My long-distance girlfriend cheated and now wants a break—what should I do?

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My girlfriend and I have been in a long-distance relationship for almost two years. She was supposed to move to my country in August so we could finally live together, but recently, she called and told me she cheated on me with a friend from high school. They were both very drunk, and she claims they “didn’t finish” because she felt too guilty.

The day after that call, she said she wanted to break up. After a long conversation, she changed her mind but asked for a break to figure things out. We’ve been texting since then, and she told me she regrets her decision to break up but she still needs time alone.

When I mentioned deleting our photos because it’s too painful to look at them, she asked me to just hide them instead of deleting anything yet.

I’m heartbroken and confused. Has anyone been through something similar? What should I do?

Comments

  1. OkCampaign613 Avatar

    I feel your pain. Tbh, if she’s already showing that she can’t be loyal it might be best to break up, especially if moving closer together involves crossing an international border.

  2. Grey_0ne Avatar

    Yeah, I’ve been in this situation a few times – hurts like hell.

    As for what should you do…

    Homie… It’s mother fucking independence day, celebrate yours.

    Do whatever you want. You’re single now, she fucked you over and you don’t owe her a damn thing. Have some self-respect and move on with your life.

  3. sdnnhy Avatar

    Time to move on, bud. She’s keeping you on deck in case she needs you for something or can’t find anything better.

  4. Comfortable-Two6259 Avatar

    Leave her, sounds like she doesn’t know what she wants and sounds like your better off alone there thousands of women out there

  5. 8point5InchDick Avatar

    Leave her ass. The end.

  6. Mountain_Chemist6391 Avatar

    My friend – unfortunately, you don’t have much of a choice.

    Take this to heart: it takes 2 to make a relationship work. You can’t carry it, as much as you may want to.

    Time heals all wounds- but trust me, the more you try and hold something together; the quicker it will slip through your fingers.

    My best advice, as someone who has been in their fair share of breakups – breathe, and give it time. You need to process, she needs to process. Invest in yourself right now.

  7. Redditseeker3 Avatar

    Take your time man. Enjoy. And never take serious this relationship seriously anymore.

  8. Acework23 Avatar

    You have no girlfriend

  9. ElectricalWill3 Avatar

    Leave her. Long distance for a girl don’t mean shit, you were just an option to fall on, the only relationship girls take serious are ones where they are physically around their partner 24/7 and they actively spend money on them. You have to keep entertaining and proving yourself to women if not they will go to the next guy on their phone and leave you without much remorse.

  10. LovelyBirch Avatar

    Break up and block her on all platforms.

  11. weezyonefo32 Avatar

    You should lose respect for her and move on. Cheaters will cheat again. If they can justify it once, they can do it again. It gets easier for them every time. She doesn’t respect you or the relationship. If you let her disrespect you and get away with it, you’re in for a long, heartbreaking ride.

  12. delicious_a_vocado Avatar

    Leave her, that’s it.

  13. mindfire753 Avatar

    Find a new girlfriend.

  14. vulgod Avatar

    wdym what should you do hahahaha? do you have any self respect?

  15. Relative-Jelly-189 Avatar

    Just leave her bro. She is not yours anymore. I doubt if she was yours before. If someone loves you she can’t just cheated on you and then say I want break. Just leave her.

  16. Rahotep8 Avatar

    I’m sorry to hear this mate. But imo if she cared about you she wouldn’t have cheated on you or even thought about. I have a rule if my girlfriend cheated on me she doesn’t care about you and it’s immediately over. The fact that she said she wanted to break up with you confirms she doesn’t want to be with you I’m sorry to say. This is what you should do. Say your done with her, delete the photos and anything else like that and yes it’s going to hurt but you are removing a negative relationship that’s in your way of you finding that woman that will love, treat and respect you as much as you do her and she is out there. I believe 100% that Lord God has had this happen so you can be with your true love ok. You’re going to be hurting but that will pass and you will meet your true love and never ever think of this nasty cheating woman again. Take care mate