If You Think He’s Cheating, He Probably Is

If you’re staying because you don’t have proof, here are some things you should know.

Ariana A.
Hello, Love

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I don’t often talk about the first two years of my current relationship. In my mind, I separate the first two years from the rest and subconsciously convince myself that it was a different relationship with a different person.

My (now) husband pursued me. I was fresh out of a bad relationship and he had only been single for a few months.

I told him upfront that I wasn’t ready for anything, and he told me he was content with being friends — That was the first lie. A cute one though, right? I thought so, too. But it turns out it was more of a foreshadowing.

After a few months of texting back and forth, and flirting like crazy, I finally agreed to a date. Well, I agreed to hang out as friends and catch a movie, but we both knew it was a date.

The first three months were a whirlwind of intensity. I fell hard and fast, despite my intention to keep it light.

I thought he was falling at the same speed, everything he said and did led me to believe as much. But I believed a lot of stupid things back then. Like the time he told me I was the first girl he’d slept with since his last girlfriend — who ripped his heart…

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Ariana A.
Hello, Love

Diary of what I thought was a lost libido, turns out I’m Ace. A mix of nonfiction and fiction, because how else do we live the fantasy?