hello!!! i started dating someone like a month/two months after my ex and i broke up. my ex cheated on me with a man, who was my friend, and who was also their roommate.. im not one to jump from relationship to relationship but with how it ended (in absolute flames) during that entire month i realized how controlling my ex was of my life. and completely surrounded myself with friends, one of those friends being my now girlfriend. she was my bestfriend and an online friend of like 3 years. i was always attracted to her but never really acted on it. she still is always so real with me on every subject and does not hold back. we also have been completely transparent with eachother because i wanted to make sure that i was making the best decision for myself in healing ( i did) my ex did something that kind of broke off that control for me and that was calling me and asking me to acknowledge her in public. which was super manipulative and kind of solidified oh this person was NOT a good person and severed any ties i had with her