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people who gave their partner a second chance after cheating how did it work out Story one I dated a girl who kissed another guy but immediately told me about it and apologized we worked on the relationship and stayed together at some point she decided she needed to improve her oral skills and started doing it frequently with other guys we broke up after six seven years we got back together exchanged numbers and slept together a few times I wasn't surprised that her skills got a lot better and she was now liking new things about sex fun

girl but terrible friend Story 2 she did it again but promised that things would change and it wouldn't happen again a few years later she admitted that she slept with at least eight guys during our relationship because she thought I was going to propose to her and didn't want to keep secrets I should add I broke up with her and less than a year later she called suggesting we meet at a hotel I declined turns out she was engaged Story 3 that didn't change she continued to have an affair on the side we divorced then

it turned out that Mr Wonderful wasn't being honest with her either and they broke up Story 4 he did it again and more than once once he even pushed one of them into the bushes so that I wouldn't notice it when I happened to meet him on the street Story 5 horrible we tried to make things work but ended up breaking up anyway I'm pretty sure I was cheated on again during arguments I always brought up cheating on her which probably wasn't quite right on my part but I was never able to regain trust in

her which is the foundation of any relationship story six an old friend did something different they've still been together for 15 years I wonder if he would have gone back to her if he knew it wasn't the only time story 7 she did it again 2 years later I forgave her again 2 years later she cheated a third time with the same man she started a relationship with him but was afraid to break up with me so she lived a double life for 2 months then she slept with him in our bed in the house

we bought together leaving used condoms and dirty sheets in plain sight to get me to leave the final phrase was are you sure you want to sleep in the bed where I slept with him last night I got up and tried to talk to her she started telling me all the details of her new life including stories of illness she cried called me her best friend and asked me not to stop fighting because we could be together again in the future I left and never came back spent 2 years working on myself found a better

job got myself in great physical shape she broke up with that guy and tried to reconnect with me last summer I avoided her in every way possible until she caught me off guard at a festival grabbed me by the shoulders and said she wanted to talk I had a massive panic attack I don't want to see her story 8 to the surprise of absolutely no one he cheated again and he did it more brazenly got her pregnant too emptied our joint bank account the night I confronted him about the second betrayal leaving me with a

mortgage and all the bills so Lessons Learned never put all your money in a joint account change passwords on bank accounts before confronting someone with their cheating and perhaps don't have a confrontation just walk away story 9 it didn't the thought of what if she cheats on me again right now always stayed in my head no matter how hard I tried to convince myself of her promises story 10 it's awful we got back together and I accidentally got pregnant he dumped me again blocked my number while I was going through a miscarriage lesson learned loud

and clear story 11 it's awful she cheated again not 2 years later and left for her new fling turns out there were other cheating in between those two major cheats which I only found out about after the divorce heard that her second marriage ended because she cheated on her second wife and it wasn't the same pasty story 12 it's not about me it's about my father who cheated for as long as I can remember to anyone and everyone he came in contact with about 10 years ago he married a wonderful woman settled down and got

his life in order after an incident where he almost died and had grandchildren I really thought I was done with that a year passed I moved in with him to finish my degree of all the things I miss about living alone ignorance is at the top of the list story she cheated two more times and the third time resulted in pregnancy edit 4-year relationship was hoping for marriage addendum no longer with this person for obvious reasons story 14 he straightened up didn't cheat anymore and we stayed together for another two years but it still didn't

work because I still had trust issues despite his best efforts we parted amicably and now we remain friends only because he recognized how badly wrong he was through this experience I learned real forgiveness story 15 we tried to make a relationship work but eventually broke up after a year with no contact we got back in touch he wanted to apologize and I wanted to forgive him with no intention of renewing the relationship we have now been happily married for almost 2 years story 16 they never stopped cheating after I forgave them 8 years of cheating

with different people I only found out about everything at the end when the ex-husband of one of his Mistresses told me what was going on story 17 time to wake up and get down to business I caught her cheating with not one but three different people I'm sure those are just the ones I caught and there could have been more as usual in such cases I broke up with her and told her not to contact me again but she begged to see me and being a fool with leftover feelings I agreed she cried and begged

me to take her back promising she would never do it again she made sure I could track her on Snapchat at any time I told her I had completely lost trust in her and if she could regain it I would give her one last chance that's what we decided to do after four 5 months I caught her lying again I asked her for an explanation but she chose to ignore me I then offered to meet her and prove that her lie was true she chose not to so I did what any reasonable person would do

