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Did my boyfriend cheat on me; How do I handle such a situation?

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We are both 26, met on hinge in June and made things official in late August; everything has been going well for us.

From the very beginning, my boyfriend has disclosed that he has a group of high school friends he has been friends with for over 10+ years and that he also had a friend that is a girl that he has known since grade 8, so from there on, anytime he would hang out with them, he would also provide me with drama that had occurred with his friend that is a girl as she had lots of boy troubles and would confine in them, all of her detailed and often explicit, issues with her boyfriend.

At first, I didn't think anything of it, but I had told my boyfriend that his friend sounded a bit toxic, and seemed to be getting into similar issues all the time, so he shared with his parents a similar tale, and they had said the same thing as me. However, he said it would be hard to leave this friend group and this particular friend of his as he has known her for half of his life and that she would be left with zero friends, as she was living an isolated life.

Anyhow in October, both his high school guy friend and this particular girl were hanging out when the girl found out that her boyfriend was cheating on her; from there on and this specific Halloween event, she and her boyfriend broke up and that evening, this girl was crying hysterically according to my boyfriend.

Anyhow he and his other guy friend had decided to keep her company as she was devasted, and my boyfriend had also allowed them to sleep over at his home, so that is what he had initially shared with me.

During this sleepover, they all had drinks, chatted, and slept.

Anyhow on Friday, during our date night, he revealed to me that she had threatened to harm herself if he did not want to make out with her and had repeatedly threatened that evening, so my boyfriend told me that he had agreed to her kissing him on both cheeks, and then fist bumping.

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After hearing all this, I told my boyfriend that this sounded incredibly immature, toxic and a very much abusive relationship/friendship. He told me he agreed, and I told him they were all 26, not 21 and close to 30.. and asked him if he planned to continue this? He told me he understood and said he would not talk about his friend anymore as he understood that it made me angry.
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Was furious at him, and we planned a sleepover, so as we followed through with activities, I was just so angry, but hence it's my first relationship, and I have no clue how to bring my anger.
He is hanging out with his friends this weekend, as she wanted to introduce her new boyfriend.
I do not wish to be controlling, but this crossed the line; he continued nervously, as I think he sensed I was angry, so he changed the topic to other things quickly.
What do I do in this situation? We are both 26.
Did my boyfriend cheat on me; How do I handle such a situation?
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