How do you earn back a partners trust?

i’ve been dating my bf now for a year and a half. about 2 months ago we broke up for a month. now we’re back together but we’re not exclusive anymore... we’re open. mainly bc he doesn’t trust me anymore i guess. i never cheated on him, i was never mean to him, he doesn’t trust me bc i used to go on his phone and go behind his back w being too nosy. i only did that bc i found out he was going to massage places an alarming amount of time... and he wouldn’t tell me so i wanted to know more about it. we got back together bc we still love each other and what not. and he says it’s gonna be awhile and take a lot for me to earn back his trust. so i need to prove to him that he can trust me. is there any tips where i can prove it to him? anything would help.

ps- he told me to: not go on his phone, stop looking over his shoulder, and to maybe clean his apartment and prove i care. he tells me i’m the most loyal girl he’s ever met and that he cares he just can’t be in a serious relationship if he can’t trust me.

pss- another reason i’m worried about him and felt the need to track him is because of this: he’s a 27 year old ex heroine addict that still lives off his parents money and his mom pays for his apartment by the beach. he gets $4,000 a month or something from her and he has never had a serious job. he’s still in school, doesn’t have any hobbies except smoking weed and occasioanlly goes out with his lowlife friends who do nothing but go to bars together. he literally just got an internship of not having a job for like 4 years... and he used to verbally & emotionally abuse me. he buys weird china drugs online and doesn’t tell me JACK SHIT. so ya. you tell me who rly can’t trust who. and there’s probs more but i’m forgetting rn

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  • paramore93

    IMO if neither of you trust each other it's probably best to move on.
    Why do you want to earn back his trust? You didn't mention one nice thing about him, just how much of a paranoid, abusive, lowlife he is.

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  • You're an idiot. Think about what you just said, you brainless masochist. He gets really long massages, he lives off his mom, he's an exheroine addict (yeah, right), he doesn't have a job, he doesn't trust you, you guys aren't exclusive, he wants you to clean his place, and you obviously don't trust him. And you still love each other? How stupid can you be? Have some self respect and end it.

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    • how am i stupid? and he was an ex heroine addict. he moved to california 5 years ago to go to rehab and has been sober ever since

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  • lordofopinions

    This guy has real issues. He is leaching off his mom and leading a low life with people like him. You deserve better. Get out of there!!

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  • Tealights

    Can love really make a person stupid enough to date someone so useless and hurtful? Love yourself enough to find someone better.

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  • RoseIsabella

    He says he can't trust you, because he doesn't want you to bust him cheating on you with random women or getting his happy endings at the massage parlors. He also is probably afraid of getting busted for something drug related I'm sure.

    I know this isn't what you want to hear, but I wouldn't trust that ole boy as far as you could throw him.

    Since you are in this so called open relationship I highly recommend that instead of trying to earn back this idiot boyfriend of yours' trust you should take full advantage of being in a open relationship, and try to meet and date other guys. Hopefully you will find someone better! What's good for for the dumbass gander is good for the goose, girl.

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    • what does that gander goose thing mean? and i have been..

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      • RoseIsabella

        A gander is a male goose. It means what is good for the male goose is good for the female goose. Although the saying usually goes, "what's good for the goose is good for the gander".

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