I told her it was over between us and we parted ways I never saw her again nor do I wish to see her again I guessed who she cheated on me with this time so I anonymously sent him he was married and had a child so he cheated too an email wishing both cheaters good luck I got an email back bragging about how rich and successful he was that he knew who I was and that I would always be the loser a year later I met this guy at the hospital and I think he recognized

me but this time he didn't even maintain eye contact and quickly walked away so he wouldn't be near me story 18 my wife cheated we continued the relationship she kept cheating we ended up going through a very difficult divorce when I recovered enough to trust again I started dating my best friend she cheated after a month but confessed the next morning my wife was never honest so I decided to give her another chance after about a year when I gradually broke down again under the pressure of constantly doubting my girlfriend's Fidelity and honesty always seemed

like she wasn't honest I decided to break up a couple days later I found out that she cheated on me at least one more time and didn't tell me anything about it I caught her in a lot of lies including lying about the first cheating and she insists that these obviously impossible stories are what she remembers right now I feel terrible that my best friend who saw how much my ex hurt me and always judged her for it repeated this Behavior without caring how it would affect me I don't recommend it story 19 background she

was heavily involved in church activities I went out of habit but was not affiliated with her particular Church it had been a few months since her cheating but it was still on my mind she noticed it and asked what was wrong I said I was still a little wary about it but I was trying she replied I don't see why it's such a big deal my God has forgiven me why can't you I broke up with with her a week later story 20 woke up the morning before Christmas Eve in 2011 knowing that my partner

and I were going Christmas shopping I hate Christmas shopping anyway I had been out with friends the night before drank a lot and got home late forgot to put my phone on charge going back to the day I woke up I checked my partner's phone to see what time it was it was 9:53 and I realized I should have gotten up much earlier something else was bothering me 12 unread messages from Zach the guy she worked with curiosity got the best of me so I checked her messages while she was still sleeping next to me

I found everything Declarations of love for each other pictures videos of her pleasuring herself and talk of doing drugs together I calmly confronted her about it she confessed to everything she met Zach at work they hooked up at a party it went on and on and he introduced her to cocaine which she used regularly she even did the track right in front of me since everything had already been revealed despite this I gave her another chance we survived Christmas albeit awkwardly and on New Year's Eve she admitted that she had slept with Zach and his

friend the night before I broke up with her immediately I am now happy with my current partner who is a million times better and incredibly beautiful my ex stayed with Zach for about 6 months before he dumped her for cheating with his brother she went through a severe drug addiction when cocaine replaced heroin and I regularly saw her in pawn shops selling whatever she could the latest news on her is that she is now clean and has a family good for her I suppose but I can't stand her her story 21 worst mistake of my

life I trusted her again and she immediately took advantage of that to hurt me again 2 years later I'm barely starting to get back on my feet but she basically forced me onto the streets because she was bored and had already started a new relationship trusting her almost took everything away from me story 22 we were apart for about a year and a half I moved back in with my parents and got my life in order after a year I realized I wanted my life back I finally decided to file for divorce and sent a

blank letter to her parents house as I found out from a mutual friend that she had broken up with the guy she cheated on me with and was on the other side of the country a few weeks later I contacted her as I needed to serve her with divorce papers found out about the hell she was going through and that she had been abandoned by everyone talked to my father who was cheated on by my mother when I was young about what he thought of my situation he said that despite what my mother had done

he would still take her back the day came when we agreed to meet and we went to our favorite restaurant I think we fell in love with each other again she knew she had made a big mistake I invited her to the hotel where I was staying and here I am sitting here with her in our daughter's room I am very fortunate that I was able to get through the hardest days of my life and am now in a better place than I was before story 23 it didn't work out my girlfriend from high school

was acting weird then being clingy then aloof and there were rumors that she was dating someone from our class I asked her about it and she said no he's just a friend in the back of my mind I I knew that probably wasn't true but I was young and didn't want to think that could happen a couple of months later I went on vacation with my family to another region and one night I called her from my dad's phone to tell her I was thinking about her and it was her friend who answered the phone

