Let me start off by saying my boyfriend is 42 & I’m 23. We just had a baby 3 months ago. (I know my age difference will be a problem to most, I just need words of encouragement). We have been together for a little over a year & a few days before Christmas he left his Apple Watch when he had went to town one day. I had this gut feeling something was off so I decided to go through it & ended up finding out he’s been texting his ex girlfriend the whole time we have been together. He was sending her love quotes, picking up her kid from school, talking shit about me but coming home everyday telling me how amazing I am & even took our 3 month old daughter to meet her. He was telling her personal business about my life that I trusted him with. I packed all my things & left, he started crying telling me he would fix us & that he knew it was wrong the whole time just didn’t know how to stop because she’s always been a “friend” to him. They dated for 6 years before him & I. Let me mention all her stuff is still out in his garage & they broke up 3 years ago, he said he’s been throwing it away little by little each week, but the whole time we have been together I’ve not seen him throw away one thing so I took it upon myself to do it & he ends up telling her I threw all their stuff away when he’s the one that told me to, he claimed he didn’t want her stuff here anymore. They literally have nothing together but a past. I gave him the benefit of the doubt & decided to work with him to fix things for our daughter, I’ve cried everyday since I found out what he’s been doing. Well yesterday I go through his watch again to only find out he’s unblocked her & messaging her again!! When I literally just cried my eyes out Christmas Day about the whole situation to find out he unblocks her after Christmas Day. He saying the same things about fixing us & now he’s really learned his lesson, but he’s a manipulator & I’m scared to fall back into his trap because I love him so much. I’m still moved out & just confused. I need words of encouragement to move on from this because the heart break feeling sucks! He also told me he needed to leave her alone on his time because he didn’t want to hurt her, meanwhile he’s hurting the hell out of me. Basically he’s choosing her over me it seems like & he swears he isn’t but he’s so stuck on not hurting her… I’m just so upset about the situation.