Long story short about my past experience: I[M28] was cheated on in my previous relationship of 7 years by person that I trusted completely and that looked like a type of the person that would never cheat.
After that I had zero interest in meeting women for serious relationships and started dating apps just for casual hookups and friends with benefits. It worked good and I can say that I enjoyed that. One of the girls that I met on the dating apps was likely the most interesting women I met in my life. We clicked from the first second and it was the best date I ever had. Prior to date, I thought it will be just one more date and I didn't had much 'expectations', but she was different. The thing is she wanted to date for serious relationship, and I started to think again about it but I just didn't feel like I could be with someone and to trust somebody again like that. I was open with her because I didn't want to take her time.
It's been few weeks since then and I often say to myself that if I was looking for a serious relationship, I wouldn't miss the opportunity like her... Of all the girls I went on date she is the only one that comes to my mind sometimes even after we stopped contact (I still have her phone number). Because of this I often get confused if I will be able to trust anyone again and risk the same disappointment as before.
People who were in a similar situation, how did you learn to trust again? I feel like I will never ever be able to trust someone 100% again, and anything less than 100% is not good enough. Did you learned to trust again because you met 'The One' or you went to therapy or something else happened?
Thanks :)