my heart just dropped at that moment when I got back she told me the sad story and I was naive and forgave her and then she cheated again twice with the same friend and one of her exes story 24 my friend's husband cheated on her but they reconciled about 2 years after that the thing is my friend trusts him and believes that he won't cheat again but now he is afraid that she will cheat on him and leave they used to fight and argue a lot because of his insecurities when she went out with her

friends lately he has become more relaxed about her going out with her friends but only time will tell if their relationship will endure Story 25 I dated my ex-girlfriend for 7 years 2012 to 2019 I was crazy about her she cheated on me with my former friend who was my coworker I would sometimes bring him with me to our get togethers with friends I was devastated at the time but now I'm with someone else as for them they dated for 3 years and broke up this time he cheated on her story 26 I had an

emotional betrayal after 3 months in a relationship but 4 years later we are still together and strong and I'm pretty sure there has been no more cheating however because life is always full of howevers the reason I'm so sure there was no cheating is because in order for the relationship to work she had to become 200% transparent she gave me access to all of her accounts and I could check her phone whenever I needed to unfortunately when trust is broken that's the only way forward it's made me feel like a controlling [ __ ] at

times over the past few years even though she assures me it was her idea and that I shouldn't worry because she's doing it willingly and is willing to roll Mountains for us obviously trust has improved a lot since then and I hardly ever need to check her stuff but the feeling doesn't go away she was and still is remorseful I just don't know how to deal with that feeling but it's a process and so far it's going well bottom line if the person who cheated is truly remorseful and offers absolute and unconditional transparency for an

indefinite period of time and you are willing to accept that and live with that feeling the relationship can be saved and even strengthened after cheating just wanted to offer a different perspective from most of the other comments here story 27 reading the comments I realized that my story is very different I cheated on my girlfriend when we were 18 years old we broke up for 2 years and then got back together and have been together for 26 years I love her more than anything in the world and we have two wonderful children ages 11 and

13 I can't imagine my life without her and we have no trust issues story 28 he slept with a friend but I had no concrete proof although I knew from this friend's weird jokes that something was up for some reason I decided to ignore it and continue the relationship found out 9 months later that he had a casual affair with a girl in Canada while traveling caught an STD and planned to move to the other side of the world to be with her since she was the love of his life found out on her birthday

loel story 29 I was the one who cheated and he forgave me I never did it again and I know for a fact I won't do it again it was the most selfish thing I have ever done and I will never be able to atone for the pain I caused he never truly forgave me there was always a lingering tension between us we broke up and he would say that we were working on our relationship and should only talk to each other but he himself talked to several women his excuse was that we weren't together

and I couldn't be angry because I heard him so much more every time I got upset about something he did he reminded me of what I had done to him how do you stand up to that it constantly seemed like the only reason he took me back was to make me regret what I had done believe me I regretted it regardless of his actions even after the way he treated me badly after we reunited even though he left me several times over Petty things even though he made me feel stupid and insignificant I still regret

cheating without a doubt cheating is disgusting and there is no excuse for it I will always regret what I did did but at the end of the day you have to realize that despite that you shouldn't beat yourself up about it forever although he may never forgive me I will apologize forever but I will forgive myself story 30 going back to a cheater is like betting on the same losing horse over and over again hoping something will change that is literally the definition of insanity story 31 terrible I don't recommend it especially if they are

over 25 years old if they were able to crush you once why wouldn't they do it again after 6 years it changed after 3 years I was crushed again she tried to reconnect right after that but I didn't want that if anyone is thinking about forgiving and forgetting just remember there are so many people in the world you will find someone who will respect and love you story 32 he dumped me right after I took him and his kid on a week-long trip to Las Vegas on my dime we remained friends but I kept catching

him in lies knowing him he dated different girls but for some stupid reason he wouldn't tell me about it like I cared I spoke up about it here and he stopped our communication because my toxic feelings were making him feel unsafe which of course was another lie I'm sure he used it as an excuse to not invite me to a party he was throwing LOL story 33 it's a little easier and not quite the same but my closest experience was like this I had been dating a girl for a while it was kind of casual

encounters but we were pretty close we were talking about making our relationship official we had feelings for each other and then all of a sudden she calls me in tears and tells me another guy asked her out and she said yes I was pretty hurt but a couple months later in the summer I started a new relationship we stopped communicating all together and then the following January came around and we were both single we started socializing again dating and spending time together I still regret it to this day story 34 I was married for 2

years we were only together for 9 years I left her due to lack of intimacy for almost 2 years and lack of love for each other one day when I went to see my kids she left her phone on the the couch and I always suspecting something a Miss found messages from her best friend's partner dated from when we were together silly me for some reason wanted to try to get back together after that but it only lasted a week I was physically nauseous when I walked into the bedroom where she was with this guy

