This is my first post and hopefully soon to be last 😂 but I’m currently single and have been longing for another relationship. The last one I had from when I was in HS just ended terribly when my Ex decided to break up with me to sleep with someone she used to talk to, who was and still is currently a friend of mine, and the whole summer following the break up the same group of “friends” I have today pretty much spent the summer at her house since she always had the free crib.

Over the years of thinking about it and being gaslit to forgive the guy, since her and I were broken up at the time that they did what they did, I can say that it definitely ruined my view and take on love and trust.

Ultimately I’m posting this to ask for advice on how to try and really move on and build the confidence I need to get another girlfriend, mainly because it’s well overdue 😂😂 I miss the feeling of love and having genuine trust in someone, but with what happened I’ve honestly been scared to just make that leap in fear of being hurt again. Yes, the specific situation that happened; wouldn’t happen again, but the fear is still there. So what would you advise me do? Change the environment I’m in? Although it is hard, change the friends that I have? Stop being a b*tch and just go for it? Please, anything helps 🤲🏽😭