?
Original post by donutellme
Why are you on a student forum arguing with teenagers then?


good question
I think it's worth waiting for her exams to end so you don't potentially screw those up for her. However are you going to be living near her when you get back?

Breaking up in person can be highly overrated in my opinion. I've heard of people insisting on travelling hundreds of miles to meet up and break up - a phonecall will do the job just as easily and will save them having to go to great lengths only to get dumped. They will also have their support network to hand.

If you live in the same town/city then fine, but if you're thinking that having her come travel to meet you (for the first time in months) so you can break up in person is being a "good guy", you may wish to reevaluate.

Also, you cheated on her and are dumping her for your ex. You're never going to come out a good guy, so that should probably just be accepted from the get go. Doesn't mean you can't do your best to be mature and respectful about the whole thing, but you can't polish a turd.
Violence doesn't solve anything... But if I was her I'd knock you out, friend!
You don't even seem to be guilty for what you've done. Where is your self control? It's not difficult to say no, you clearly don't care about her enough otherwise you wouldn't have slept with the "old flame".
Your girlfriend deserves someone better ngl
How old are you guys? I think at the end of the day no-one can deny that cheating on a partner is a horrible thing to do but it seems like you have your mind made up abut the ex and nothing's going to change that.

Just curious though, if you had 5 years of history with the old girl, why did you cut contact over a stupid thing like you said? Surely with such a long history things wouldn't end that quickly? Did you want her to be your gf and it just never happened?

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