im 26m and my hands are literally shaking typing this<\/p>\n
my girlfriend emma (25f) and i have been together for 3 years. my best friend jake ive known since high school. these were the two most important people in my life<\/p>\n
last month emma started acting weird. always on her phone, distant, said it was work stress. jake started being flaky too. cancelling plans, ignoring group chats. i thought he was going through something<\/p>\n
last night i went to surprise emma with food. her roommate said she left hours ago with “that tall guy with the tattoos”<\/p>\n
jake has very specific arm tattoos<\/p>\n
i just knew. drove to his place and both their cars were there. sat outside for 20 minutes trying to convince myself i was wrong<\/p>\n
knocked on his door. took forever to answer. he opened it in sweatpants looking guilty as hell. emmas jacket was on his couch<\/p>\n
i just asked “how long” and he couldnt look at me. emma came out from his bedroom crying<\/p>\n
4 months. started at my birthday party when they were drunk. kept happening after that<\/p>\n
4 months of him playing video games on my couch knowing what he did. 4 months of her saying she loved me every night<\/p>\n
i just left without saying anything. blocked them both when i got home<\/p>\n
now jakes texting my brother trying to apologize. emma keeps calling from random numbers. they both keep saying it was a mistake<\/p>\n
you dont accidentally f*ck your best friends girlfriend for 4 months<\/p>\n
i took off work today because i cant function. my whole support system was those two people and now theyre gone<\/p>\n
does this get better or am i gonna feel like this forever<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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