TL;DR: My long-distance girlfriend came to visit me for 10 days, told me she loved me, but I saw Bumble on her phone. She swears it meant nothing — I feel betrayed.
I (22M) live in France. My girlfriend (22F) lives in Hungary. We’ve been in a long-distance relationship for 7 months, and despite the distance, she traveled to visit me 5 times. We saw each other almost every month. She just came yesterday to spend 10 days with me.
The whole time, she was warm, affectionate, emotionally present and clingy and says she loves me and litteraly whorships me. She told me I was her home. That she missed me too much. She cried in my arms. We talked about the future. She asked me to trust her — and I did.
I physically saw the Bumble app on her phone with my own eyes, Not once, but twice — on May 30 and June 30, both while we were still together. She was matching and talking with guys and now she telling me she never met any .
She acted like it’s normal at first like she doesnt know the severity of what she did, then tried to turn it around on me saying that I had Tinder a long time ago in March when we were together , she claimed she was “just sad and we fought a lot,” that she “never me anyone,” and that it “meant nothing.”.
But I don’t believe that. You don’t go on Bumble in a relationship out of boredom. You don’t do it a few days before visiting the person you claim to love. You don’t pretend everything’s fine while swiping on other people.
She’s now crying, begging me not to leave her. Saying it was a stupid mistake. Saying she never meant to hurt me, and as she come to me from Hungary I want to throw her out and I talked to her parents that they buy tickets for her to go home.
But I’m sitting here, wondering: How do you look someone in the eyes and say “I love you,” then go back to swiping?
I feel used. Stupid. Like I was the only one taking this seriously.
She’s begging for forgiveness. But the trust is shattered. I gave this everything I had — emotionally and financially, I can’t even leave to my country Morocco to chill and forget , I had my ticket 07/08 but now it’s 22/07 and I can’t stay in my house anymore and I need to go back to my country.
To admit, I also downloaded tinder and dating apps many times but it was out of boredome and lonelines but I know I’m bad too but I don’t know what to do.
Do people come back from this? Or is it time to walk away for good?
Comments
If you catch someone cheating and their first reaction isn’t to admit it and accept the consequences, they’re not sorry. They’re sorry you caught them.
You’re long distance. Expecting someone who you have only met 5 times to be exclusive is controlling.
People have needs and wants, promising yourself to someone you barely know who is half a continent away is foolish.