I [24 M] found out my girlfriend [26 F] of 3 years has been cheating on me, and said (to the guy) she was stuck with me, not knowing how to get out of this relationship.

Let's get one things straight, alright?

She hurt and betrayed you in the most inmate way imaginable because she was.... Bored.

Think about that real carefully. Do you hurt other people because you're bored? Her statement sounds incredibly cruel and sadistic.

This woman does not have wants and needs. At least she does not have wants and needs that are expressed in a healthy way. Some people simply go through the motions of life, allowing whatever will happen to happen. These people do not live their life but instead allow life to happen to them. But the thing is, when someone simply goes with the flow, they wash away any culpability in their actions. This is how the most vile, destructive, mean-spirited and passive-aggressive losers come to fruition.

But this isn't about her. This is about you. You deserve to love yourself and be comfortable underneath your own skin. Would you seek to destroy other people? Would you go out of your way to hurt others? No? Then why is it okay for you to destroy yourself? What you're doing is equally as cruel as accosting complete strangers to ruin their day. I cannot hope to imagine so much self-loathing, living with so much hatred, that you would hate yourself enough to destroy yourself.

Answer my question honestly, please. How can a relationship founded on hate and cruelty hope to succeed? You are a cruel person who does not love yourself. This woman is a cruel person who hurts others when bored. Do you see any possible happy ending for the two of you? All the appeasements in the world will not create a better future. The house you're building for yourself is still stacked ontop of cruelty and not love.

I think one of hardest things to accept is that we can love someone who isn't good for us. We can love someone who is cruel with us or hates us. This woman has to treat you as a friend to first be considered as a friend. How she is treating you? I would never treat my worst enemy with the amount of disdain she showed you.

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