What decision to make in this complicated situation?

NewMan10

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Hello everybody,
I will start with a brief history of what happened. I have been addicted to PMO for more than 10 years (I am currently struggling to stop this disease, I am already more aware of the triggers, I have relapsed a lot of times). For 4 years and until now I am in a beautiful relationship with my girlfriend. But about two years ago (where I didn't even know or acknowledge that I had a problem / PMO addiction and where porn was consuming me too much, spending hours and hours looking for new content of all kinds) looking for content from escorts, one day I decided pay for a service. I went to the apartment where he was staying and that did not last more than 10 minutes. From that moment I felt devastated inside, with a great moral pain, totally sorry for what I had done. I gave myself much more to God, I went to church to confess my sins, I told my parents this and since this happened I became more aware, even after this I found the RebootNation forum and realized that I had an addiction. For about 20 days I stopped PMO, but I relapsed into PMO several times, but more and more aware of what made me relapse and with all the attitude to stop this evil. Also a few months ago I told her about my addiction and she said she fully supports me. The fact is that I am in a great dilemma: to say or not my infidelity to my girlfriend (I have not told her yet).

I recently realized that my father was unfaithful to my mother with a female companion, that made me feel like an insider (because she doesn't deserve this). I know that he watches porn and in one way or another that is also affecting him, well, but in this post I am not going to talk about his problem, I will focus on mine. Now, learning about this, he reminds me of what happened to me two years ago, and again I feel great moral guilt.

Do you think I should tell my girlfriend about the escort? I recently relapsed, I thought that when I completed the 90 days to tell her (Would it be better after 90 days?). I don't want to lose her and I don't want the beautiful relationship we have to change or that she mistrusts me, but I also don't want to keep this moral guilt that I have, because I think it is important to be honest above all. The truth is, I love my girlfriend very much, I want to continue with her always and keep her loyalty, she is an incredible woman in every way.

Help me please.
God bless you!
 

Fappy

Respected Member
Why would 90 days be better? if you think 90 days would be better than why not tell her after 6 months? or a year? i dont think the amount of time you delay in telling her is going to have any impact at all on how she handles it. whats done is done, 90 days, tomorrow,a year from now, three years from now, all the same.
is there any way that she could ever find out? if not, just dont tell her and deal with the "moral" consquences in your own way
 

PKCowned

Member
Yea I got to be honest. I’ve cheated and been cheated on in previous relationships. Shit is no good, and it’s going to haunt you. But did you learn, grow and hold yourself to account? If so, use this as an opportunity to push yourself into being the best partner you can be, let it be a reminder of how easy it is to be unfaithful, and recognize the hurt you have caused yourself and to the relationship. Someone who gets cheated on is haunted by this their entire lives. I honestly would not tell her, and by god make sure it never ever happens again.
 
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