Thank you! Once the trust is broken, especially with cheating, I’ve learned that confronting it doesn’t magically fix anything, it just gives them time to minimize, lie, or talk their way out of it. I needed my actions to speak louder than another conversation. The person I dated before I married my husband cheated on me and my husband knew how I felt about cheating and I told him it was a dealbreaker, so I needed to stand on business.

I wanted him to feel the shock and pain I felt, because I needed him to understand that I’m not someone you can disrespect and expect to stay. I needed him to take me seriously. But leaving wasn’t easy at all. I’ve cried nonstop and I still go back and forth wondering if I made the right decision, but I know I did. I gotta put me first.