9 years later I still suffer from flashbacks can't sleep at night mind in constant overdrive never go back to a cheater story 35 honestly it worked out great there were of course trust issues in the beginning and we set some rules to address them I truly believe that my partner regretted his decision and now 5 years later we are doing well and I can't imagine my life going any other way without him story 36 it didn't work out and I wouldn't have done it if we didn't have a child together a year went by I

was working a high-paying job that sometimes required staying late building cell towers in remote areas when I caught her cheating with some old acquaintance it turned out to be my fault because I wasn't home for dinner every day I took us on wonderful trips spent all my free time with my family and she never lacked for anything she spent money like water but I could afford it the divorce was hard and she used the child as leverage to get more time and child support she refused to cooperate in parenting and was generally unhappy because she

couldn't cheat on me and have unlimited access to funds at the same time I will never marry or even live with someone together again story 37 it didn't work insecurity took over and it became hard to look at him the same way I did before he cheated it certainly hurt but someone wise once said garbage takes care of itself story 38 my wife with whom we were married for 7 years had an affair on the side she admitted it after 2 years apparently guilt took over I suspected but didn't know for sure until she told

me she promised to change we went to couple's therapy 2 years later she cheated again the worst part was that after her confession she started accusing me of cheating wanting to cheat or trying to cheat at every opportunity like a fool I tried to make things work again she cheated again the third time I finally divorced her she begged and pleaded more than before said she had changed and learned a lot that she wanted to fix our relationship I told her that I hoped she had really learned a lot and could build a happy relationship

with someone else story 39 he cheated four more times and got the last girl pregnant a month after we moved in together good for them they have two kids now and they cheat on each other all the time I feel bad for the kids I wonder what will happen next because she threatened to beat me up if I moved back to the city and I just moved back and 2023 story 40 it's clear from these comments that the only time you can consider taking someone back is if they had a one-time drunken Affair but if

a person is heartless enough to lie and hide by having an affair on the side they will always cheat again story 41 we started dating when we were 17 me and 19 him we both grew up with a hurt before you get hurt mentality he cheated first and I believe that if you can hurt be willing to take it we were both very toxic we had absolutely no social skills we loved each other but we were terrible people we also lived together for 3 years from 18 to 21 I didn't want to go home hated

my mom's boyfriend and didn't want to hear I Told You So eventually we sat down and talked whether or not we were going to do it we both had to work on communicating our feelings and realize that hurting before you get hurt is not the way to a relationship rebuilding trust and respect was not easy 5 years later we are doing well we have a house three dogs had a baby last year and are picking out engagement rings getting to this point hasn't been easy but we've made it we have what we've always dreamed of

a stable family life we vowed not to raise our child the way we were raised and to teach her to always come home no matter what and we will never say I told you so sometimes people can change story 42 things were going well but in the end it didn't work out a few months into the relationship she cheated on me with a manipulative ex and I found out about it from him I broke up with her immediately and she regretted her act a lot after a few months we decided to try again as we

still had strong feelings for each other and she was determined not to make the same mistake again we both worked hard to reconcile and dated for almost another 3 years the first few months after the second try were a little tense But as time went on it really did seem like a forgotten story although she never cheated on me again she still left me for very different reasons she regretted that decision as well but I didn't have the energy to give her a third chance even though I wanted her back I just couldn't trust that

she wouldn't ruin our relationship again in the future if she hadn't cheated on me in the first few months I might have given her another chance but alas things don't always work out I still think about her every day story 43 well it's recently come to the surface again honestly it's been dragging on for years she's done it several times each time she does it she promises she'll get help and get better she says she can get her confidence back but then inevitably as soon as she walks into the casino she goes straight to the

