Is it normal to want to make it work

He will never truly love u. He loves himself too much. Know u deserve better than that.

It isn't healthy, but it's common and it's normal. The part of you that wants to make it work remembers the early romantic feelings and wants that back, even though that isn't rational or realistic. You'll want to keep the sex part even if it was the only part of the relationship that worked and you know it.

We do it all the time. The laptop we love but it's loaded with malware. A dream house that's riddled with termite and water damage. A pair of shoes that look great on you but hurt to walk in. The car you love but spends half the time in the shop. This is all normal, but you're going to be miserable until you realize that it's a package deal and you really do need a new laptop, you have to move, you have to donate the shoes to a charity, you have to trade the car in. That's hard to do because you're emotionally attached, but your only chance at happiness is to make that leap, and it's a leap into the unknown. You aren't leaping into happiness, merely leaping away from unhappiness. But it does improve your chances.

It's not worth it. Move on and find someone better. If he cheated on you once he will do it again. It's not worth the heartache.

no, punch his lights out the bring your new boyfriend around him, see how he likes it.

drop the dude if he is cheating he dont love u like u love him believe me imma guy and ive cheated cuz i didnt love the girls so drop him i know its gonna be hard but look at it this way u were the faithful one so thats good so if u ever meet another guy and he ask u what happen with ur other relation ship be like he cheated but i was faithful makes the other guy have trust for u so keep ya head up and drop the dude.

When you wrote: "As much as I know I should break up with him, a part of me still wants to try to make it work."

A good translation for that would be: "I know it isn't working, but I'd like to ignore the truth, and get things back to the way they use to be between us because I was happy then."

You need to let him go. If he truly liked you and only you, he wouldn't have had sex with someone else. You cannot force people to like you by ignoring the stuff that they do that proves that they are just not into you. Have some self-respect and find a new guy who treats you like the sun rises and sets because of you.

Wow sounds like a keeper! Does he have a gay sister who can cheat on me while treating me like shit? If so..hook me up.

These relationships happen so often. There's plenty of other guys out there that will treat you way better than the loser you're with. Don't feel like you need to settle down with him, and don't think that you won't be able to find anyone else, because you can and you will.

I voted normal but it's not healthy. I am getting out of a marriage where she cheated and I still tried to make it work. It won't. He is dirt. Your behavior is normal but it's not healthy for you. Remember there is a difference between normal and healthy.

It's normal to smoke cigarettes and eat saturated fat.

I just went through the SAME exact thing, same timing and everything (sort of). I broke up with him two months ago and it's the best choice I have ever made.

Your goin to be hurt, heart broken and lonely. But this pain is only going to blossom into a way better and improved you.

You need someone who will love you 100%, not 50% and cheats on the side. That's bullsh*t! Break it off, take as much time as you need to heal and then the man of your dreams will come along.

Try to think of the bad times, get mad, get pissed off. It'll help you heal. Forget the soppy happy times, cause he threw that all to shit.

You KNOW you deserve better babe.

I agree with all above posters especially nocharge. What great points nocharge made! The metaphors are great!

fuck him! you don't deserve that!

Ditch em he h8s u. Lol jkjkjkjkjk