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Should I tell my boyfriend that I kissed another person 3 weeks in relationship with him?

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BeHonestHiker · 05/11/2024 08:38

I am F(22) and four years ago, at the beginning of the relationship, at the party I was kissing with one guy I have known earlier. I was then 18 years old and drunk and scared. My boyfriend is 5 years older then me and at the beginning of the relationship he would always talk how he would marry me, how that is it, how i am the right person, and I was a kid and I wasn't prepared for that. That is my first serious relationship and I was scared of things moving so fast. After that night at the party I felt terrible but I tried to forget that and move on with relationship. Guilt is killing me from that day but I have never told him for that because I was scared to lose him. It was a big mistake from my side, I feel terrible but from that day I stopped drinking, I know I would never do that again and I realized that he is the person I wanna be with.

For the past few months, our relationship is so good, we are planning to live together, he is treating me with so much love, but I feel like I don't deserve that, like I am the lie, like he doesn't know me at all because of that mistake. I am a completely different person now, I was a child 4 years ago who was looking for attention but I am not that anymore. I don't know if I should tell him about that night. I feel like I am lying and like this thing will always bother me. I want to be honest and I am honest about everything else, but not with that. I don't want to lose him, but I want our relationship to be honest... Is this something he should know before we live together? I don't know how he would react to that, he would probably be very hurt and I don't want that, but how to save myself, I changed and I can't keep this any longer...

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OneDandyPoet · 05/11/2024 14:08

9ToGoal · 05/11/2024 13:58

You need to end the relationship and work on yourself and your self esteem. If you are this obsessive and think you don't deserve his love etc then you aren't ready to be in a committed relationship. You will overthink every little disagreement while living with him and leave yourself open to abuse and/or paranoia.

Tell him the truth and take a long break away from the relationship at a very minimum. Establish yourself in your job for a couple of years before even considering living together and be firm on shared bills and responsibilities (eg housework).

This is actually an excellent comment.

SunnyHappyPeople · 05/11/2024 14:12

I would -

Not move in with him

Break up with him

Stop thinking about the kiss

Have fun and kiss some more guys.

You're only young once, this is too much angst over a guy

MrSeptember · 05/11/2024 14:20

I think you are ridiculous to feel so guilty about this. I'm almost positive that DH had a little snog with someone a few weeks after we started dating when he went away on a pre-planned holiday. I don't ask, he doesn't tell. what good would it do?

But if you are this stressed about it, then tell him. And frankly, if he has a complete melt down about it and the relationship ends, then that' sprobalby a good thing anyway.

coxesorangepippin · 05/11/2024 14:26

Nah

Old news

Nothankyou999 · 26/07/2025 19:10

Hello.
how did it all turn out? Were you able to forgive yourself or did you end up telling your boyfriend?

BeHonestHiker · 31/07/2025 08:44

Nothankyou999 · 26/07/2025 19:10

Hello.
how did it all turn out? Were you able to forgive yourself or did you end up telling your boyfriend?

I ended up telling him, that was 8 months ago. He forgave me but the thing in my head didn't get better. I did go to therapy and my therapist told me that it is not even about the mistake anymore, this became my tool for coping with stress. My brain doesn't want to think about real problems so it thinks about something well known. I think it is some form of OCD... I am currently coping with this type of thoughts because after four years I will see some people from that time period and I am feeling like I am bad all over again and I constantly think about what they think about me...

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