What the heck is wrong with people?? "How do people cope with betrayal"

by ConfusedSER
(Arizona)

I am so confused by how women can forgive being cheated on! I feel guilty because I can't even fathem the idea of forgiving my ex. I always knew cheating was something I couldn't forgive and made that abundantly clear to my ex when we were together yet he proceeded to cheat!

Then makes me feel like the bitch because I don't want to hear his side of the story. What can you say that would make everything I saw any better?? But that's not even the worst part his family all thinks I'm cruel because I don't want anything to do with him.

He called his entire family when I caught him cheating told them he messed up and I wanted to leave but he only told them it was one time it was just one drunk night of talking to girls only one nude picture he received and he was sorry and didn't want me to leave he didn't cheat!

So they all call and come over begging me to work it out! And even when I tell them the truth they say but he told me he didn't cheat and he doesnt lie to me so consider working things out!

Are you fu**ing kidding me!?! He's so honest and yet why are we in this situation? Then to make matters worse he takes our kids out of town and we he finds out I still won't forgive him threatens to not return my children, calls and makes false CPS reports, trys to file for custody behindy back and then comes crying sorry when it all fails and I'm still the bitch because I can't forgive him!

What the hell is wrong with you people!!!! I don't get it! I'm going crazy trying to make sense of all this! How do people cope with such betrayal and the harsh critisims of others who don't share the same sense of integrity?