Women Who Broke Up With The Person They Thought They’d Marry Are Revealing What Happened After

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“I was with my ex for over 14 years and thought he was the one. He was older, and I put him on a pedestal (huge mistake) and put all my faith in him when it came to adulting. He had two long-term affairs that I had no idea about, despite my being his caretaker all through a rough battle with cancer; we weren’t sure he’d survive. Absolutely crushing. The worst part was that he would never admit to anything, even when supplied with proof. I learned over time that he was still hiding things behind my back and he would blame it on himself, saying he was ‘self-sabotaging.'”

“I lived in constant fear that he was cheating on me, unable to build trust back up again, and would cry constantly. I made the tough decision to leave someone I was still in love with, out of sheer self-preservation. I still feel awful about it. I miss him. But it takes two to make a relationship work, and one person can’t be the only one making the effort. He was trying towards the end, but it was too little, too late.”

—agirlbyanyothername