Some advice for any youngsters...
I was asked in a PM if I could post the things that led me to believe her infidelity, and the AFC behaviors I wallowed in that perpetuated the mess. Although this is quite embarassing, I will do it for the sake of any younger readers or those who havent yet learned such painful lessons. It's a bit long-winded, but here goes....
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I had suspected her of cheating for a long time. There were pretty significant trust issues with her from day one. I met her in school, and we hooked up at a bar one night. One of my buddies told me that "She hooks up. She puts out." That's really where it all started. We had sex literally from the first time we hung out alone. What struck me as odd was that she was very quiet--even after we had sex. No explaining, no emotions, no talking at all, really. I'm not saying she was cheating on me at this point, but I always felt like she kept me at arms length.
Fast forward to about two months ago--this is when I really began to have suspicions. We broke up, for the first time, a little after valentine's day. I broke up with her basically because we were supposed to hang out that night..it was valentine's day. She told me she would be at the lab until late, but she would call me when she got out. Never did. I found out the next day she had gone to the bar with one of her friends. Long story short, we split up for about a week. During that time I was delivering pizza, and I saw her car at a very "close" guy friend's house on a delivery. I instantly got that drop-stomach feeling, because I knew that this guy really liked her, and they hung out quite a bit. We got back together a few days later and I called her out on it...she claimed she was borrowing his chem book. So, like a fool I believed her, because I really had no proof she was actually cheating. Since that time this type of **** continued, so I'll make a list of the signs to keep it brief.
-A lot of her stories and explainations never added up. If I questioned her about it, she would accuse me of not trusting her.
-There were many unexplained gaps of time in her day that she wouldnt elaborate on when asked.
-Not returning phone calls and texts.
-Brief, vague explainations. (Yes, no, I was at lab, I was studying, etc.) I got these alot. Anytime she needed an alibi, it was lab or school.
-She went home every weekend, and sometimes wouldnt call or return calls the whole weekend.
-Her "friend" was always over at her place. But she insisted they were just friends.
-She would often go out drinking with her friends and never invite me or call; or return my calls for that matter.
-Her stories and where she actually was often didnt line up.
-She never planned or even showed any interest in me meeting her family. They live like an hour away.
-In general, she never really made me a part of her life. I always gave her opportunities to be part of mine, but she was always too busy.
These were all big red flags. I found out the truth from guy#2 himself, Facebook, AIM, and friends of hers and his who didnt really know me. Guy #2 told me himself they had been dating for awhile, his facebook said so, his AIM said so, her friends said so, and his best friend confirmed it without even knowing who i was. All the evidence pointed to her double-crossing, except her actual words. But you know what they say, love is blind.
And dude, I cant even begin to tell you all of the AFC things I did for her. In a nutshell---I progressively became more and more obsessive. These behaviors included:
-Driving by her apt. 2-5 times a day to "check" on her.
-Calling her if she blew me off
-Asking her a million questions
-Using every last second of my free brain time to think about her.
-Allowing her actions to completely dictate my emotions.
-Always doing things for her when she did basically nothing for me.
-Apologizing whenever she got mad.
-Constantly checking her away messages, facebook, looking around campus for her car, looking for her after class, etc.
-Blowing off other girls because of her. (The worst)
I could go on for pages, but I think Ive embarassed myself enough. I hope this info helps any younger guys or other DJs who havent experienced this kind of betrayal and obsession. I believe Wyldfire had a post about ORD (Obsessive Relational Disorder), which may not exactly be clinical, but it describes the person I had become pretty well.
Here's to a new Colossus, never to be under a spell like that again. :rockon: