Always Thinking Any Love Interest Is Cheating

After being cheated on a few times already I am always in fear of the person I'm talking to sleeping with other people, sending them pictures, getting hickeys, etc. Like to the point where they could be going to a party and I'm terrified that they're gonna be with someone else. I don't think I'll be able to be in a healthy relationship while I'm like this. How do you get over this and let the past die?

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Carissimi · 70-79, F

I’m not sure you can regain that trust. It’s hard enough to trust again after betrayal or repeated betrayals, but now we have a culture where a sex partner is one sweep away. There is a lot of available temptation out there, and men seem to like it. Why should they commit to one woman, when there is such variety ready to jump into bed with them. You are male, so I can’t speak to this because I didn’t cheat, although I’ve been betrayed.