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Should I stay with my boyfriend

Last year my partner was sexting with this girl on social media. He proudly told all his friends and family about it and I caught him and confronted him. His brother even encourages him to not be loyal. So whenever he talks to his brother I feel on edge. He didn’t meet up with this girl in person but he did message her about wanting her and this was crossing a boundary for me. I considered this cheating. We had a rough patch but decided to stay together. At the time when he cheated, he logged out of his accounts and changed his passwords. I feel as if to this day I still get triggered or something because whenever he changes a password or logs out of an account not I feel some type of way inside. I feel as if I need to quickly go search for someone I can have a relationship with incase something is happening again. (It hasn’t happened again except for that one time). I have a fear of being lonely so I’m not sure if that adds to it too. I keep wondering if this is healthy or normal in a relationship, to keep worrying every time something is changed or logged out. I try to stop caring but it gives me anxiety. It’s my first relationship and we’ve been together for 8 years and we’re both in our 20’s. I feel if we were to break up it would be too much for me emotionally at this point in my life. I don’t know if I could handle the emotional pain right now.
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Diotrephes · 70-79, M
@Fifidog, you are a young woman and your boyfriend is a young man. Chances are neither one of you has had enough sexual partners to commit to a monogamous relationship. In today's America it usually takes16-20+ flings before you are ready to commit to one person. You may want to write this one off as a training exercise.

Science says this is how many dates you have to go on before you find 'The One'
"The average woman will kiss 15 men, enjoy two long-term relationships and have her heartbroken twice before she meets 'The One', a study has revealed.
Researchers found she will also suffer four disaster dates and be stood up once before she finds one she's happy to stick with.

But she will also have been in love twice, lived with one ex-partner and had four one night stands."
https://www.her.ie/life/whats-your-number-study-finds-the-average-number-of-dates-and-relationships-before-we-find-the-one-90330

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Fifidog · 26-30, F
@Diotrephes how do you know when you find the one?
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