I cheated on my ex-boyfriend with my current boyfriend. Now he's insecure and thinks I'll do the same to him?

mjr83
So I started cheating on my ex-boyfriend last year--- I cheated with a co-worker. He was good looking and hot and intelligent. What started off as just making out at the local bar one night after work escalated to phone conversations, intimacy, sex, and eventually the realization that we were head over heels in love with one another. Because I was afraid + in denial, I didn't break up with my boyfriend at the time and let the situation escalate for 6 months! Finally I couldn't take the stress and anxiety anymore, hurting my ex and my new love--who was little by little losing patience with the whole thing. I broke up with my ex, and after a month or two, my lover on the side became my boyfriend.

Now this is someone who is everything I need and desire from a life partner and he feels the same about me. The problem now is his insecurity in our relationship. Neither one of us thought we'd get this far. but now we are working on building a relationship that originated in lies and dishonesty. Thankfully we have awesome communication and respect for one another so we talk and work out our problems. He has a big problem with me seeing or contacting my ex, which is understandble so I've cut him out of my life. I also have a really great guy friend whom he also has problems with me hanging out with so much because he feels I'm replacing him. I'm going to South Beach this summer which doesn't make him feel too good. He's not overly jealous and possessive but I do have to hear about it more than I'm used to and any arguments/conflict that we have usually stem from his insecurity. He says I'm selfish for not caring about how he feels. I'm very independent and I can't get over the feelings of being controlled. I've never had to deal with this before. Lately I have started trying to see his point of view and I want to know what he can do to get past the way we met and how I can be more supportive of his feelings?
I cheated on my ex-boyfriend with my current boyfriend. Now he's insecure and thinks I'll do the same to him?
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