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Chapter 1: What should I do if I find someone else's underwear in my boyfriend's drawer?
The first one, the one lie that I found, I didn't at first because I was so like, that was weird. I was almost like whiplash of two lies. And I was like, what the heck? Like, I didn't even know how to react. So I kept my mouth shut, kept eating. And that was it.
Then there was one, there was an incident where, you know, sometimes like on, you know, on our Saturday nights, we stay up, we play cards and whatever. We ended up staying up really late one night and we're about to go to bed. I look over and he's over on Snapchat, texting on Snapchat. So I did. Right then and there, I called him out. I said, who are you possibly talking to at 2 a.m.?
On Snapchat.
He said, on Snapchat. So he, and this I felt was a lie as well, but he's doubling down. He said his friend wanted to see a picture of the dog who was right on the bed with him.
His friend's a girl.
No, his friend, his friend's a girl. So I didn't.
Did you verify who this is? Do you know who this is?
I do know who this is. Met him once. I hardly know his friends.
But do you know that he really was talking?
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Chapter 2: How do I know if I'm being ghosted or if I'm the one ghosting?
And everyone's in these situationships now and no one's committing to anything because everyone's confused and no one wants they want for themselves and blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. The answer is somewhere in the middle. But to that end, I just like my point is, is like, I don't think he's having a midlife crisis as much as I'm be willing to bet that he's looking at his life as a 27 year old man.
And he, you know, and on some version thinking this is not what I expected for myself when I was 19. He's not actually saying that. I don't think he's actually able to like probably process that, but I'd be willing at the end of the day, if I were talking to him, we'd probably drill down to that, that general feeling.
Is that like this man had some sort of ambitions and hopes and like whatever, what does he do for work?
He's in sales. So, yeah.
And how successful do you think he is?
I know he has a lot of responsibility.
Okay. Yeah. So what does he sell?
I mean, I think it's just like tech.
Okay.
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Chapter 3: What signs indicate my boyfriend might be cheating?
And so that should be a signal to you that you've already worried about it. And worrying about the same thing over and over doesn't get you anywhere. And I do that shit all the time. I just get stuck on this thought. And if I don't have a clear answer to it, I'll just... just over and over.
You literally have to get to the point, whether it's through a therapist or just like good old fashioned, like thinking or whatever, having a friend, you have to just say, all right, well, listen, if I don't have a solution right now, I'm going to table it to the side. And if it pops in my head, I'm just going to like put it out of my mind for now. And that takes, that takes some work, man.
And it's like, it's easy. It's way easier said than done, but it is a skill.
I discovered a CBT. I don't know if you've ever heard of it.
Yeah. What is it?
Cognitive behavioral therapy.
Okay.
It's like it's essentially has to do with rumination. I mean, that's pretty much the core of it. And overthinking and basically what you've been describing is kind of separating thinking from thoughts. And, you know, the ones that like you just said, you just keep overanalyzing the same problem because I do the same exact thing that you just described.
Like if I don't have a clear answer to it and it's like not like a light bulb going off and it's just it doesn't go away.
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