Hi monaghanbride�.I get a pain when I read your type of post as this is what happened to me for over a year. I left my ex after being nine years together and eventually realizing that I was fooling myself that I could ever trust this man again.
He was texting a close friend of ours a lot and initially they were jokes that never gave me cause for worry as he used to forward them on to me. Then I started noticing his mobile bills were getting really high and I had a look at them. I couldn�t believe the length of the calls to her number as he was not a talker generally to anyone. I pushed the thoughts to the back of my mind as I didn�t want to think that anything might be going on. I was in complete denial for 12 months. It got to a stage where I was obsessed with checking his bills and not asking him about them. I was sick inside and put on this image that everything was great. In reality when I look back I was a mess�I was bitchy all the time and very bitter with everything and this was because I was been eaten inside by the anguish and stress that the secrecy was causing.
I then started checking his phone when he went into the shower as this was the only time it was out of his sight. Even though I saw the texts that were tearing my relationship apart before my eyes I still denied that he would do this to me. They were having a full on relationship but I was afraid to lose him and afraid of the truth.
It got out of control to the point that he bought her a gift of a handmade chain (that I admired) on our holidays and that was the final straw. I bumped into her wearing it and that was the day my life changed forever. I went home and packed and waited for him to come home. I told him very calmly that it was over and spoke for about 2 hours about the 12 months of pain and anguish I had gone through. I left the next day.
I was a coward as I was afraid of the truth. I wanted it to be lies but it wasn�t. I am sure you are stressed to the hilt with this and you can only decide for yourself if you want to try to fix it. I still cannot believe that I ignored it for so long but it is not going to go away. Please please do something now about this.
Sit down with him and just tell him that you know. Don�t tell him how, just tell him you want the truth and want to know where the future lies for your relationship. If he starts denying it politely ask him to treat you with some respect and stop the lies. Ask him to hand over his phone if he has nothing to hide�.good luck with whatever you decide to do but deal with it now.
Sorry this is so long�.
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