tables and starts counting cards she's been kicked out of every establishment on the stur and is banned from downtown I've tried to help her but she keeps cheating she even hides AC's up her sleeves at home poker games the other day I caught her tweaking her deck to play Uno I just don't know what to do with her constant cheating story 44 terrible not two weeks later I found her with another guy she met that night at a party we were invited to I broke up with her that same night a while later we got

back together for some reason and I caught her with my roommate so yeah dot it didn't work out I hadn't heard from her in about nine years but a friend told me she was really sad when I got married story 45 it's not about me it's about a friend of mine he cheated on his fiance for a number of reasons mainly because he had a high libido and she was almost never ready for intimacy and for him sex was an important part of a relationship after she found out she gave him another chance but now

he has the tightest control I've ever seen he has to be home at a certain time and can't leave the house without her unless he's going to work or grocery shopping and even in those cas cases he has to text her when he gets there or it turns into a huge fight they got married a few months ago but I can see it all building up inside of him he has become more aloof and irritable eventually it will all come out and they will both snap I understand that cheating is a very bad thing but

keeping your partner on such a short leash is also wildly unhealthy I would just end the relationship if I were him story 46 I broke up with him after two years of him cheating on me I gave him chance after chance to correct his mistakes but he didn't after the third time I found out about the cheating I left him he was heartbroken and asked what he could do to make things right I told him he should go to therapy stop all contact with that girl and become more open and honest with me I gave

him 3 months to show real Improvement and then I would give him another chance we took a break and barely communicated until about a week before we got back he tried to convince me to take him back but I asked him how he would feel if I did to him what he did to me it finally got through to him that he had messed up big time and he respected my desire to keep my distance when when about 3 months had passed he knocked on my door we still lived together but we had roommates who

were our friends and I let him in he tried to sit down next to me but I asked him to either stand or sit on the floor and he obeyed I asked him what his opinion was if he wanted to fix our relationship or if he wanted to be a free Bachelor he said he wants to work on our relationship he wants to continue his therapy and become the man you deserve and need I realize I messed up and I realize I hurt you a lot ultimately it's up to you to decide if you want

to give us another chance I've talked to my parents about what happened between us and they don't blame you for leaving I'm sorry for everything I did and I'm sorry for hurting you if you can find it in your heart to bring me back I'll do anything to make things right now we're back on track with the marriage we've been walking towards and now I'm pregnant I'm just over a month along almost two and I couldn't be happier he understands my moments of weakness because I still have questions about that time and he always answers

honestly as best he can if he doesn't have an answer we sit down and talk about it because there's no point in fighting over something he's tried so hard to change I'm still cautious and he knows that I'm willing to be a single mom and let him spend time with the baby and his family if he's ready to do so we've talked a lot about what to do if he starts reaching in that direction again story 47 after I found out my husband had been cheating he stated that he was in fact polyamorous we knew

a healthy polyamorous relationship when we lived in the Bay Area and given my health there was a high probability that I would die before he did his girlfriend claimed it was just SX so I decided to leave it alone because it made him so damn happy the joke was on me as my cancer worsened our relationship devolved into constant attacks he called me disgustingly fat stupid because I didn't have a degree in electrical engineering like she did and said he never knew what love was because I was incapable of love he claimed I was too

lazy to accomplish anything in life he was only mean my BMI indicated I was underweight I reviewed scientific journals and you'd recognize the places I worked but I trusted him so I believed him I started getting up at 4:00 a.m. to out to study linear algebra and so on to prove him wrong but he got tougher and tougher and I gradually deteriorated spiritually and physically I was forced to retire as the doctors thought I had only a few months to live then I lost my house and almost everything I had when he brought his girlfriend

to live with us right after we broke up for reconciliation I then spent a year in solitary quarantine isolation due to covid waiting to die eventually becoming the longest known Survivor of my disease he kept trying to contact claiming his girlfriend had moved out but a short visit always proved him to be lying so I insisted on divorce and started therapy to forgive his behavior somehow I am still alive and have made great progress he's not the first person I've seen break down I'm working on getting my life back together and we have a legal

agreement to never have contact with each other but no matter how long I live I will always wonder why story 48 bad she called me after 2 years of no contact crying and telling me that the guy she cheated on me with turned out to be an abuser which is really awful and no one should have to go through that she tried to get back with me after I helped her out of her horrible situation with this guy I said no but after a few tries I gave up since she was really trying a month

later she suddenly dumped me and a week later she was already dating another guy her psychotic ex kept calling me I will never get involved like that again story 49 bad she called me after 2 years of no contact crying and telling me that the guy she cheated on me with was abusive which is really awful and no one should have to go through that she tried to start a relationship with me again after I helped her out of a difficult situation with her ex I said no but after a few attempts on her part

