Fell in love with a MARRIED LIAR....
Part of me feels like an idiot for even wasting my time to write this. I already know what I need to do ... But I am sharing my story anyway....
Here goes.... I started dating this guy 6 years ago. He was so sweet. We spoke every day, spent time with each other and just enjoyed each others company. He told me he was 32 and at that time I was 25. Age doesnt really matter to me so i didnt mind. He told me he had a daughter and had never been married before. We move in together a year passes and things were going great but that womens intuition kept saying something was off. So I decided to do a public search on him and I found out a lot. Actually, more than I was ready to know. But you know what they say, when you go looking for something you will find something. I found out that he was really 37. He was married before and he admitted to me that he had several children with his supposed ex wife who lives out of state. I also found out that he was cheating. Not with one woman but with at least two.
Some way, somehow we worked through it. Another year has passed and things are going okay. Not great but okay. I decide to do some cleaning and I find some pictures of a young boy who looks exactly like my man. So I ask him about it. He admits it's his son from years ago. His son is 17 at the time. I was angry but I let it go. Once again we moved on.
Another year passed and we were doing okay. I still remain faithful, I still love him deeply. Then another blow... I find out he's still married. I was crushed. I felt like how much more is there to know. How many more secrets can there be. Why all the secrets?
I couldn't understand for the life of me why this was happening to me. But as usual I forgave him and moved past it. Things are now rocky... But we are "working" through it. 2 more years go by which brings us to last year. I'm home on a Saturday and I check the mail. A letter comes from the LOCAL child support agency. That was major for me because all of his kids are out of state. So to me that meant he had a kid with someone else who lives locally. I never gave him the letter. I kept it for a whole month while I did research. I found out the mothers name... The child's name... And the date of birth. Then I finally ask him... He didn't come out and tell me initially but he finally did. He fathered a child while we were together and she is now 2 years old.
I feel so many things. I feel angry, hatred, sadness... I've asked him to find his own place and our relationship is now over. It was over years ago... I just didn't know it. Or, I did I just didn't want to accept it.
I am angry for still loving him. Angry for not calling it quits sooner. I'm so many things... STUPID for thinking he could change and love me and be loyal to me. But I'm finally doing what I should have done 5 years ago and I'm moving on. Despite him blaming me for all of this... Despite him angry with me for not wanting to turn the other cheek AGAIN ... I AM MOVING ON.
All I really need to do now is stop this from happening again.