There is a reason why your instincts are on red alert.
A feeling within you persists, compelling you to believe that you are a side piece.
He declared you his girlfriend a while ago, and you believed him.
After all, he courted you properly, as he paid for dates and ensured you always got home safe by either texting and asking whether you got home okay or driving you back home himself.
She is the first person he calls or texts when he is disgruntled and needs to get something off his chest.
And she is the first person he calls or texts when he is having a great day or has received some great news and he wants to share it.
These are situations that are emotionally charged, and he turns to her first when he is in the midst of these feelings.
Although you are his girlfriend, you aren’t the first one he looks to when he wants to express these emotions.
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Someone who has a history of cheating on their significant others isn’t worth the risk of forgiving.
Sadly, he has developed a repetitive character flaw.
No matter how effusive he is in telling you that it was a mistake and he will never cheat on you again, it isn’t smart to take him at his word.
If you know he already has a history of cheating on his past girlfriends, he is innately a cheat.
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Questioning whether you should tell him speaks to how much this is weighing on your conscience.
You feel guilty about cheating on him.
In a way, you want to get it off your chest.
That is why you are pondering whether you should tell him.
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Unfortunately, there is a good chance that this person cheats again.
People who have cheated on their partners in the past are prone to doing it again with a future partner.
Knowing that you have allowed that transgression to slide in dating him gives him a sense of power.
It gives him the impression that he has gotten away with it, even though you aren’t the one he cheated on.
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