I can't get over my gf's "web cheating."
Me and my lady have been together for almost 2 years. Both of us are very monogamous (or so I believed) and are, in fact, a little snooty about how we don't cheat, and don't understand the mentality of cheaters. Because we are both so honest and open, we have each other's passwords to all of our stuff (we have no secrets, and nothing to hide).
The other day, I just felt like something was weird between us. I can't explain the feeling, just that it seemed like something was wrong. I admit, I got a little crazy, and got into her email and snooped. To be honest, I don't know what I expected, but what I got still sickens me.
In her Sent Mail was pictures of her topless, that she had sent to some other guy.
I confronted her immediately, and she has been nothing but reptentant and asking for forgiveness. She said the guy is an old friend from several years before me, and she had sent him nudes before we met, but until now, she hadn't done it again during our relationship. They have never met in real life. She swore she'd break off all contact with him, and she's left her email and stuff open for me to check if I feel I must.
She's been a loving, giving, apologetic girlfriend since this. She's understanding of my anger and sadness, and she seems sincere in rebuilding my trust.
But I just can't seem to get over it. I don't understand why she did it, and she has no good answer (she says she doesn't really know why, either). This totally destroys what I believed was a core element of her (and she swears still is). I have nightmares about it.
Is this normal? Am I right to be this hurt? I don't want to lose her, so I'm afraid of being too angry for too long. She didn't have sex with him physically, but they live hundreds of miles away from each other... I can't help but wonder if they would they have if they lived closer.
Ugh, this all makes me so sick. I can't get over it. I'm not sure of anything anymore. Is this normal?