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"I Really Hurt Her When I Cheated"

Share Your Story: My First Breakup

From d23

How Long Had You Been Dating Before the Breakup?

2-3 months

Who Broke Up with Whom?

I did

How Did the Breakup Go Down?

I fell in love with her the second i saw her. She is perfect, at least to me, and I guess since I never felt that way about a girl. I took it for granted. I cheated on her and we broke up. She got a boyfriend a month after. I really hurt her when I cheated. Now just recently her boyfriend and her broke up...mutually. They dated for 6 months. I'm still in love with her and I don't know what to do now. I won't screw up again, and she tells me that she still loves me too and when we were in a relationship she was happy. All I want is to make her the happiest girl in the world and give her everything. I need a 2nd chance.

How Did You Get Over the Breakup?

I didn't...I was in my room thinking about the perfect words to say for 6 months. And now that I can say those words...I suddenly can't, if there was anything I could do to assure her I would never do what I did again I'd do anything to know...I couldn't sleep, I couldn't do anything but think and I regret

Lessons Learned

  • don't take a girl for granted...
  • don't cheat
  • imagine life without that person and how it would feel

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