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I broke my partner’s trust
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Seeking advice: I broke my GF’s trust

I betrayed my girlfriend’s trust by going through her photos on the Prime stick.

TL;DR I (34F) went through my girlfriend’s (42F) photos and betrayed her trust and I feel AWFUL about myself. Can we come back from this and will she ever trust me again?

Backstory: She and I have been best friends for several years and began dating about 8 months ago. I suffer from bipolar 2 and severe anxiety. Two weeks ago I had an episode and said some passive aggressive things to her that caused a fight and a 3 day panic attack because she wouldn’t talk to me. Her Amazon Prime stick is connected to the tv at my house and in a moment of weakness I decided to go through her photos. Honestly, I just missed her and wanted to feel close to her. I know this isn’t an excuse to invade someone’s privacy and deeply regret my decision.

Last night we were watching tv together and she noticed it in the recently used apps and confronted me about it. At first, I panicked and told her I don’t ever use the thing and I didn’t know how it got on there. She started freaking out because her kids and mom also have access to her Amazon account and she was worried one of them had gone through the photos. I couldn’t lie to her, I’ve never been a liar, and I couldn’t stomach giving her the anxiety of wondering if she got hacked somehow…so I confessed. I’ve never seen her look at me like that, like I completely broke her in two. I don’t think I fully grasped how utterly important her privacy is to her and I know I’ve fucked up BIG TIME! She thanked me for telling her and stayed at the house, in another room last night. This morning she text and told me she needed a break and to not try to make this about me or push her to talk. She cancelled our weekend plans we’ve had for months.

I’m trying not to feel sorry for myself and certainly trying to respect her wishes. I guess I just want someone to tell me we can come back from this and I can work to gain her trust again?

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