Relationship Help Forum: Cheating Boyfriend

Welcome to another edition of our relationship help forum, where we share real relationship stories from real women (identifiable details are changed). You can see the more real stories here

Dear Anne,

I’m nearly 19 and have been with this boy for 3 years. Lots of people have been telling me that he’s been cheating on me and a lot of other negative things but I never seem to listen.

Lately he’s been acting really oddly. We speak a lot daily but suddenly he’s always hard to reach. He always says he’s with his friends but when I speak to them they always tell me he was never with them.

I’ve started to accuse him lately and am becoming really obsessive. My mom thinks that I should leave him, but I don’t know what to do. He always denies everything.

Relationship Help Forum: Dumped And Pregnant

Another instalment of our regular relationship help forum stories. All of these are real relationship crises being faced by women out there. Of course, the names and identifiable details have all been changed to protect their privacy. You can find other true relationship stories like this one on our forum page. Here's Celia's (not her real name) story.

Hey, my name is Celia and I’m going through a really hard time trying to stop thinking about my ex.

He has hurt me so many times I can’t even count, but I’ve always tried to ignore it or believe his lies because he was my first love. We have been together since 10th grade and we’re both now 20 years old.

I’ve now had to give up on him because he’s meet someone new. Regardless of all the tears I’ve cried and all the nights I spent pacing back and forth to try to understand, I just can’t get through to him.

I’m hurting so badly and right now I’m pregnant. I’m due in a couple of months and this is just really taking a lot out of me. I don’t want to be alone and I sure don’t want to be without him. But all I can do is try to move on, because love shouldn’t hurt.