Hello, i just had a question for bi men i feel like most other communities wouldn’t understand, and i wanted support and honesty. So I figured i would just come to the source.
I am a bisexual woman dating a bisexual man. we’re both mid 20’s. I’m my boyfriends first girlfriend. Three months into our relationship i found out he had been sexting a man he used to know from another state. I found these messages because i had a crazy weird gut feeling one day, all i did was open his ipad messages and there they were. Obviously i felt extremely betrayed, embarrassed, insecure, but i also felt understanding? if that makes sense. He had been doing it on and off, nothing emotional just mostly him being horny. They facetimed a few times. What hurt the most wasn’t even the fact he did it, it was that he brought me up like twice. He said “oh i’m headed to my gfs house” or “i’m otp with my girlfriend.”
I could’ve been one of those people who takes pics of the chat, posted it on tik tok and blew up on him but for some reason i just gathered my things and left. He obviously was on his knees begging me to stay apologizing, and crying. We took some space for a few days and then i went back willing to hear him out.
He told me that it was something he would just do, to him it was like watching porn, it was so normal to him he didn’t even realize it would hurt me. he said “i felt guilty when being around you but i didn’t understand why.”
There was also little things i find out by obviously going through his phone more when i found it… he has subscribed to sniffies premium(i checked and there was no messages on his acc.) He ended up deleting it in front of me.
Then a couple months later i noticed a random guy insta called him.. he tells me oh that’s my first ever guy hookup hes weird and calls me sometimes. Come to find out he texted him first… it was nothing bad just messages catching up but he lied and deleted them. Only reason i found out is because he reported a picture he got send by him…
I go through his phone cause im obviously sketched out now and i log into his twitter and he grabbed his phone from me!! Turns out it wasn’t just the one guy he sexted before… there was two more.
I forgave him. Fast forward it’s been about 9 months since it happened and i can say i forgive him, the trust is rebuilding itself, i feel safe with him, and i know he loves and cherishes me. I genuinely want to have a life with him and i know he wants that to he’s always telling me. but.. that worry that he will do it again will always be there.
My boyfriend makes me feel like the prettiest girl in the world, when i bring it up or need to talk he reassures me, he quit watching porn(even tho i don’t care if he does really), and he has been constantly trying to prove himself to me. He genuinely is an amazing person and I don’t want to believe he intentionally hurt me, or that he’s a bad person.
I guess i just want to vent but if anyone has any advice or anything i would love to hear it.
(plz refrain from calling me stupid or anything, i’m just a genuine believer in forgiveness and people can change…. i just really wanted to understand him more and thought maybe you guys could help me out. thank you) 🙏
EDIT/UPDATE : WOW. thank you guys. truly. everyone sharing their personal experiences and giving advice has truly helped me so much, and i’m positive it will help my relationship grow stronger now and in the future. you all have been so sweet and welcoming. i wish nothing but the best for all of you in your life journeys!