Good day, everyone. I’m a young lady of 26 years old, and my boyfriend is 27. We’ve been together for a year plus now and are planning to settle down by next year. Recently, I found out he’s been cheating on me. We also had a fight six months into our relationship, and he slapped me. He apologized and promised he wouldn’t do it again. We had another fight recently, where I hit him first with my bag, and he slapped me three times. He later apologized, and I forgave him since I was the first to hit him this time.
But it all adds up to why I’m here because I feel like when we eventually marry, he might become ab#sive to me. About the cheating, at first, I thought he was only flirting with girls on Instagram and Facebook because he was always collecting their numbers. I never really thought he was sleeping around until I checked his phone and found some intimate conversations between him and some girls. He denied that anything happened until I found another chat where he talked about banging some girl.
When I confronted him, he couldn’t deny it. He kept begging and apologizing, saying he regretted his actions. He claimed she was the only girl he ever cheated on me with, which I don’t believe. I’m doing well for myself because I have a business that fetches me N300k–N500k monthly, so I take care of all my bills. He supports me once in a while. I’m not with him for financial reasons; I just love him because he’s the only guy I’ve dated who treated me with respect and was always there for me when I was down.
But cheating is a deal-breaker for me. And yes, I know there’s no guarantee that the next guy I meet will be any different. I don’t know how to forgive him and act like we’re cool. Please, I need your opinion on what to do. Thanks a lot for your time.
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