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Author Topic: Girlfriend of 2 years cheated with 2 different men and left me.  (Read 650 times)
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« on: February 16, 2016, 05:33:33 PM »

I don't even know where to start.

I work in a bar and this girl started working there and she had a boyfriend at the time. She told me they were over and we started seeing each other but little did I know she was cheating on him at the time and she left him for me without no hesitation and she was with him for about a year. Major red flag to start with. Time goes on, she literally idealised me and made me feel so special I got addicted to her and loved her more then anything.

Throughout the 2 year relationship she always had money issues and was always in debt with direct debits. She was a compulsive liar, she literally lied about everything and some of the stuff is so sick I can't even go into it. I should also mention she had an abortion at the start of our relationship which I always had in the back of my head it might not of been mine although she swore it was mine. She always use to accuse me of cheating and I wouldn't even look at other girls... .I did everything for her in the relationship. Don't get me wrong I also had my flaws but I'm just a typical normal guy that just wants to get on with it. The whole 2 years we pretty much argued all the time she always said one day I'll be left on my own and I'll have no one. But she was literally obsessed with me and wouldn't take her eyes off me.

I went on holiday for 2 weeks with my brother and best mate, I buy her all these nice gifts and when I get back its back to arguing. She then lied and said she was going to meet a friend in Birminham when in fact i caught her out and she went to meet some life guard that works at a holiday camp. Hes 18, and I'm 23. She's 21 in a couple of months. I message this guy and he lied that he wasn't with her but according to him me and her haven't been together for months. He informed me that she was seeing another guy before me for 3 months, so she was having a completely different relationship with a guy for 3 months behind my back. I worked full time and she didn't have a job so I can see how she manged to pull it off but came back to my bed and acted madly in love with me still?

I was so confused I rally didn't want to lose her... .I know I can never be with her and what she did is absolutely disgusting, I begged and pleaded her not to leave me and she did without any contact hardly. She had a contract phone that my dad was paying for her to use and she took it with her. I sorted that out in the end but she's now with this guy still she met at the holiday camp where he works and they have been together for about 4 months now. She recently back in touch with me as she has been tweeting about me on twitter saying how bad she feels etc. This new guy doesn't know anything and he thought he I lied to get her back. She said she misses me but won't do anything about it.

I am completely broken it's been 4 months and I haven't got better in the slightest I feel like I can't cope and my head is so screwed from this I don't feel like me. I'm 100% certain I was with a pathological compulsive liar that is also BPD. Was the whole 2 years a lie? I feel ill never be the same person ever again. I'm broken from this experience. :/
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« Reply #1 on: February 16, 2016, 05:36:34 PM »

What she did to her ex before me has literally mirrored the same experience from her going from me to this new guy. I honestly don't understand how she had 3'people on the go at the same time but when I caught on to it she chose the newest one out of all of us. The other guy she was seeing for 3 months had to find out from me that they wasn't together anymore from me... .And he was so confused. But imagine what it was like for me after 2 years telling someone she cheated on him when she was meant to be my love partner and soul mate? I'm so messed up from this experience. Please help me to understand and move on, I don't want thearpy. I'm already on medication to help ease with this depression.
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« Reply #2 on: February 29, 2016, 10:25:28 PM »

Hello Devon09.  I am sorry no one has responded.

It is quite common for pwBPD to have multiple people involved.

Whether sexually or emotionally it is inappropriate.

I do highly recommend therapy.

How we keep in mind you did not make these choices for this person.

It was their choice.  Take solace in the choices you make.
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« Reply #3 on: March 12, 2016, 04:44:04 PM »

My experience with this same situation is that the whole relationship was a lie, so the answer to your  question is probably "yes, it was a lie".

My friend has just come out of the same situation. Sometimes we need to accept that people suffering from BPD "need" to do what they do for their perceived survival. That's what they have always done and always will do.

I spent a lot of time reading the resources here to understand it and accept it. I also saw a counsellor experienced with BPD. It helped me to move on.

Calling her ex and future boyfriends is not something someone should need to do in a healthy relationship. Look at the situation you were in, are in and look at how to best get out. No good can come from continued contact.
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« Reply #4 on: March 13, 2016, 09:12:50 AM »

How are things going now Devon09?

Do you still stay in contact with her?
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« Reply #5 on: March 13, 2016, 10:29:39 AM »

I'm sorry for what you're going through. Your post resonated because in some ways it's similar to my story. Only in my case it started out as an affair sadly. And I don't think she cheated. But we also were together two years. And she left abruptly.  And we had our fights.  And I wasn't perfect either.  Anyhow. I identified with your story. I'm four months out as well now. And because we did a few things since then it's kept it fresh.  Now it's finally over so I think my grieving process may finally begin in earnest.  Since I was depressed. But always holding out hope.  Now I think there is no hope and I need to try to grieve her

Hang in there.  That's all I can say. And unlike me listen to the words of advice from others here.
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« Reply #6 on: March 14, 2016, 04:50:23 PM »

Devon-this comment of yours got me

"The whole 2 years we pretty much argued all the time she always said one day I'll be left on my own and I'll have no one."   

I used to hear that from mine all the time, especially during breakups. Seems to be right out of the playbook. That was her projecting her fear of being alone forever because she probably knows it is in her nature to eventually drive people away.  You have a right to be angry at her, but I think over time you will also become sad for her and what she has to live with. Not to say you won't still be angry.
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« Reply #7 on: March 16, 2016, 01:58:43 PM »

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The whole 2 years we pretty much argued all the time she always said one day I'll be left on my own and I'll have no one.

I used to hear that from mine all the time, especially during breakups. Seems to be right out of the playbook. That was her projecting her fear of being alone forever because she probably knows it is in her nature to eventually drive people away.  You have a right to be angry at her, but I think over time you will also become sad for her and what she has to live with. Not to say you won't still be angry.

Your focus should now be on yourself, your recovery.  Why?  She is jumping from one relationship to another with no indication she will ever change that pattern.  You can't control her (and shouldn't).  You can't fix her (only she can fix herself, with experienced help of course).  If there was hope for the relationship and she was making real progress in intensive therapy for months and years, then you could 'support' her as she improved.  But unless she's in meaningful therapy and improving, the only person you can change is... .yes... .yourself.

Consider counseling for yourself, to get objective assistance from someone not emotionally involved in your life.  You're on the inside looking out, wouldn't it be nice to get help from someone on the outside looking in?  Hmm?

Illustration... .I wasn't a bad kid but when I was a kid we had chickens and I recall a few times I picked up the roosters, tucked their heads under their wings, looped them around in my rotating hands for several seconds and then set them down and watched them stagger around for a few seconds until they got their balance back.  Well, right now you're staggering around from the huge impact of a two year dysfunctional and unhealthy relationship.  Betrayal, two-timing or three-timing, constant lying, conflict and who knows what else, you really were turned upside down.  Seen that way, getting some counseling to help you recover and get proper perspective sounds like a good idea, right?
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