Hello,
I have been in a long distance relationship with a Muslim woman for 2 years now. I met her on a casual dating app. I have traveled to meet her in person and also met her family and friends who all accept me with open arms. Our love and passion for each other is very strong and we plan on staying together for the rest of our lives. She is sweet warm and forgiving of me and my mistakes. We have plans to get married.
My only problem is this. When we first met i noticed she was very active on social media with many men followers (thousands) and when i asked her about it she always shrugged it off. I knew in my heart that at least a few of these men would send her messages and try to flirt with her. When i expressed my concerns to her she would tell me they are all just random people and there was nothing strange going on. I told her that if i was going to commit to a relationship that i wouldn't tolerate this behavior. I had told her every detail about my past and assured her that i had severed ties with any other woman. Still she resisted and dismissed my concerns about all these men. She even changed her privacy settings so i couldn't see her activity because i was clearly uncomfortable with her online habits. EVENTUALLY, after many painful conversations, she agreed to delete other men from her social media. Well when i checked there were still a few that remained. She admitted that these men were her “friends” who she messaged and talked to. This did not sit well with me and once again we had many arguments over it. She would spend hours a day scrolling through IG liking commenting and following men showing off their bodies. Finally later she had admitted to me that these men were guys she had video sex with in the past but told me they are just friends now. I warned her that lying to me about it had destroyed my trust. It took much convincing and arguing and she eventually deleted her IG. I also later found out that she would had MANY online sex partners. It turns out she used almost every social media app including telegram and snapchat for meeting men and having video sex. Some of which still messaged her. When we would video call she would pause our conversations to respond to their messages. I told her that i wanted to leave the relationship and she cried and begged me to stay.
Fast forward to today. She has deleted all her apps and I do tend to believe she has changed her ways.
Im far from perfect and i understand all humans are flawed, i just really struggle to understand how she can be so deeply religious and pray regularly while having such promiscuous tendencies. I have spoken openly with her about it in an effort to understand her way of thinking but she just gives a very general and generic blanket apology. She refuses to go into detail about how she ended up down such a dirty path. I will never know how many guys have laid their lusting eyes on my woman's body and that bothers me a lot. It makes everything worse how she continued contact with them while claiming to be loyal to me. Her extensive lying to me during that time has tarnished my trust and it still weighs heavy on my heart no matter how much time passes. Every situation that reminds me of her past behavior makes me recall every disgusting thing she has done amd all the lies she told me. Even though i feel she has truly changed now, its like she has a second lustful personality that makes me worry her eyes will always wander and possibly cheat or keep secrets in the future. She seems desperate to convince me she is changed and loyal now but its still burned into my mind.
Questions:
If my heart truly loves her but i cant trust her, how can i let go of the disgusting memories and even remembering the mens names and faces? It’s like I'm a fool being mocked and laughed at by men who used my beloved partner for casual sex. Im constantly thinking about it every time anything reminds me of her behavior.
If she is so religious, how did she find it acceptable to lust after so many men even while she claimed to love me and be loyal to me?
If a woman is so comfortable keeping secrets and covering up her lust, can she ever be trusted? Is she just a lustful woman with no loyalty? She has a warm heart but it breaks my soul to imagine her performing on cam for so many men around the world.
In another post i read that Islam suggests “keeping the past in the past” but the past traveled into our relationship and damaged trust. What does Islam say about promiscuous women who lie to their partners?