I gave up since she was trying a month later she suddenly dumped me and within a week she was already dating another guy her inadequate ex kept calling me I will never get so involved in someone else's problems again story 53 years later I found out I was that other woman I felt cheated because I thought he was only with me we reconnected a year later went through many therapy sessions dealt with a lot of issues I was very angry and broke many plates during our reconciliation broke up many times he fully deserved my forgiveness

was patient and gave me time to deal with my feelings it took a long time for me to be able to trust him 2 years after we got back together I was finally free of those feelings mostly I needed to forgive myself for being stupid it took a lot of therapy to come to that conclusion we got married this fall about 10 years after I found out the truth we are happy and have never felt more secure we always support each other and put the others interests first every day I openly joke about it with

him now I accept it as part of our history and life I knew I could forgive but I didn't think I could forget now I completely forget about it until the infidelity question is asked on ask Reddit or in relationship posts story 51 my ex's cheating shattered my perception of the relationship I tried to move on and pretend everything was fine but after learning the truth everything changed my anxiety and increased and my self-esteem plummeted I also began to notice that I was starting to hate him and I didn't like who I had become after

I found out about the affair the situation was made worse by the fact that he never fully admitted his guilt after a few months I ended our relationship story 52 I was the one who cheated I had a small crush on a mutual friend and one day I spent time alone with him because he was very upset at one point he kissed me out of the blue and although I was shocked I responded to his kiss because I liked him we spent the whole evening talking and crying and he begged me not to tell my

boyfriend about it the next morning I immediately told my boyfriend everything and tried to end the relationship with him but being a very understanding person he refused to break up and asked me if that's what I really wanted of course I told him no and he forgave me seeing how much I repented I stopped communicating with that guy and 3 years later my boyfriend and I are still together he has truly forgiven me and has never reminded me of it our sixth anniversary is coming up and I will definitely never cheat again story 53 he

died and his other three girlfriends got in touch I found out he was cheating and we dealt with it for a few months according to friend hash 4 she and he started dating just two weeks after I found out about the cheating the first time he was a great guy did everything right when he died a few months ago I realized I was the victim of the greatest cheater ever I would advise anyone facing cheating to walk away it won't work story 54 I stayed my wife had an affair lasting 10 months in 28 18

to 2019 it was difficult they say it takes about 5 years to overcome trauma it's now been about 4 and a/2 years some days I love her more than ever and other days I fall down the rabbit hole of PTSD in pain it's like falling into a wormhole my body doesn't go back but my mind and feelings do and I start to think I'm facing not only the person who betrayed me but the one who continues to hurt I get triggers and it hurts certain images and thoughts rush through my mind the only advice I

can give is that if you're ever tempted to change think very hard about your decision because there are some things you can't take back I'm pretty sure that was the only cheating and she hasn't cheated since but I was also pretty sure she would never do it the first time so who knows so story 55 to everyone who has been cheated on I want to say this I caught my ex-wife cheating on me last year I have a few quotes that helped me through my darkest days I want to share them with those who need

encouragement when people come into your life for a certain amount of time these people show up to give you guidance and support to help you phys physically emotionally or even spiritually they may seem like messengers of Destiny to you and they are they are here for a reason because you need them you need then through no fault of yours or at An Inconvenient time that person will say or do something that will bring the relationship to an end sometimes they die sometimes they just walk away sometimes they behave in such a way that you have

to take a hard stance we have to realize that our need has been met our desire has been fulfilled their work is done the prayer you've been offering has been answered and now it's time to move on when people come into your life for a particular season they show up because it is your time to share grow or learn they may bring you a sense of peace or make you laugh they may teach you something new they usually bring a tremendous amount of Joy believe me it's real but only for a season and as spring

turns to Summer and summer to fall the season eventually ends when people stay in your life for a lifetime these relationships teach you life lessons things you must build on to build a strong emotional Foundation your job is to take the lesson love the person and apply what you have learned to all other relationships and areas of your life they say love is blind but friendship is insightful thank you for being a part of my life