I am 24, female. I was in a long-distance relationship with my boyfriend. Within three months, we had developed a very deep and strong bond, it was pure love. He came to meet me, and we connected both physically and emotionally. However, after seven months, he started taking me for granted, and I would lose my temper every time he treated me like shit.
I kept begging him to meet me again. We had an on-and-off relationship, but it never felt like we officially broke up. We would stay silent for a maximum of 10 days, and I’d end up apologizing just to make things right. Everything would seem fine again, but in August 2024, he confessed that he had been cheating on me since February 2024.
At first, I thought his parents were pressuring him to get married since he was already 28, and he was using this as an excuse to push me away. But then, 18 days after we broke up, he texted me saying we could stay friends. After that, we started video calling each other every alternate day, it felt like we were back in full-on love mode. It seemed to me like he still loved me.
But then, in November 2024, his attitude changed. He reminded me that he didn’t love me and that we weren’t in a relationship anymore. In December 2024, he confessed that he was about to get engaged in a month to the same girl he had been cheating on me with since February 2024. To make things worse, that girl knew about my existence all along.
What did I do wrong? What should I do now?