Cheating is awful. But all these people saying cheating is disgusting and ANYONE whole cheats is disgusting... shut up. There are so many women trapped in relationships with no way out, that doesn’t make them disgusting!

I was in a very abusive relationship, he had two other girlfriends and physically/sexually/mentally abused me. I tried to break up with him multiple times, but he would threaten suicide or threaten me.

I was having anxiety attacks at school every day, and one day this nice guy came up to me and asked if everything was okay. I fell in love with him, we kissed and stuff, and I finally got the courage to leave my boyfriend regardless of my fear of what he’d do. This was a long time ago, and I’m still with my incredible boyfriend now.

Am I “ugly and disgusting” for having no way out of a relationship? In hindsight, he wouldn’t really have committed suicide or hurt me if I had left, but was I being “petty and immature” for being afraid? Was I being “a child” for putting my own safety before the feelings of a manipulative boy? Because that’s how he made me feel every day. And now, with my boyfriend, he makes me feel beautiful, intelligent, and strong; he helps me through my PTSD every day.

I didn’t have the strength to stand up to my greatest fear without him. If I hadn’t cheated, I wouldn’t have ever gotten that strength. I would’ve still been being used as a sex toy, a punching bag, an object. I wish that I didn’t have to do what I did, but I had to for my own health. And I’m the happiest I’ve ever been.

To all my beautiful ladies that have been in similar situations, know that it wasn’t your fault.