Do you think it’s possible to build trust or rebuild trust that has been impacted on? Prior to when I started seeing my boyfriend, I used to talk with a guy who was, unbeknown to me, a friend of my now boyfriend. We never met, nothing ever happened it was more of a comfort thing that we had people to talk to. A couple of photos was exchanged on one occasion but nothing from then. My now boyfriend then entered my life and found out within days of us first talking. I apologised as I had not known the situation and he stopped contact for a few days before messaging me again and pursuing things further.

The issue I now have is my boyfriend says he is struggling to trust me and keeps having episodes of thoughts that I might be messaging other people/sending photos when we’re not together (long distance relationship during the week but we have weekends together). When we are together in person there are absolutely no issues. I’ve said that we can build the trust and he admits I’ve not given him any reason not to trust me since we’ve pursued a relationship (I’ve also previously come from a 7year relationship/marriage so commitment is no issue for me) but does anyone have any suggestions to help build the trust? Please help!