Welcome back ladies and gentlemen of the internet. Infidelity is one of the most heartbreaking and painful things someone can experience. No one wants to be cheated on, and its consequences are universal. Everyone is left feeling demeaned, disrespected, and even dumbfounded as to how they could have been dating or married to someone they actually barely knew. As ubiquitously painful as it is, it’s still incredibly common. How could something this horrific and destructive simultaneously be so co…

He could've avoided all of this...

Stories are always saved in the "archive" tab, even Close Friends stories—just saying...

A good friendship is built around trust. It's what makes friends feel safe sharing their thoughts and feelings. This is most relevant when we're talking about lifelong friendships. Where trust is so built into this type of relationship. The people you've known even before you were fully a person yourself, growing and developing as individuals and as friends. As you grow, this sort of trust can be the force that keeps friendships alive even when life gets busy, and having a person you know you c…

'Once a cheater, always a cheater' is a phrase born from stories like this. It's the cautionary tale of our worst nightmare. If someone is already willing to cheat and lie, what’s to stop them from doing the same to you? In the end, everything tends to come full circle. For this woman, just trying to move on with her life, things got heated quickly. Cheating is always a huge red flag, a bright, glaring "no" in any language. And when it's happening in the workplace, things inevitably get messy.…

Relationships are never linear; there are ups and downs, but usually, you can find a way to meet in the middle and work things out. For this unfortunate boyfriend and girlfriend, things unexpectedly took a turn for the worse, and there's no going back. Cheating on your partner is perhaps the biggest form of betrayal, and you risk never returning to how things were. This man caught his girlfriend cheating just before the holidays, making the hurt that much more painful. You can throw holiday che…

Dad is the real villain of this story...

When you decide to tie the knot with your loved one, it is natural to feel nervous about the idea of committing to one person for the rest of your life. Ideally, getting married means that you are going to be with this one person and only this one person, and it is okay to be slightly scared by the idea. However, it is one thing to be scared and another to try and convince your partner to change the whole nature of your relationship. For example, a month before her wedding, the woman in this Re…

No one enters a relationship thinking about cheating or being cheated on, but sometimes another person's actions are beyond your control. When you make a commitment to someone, the ideal is to honor that commitment. And when you can’t anymore, you should be upfront with them before breaking it. Unfortunately, that wasn’t the case for this couple. This trusting wife couldn't shake an unsettling feeling when her husband did something that set off alarm bells. Most women are master investigators,…

We're familiar with the never-ending Ross and Rachel "We were on a break" debacle, right? If not, where have you been? You might want to take a break and catch up on your ‘Friends’ pop culture because you've clearly been living under a rock! If you are familiar, then although this situation isn’t quite the same, it is definitely a classic case of he said, she said—lost in translation. This man dated a woman, and after 12 dates the concept of exclusivity certainly comes to mind, right? No? Well,…

The signs were there...

Will Mother Daughter Relationships Conquer All?

Welcome back ladies and gentlemen of the internet. When you marry someone, you expect that all secrets will be put out in the open. Of course, if we have shameful things in our past we may not be so inclined to open up about those things. In my opinion, it’s better to get everything out to each other, not only to heal from the past, but to create transparency and intimacy between the couple. If the person truly loves you, they will accept you for your past mistakes, barring that they know you’v…

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