There’s an update to the situation. Not necessarily one that makes me feel any better.
https://www.reddit.com/r/cheating_stories/s/9uK5nrnRZ6
We argued yesterday. The reason was that I asked her to send me the chat again because I wanted to check if it was really true that she only talked to him once after telling me goodnight.
I forgot to mention this in my previous post: he used to text her sometimes late at night when he couldn’t sleep. There were messages exchanged after she had already told me she was going to sleep.
At first, she told me, “That never happened.” But when I compared the chats and showed her proof right in front of her, it suddenly became, “Okay, yeah, that one time.”
Yesterday I wanted to verify things again, but she completely shut down. We got into a fight, and in my anger I told her, “Either you send it within 5 minutes or I’m gone.” I’m not proud of that at all. I overreacted.
Later, I called her to try to sort things out calmly. My proposal was simple: she could just tell me honestly if there had been more than that one time, and afterward I would check the chat again only to see if it matched what she said.
At first, she didn’t even respond to that proposal. Only after I asked again did she say that this was her boundary.
But after I made that suggestion, a whole wave hit me. A wave of: “I’ve done everything.” “I didn’t do anything wrong.” “You’re the one thinking wrong.” “I’m right.” “I’m the victim here.” She also said that all of this is toxic and that she definitely isn’t toxic herself.
It felt overwhelming, like my feelings were automatically invalid and everything somehow became about her again.
What really bothered me is that I still can’t shake the feeling that it happened more than just that one time. And every time we argue about it, I feel powerless against her arguments.
This time though, part of me almost stopped caring during the conversation, because once again everything shifted back to being about her instead of addressing why I feel hurt in the first place.