I just ended our 5-year relationship yesterday. It hurts so much I feel it in my bones. It takes a lot of courage to walk away from a relationship you wanted to work so bad 😠I loved genuinely, and gave my all but the history of cheating and betrayal eventually destroys the relationship. There's no such thing as forgive and forget. I'm just so dumb I didn't walk away the first time it happened. I just let it pass because I thought he's gonna change ðŸ˜
Last updated on:2026-08-16T08:16:11+05:30
Comments (5)
i've blamed myself for not leaving the first time too, but honestly, i was trying to believe someone i loved would change. please be gentle with yourself tonight, five years doesn't disappear just because you finally chose yourself.
when you look back now, do you think you stayed because you truly believed he'd change, or because you were scared of what leaving would mean?
i stayed way too long after betrayal because i kept loving the version of him i hoped he'd become, and walking away still felt like losing my whole life.
I’m so sorry. when there is betrayal it calls for extra healing, as your trust was abused. You aren’t dumb, you just had hope that he would learn his lesson. The fact he didn’t is squarely on him! You are very strong to have decided to walk away.
I am proud of you for walking away. Please be kind to yourself, you are not dumb, you are brave. You allowed your heart to love, to be vulnerable and open to someone else. You kept giving and giving until you had nothing left. It takes a special person to love whole heartedly. Im sorry that they couldn't reciprocate the same love and loyalty that you gave them. It has no reflection on your worth, it is a true reflection on who they are and how little they love themselves.
Time to build yourself up again.