Am I in the wrong for not telling my boyfriend about my past
This is gonna be a long one. I've never posted on here before but Id like some other perspectives. I F21 have been with my partner M36 for a bit over a year and have been living together about 4 months. We met at my workplace when I was a cashier, in a very small town of about 1000 people. All has been well, it's been very healthy and I've done a lot of healing in the time I've been with him.
I've had a pretty checkered past and have made some bad decisions but have been genuinely trying to move on from it and build the life I want. Which I want a pretty traditional life and he does as well. Everything was fine as normal until yesterday he was very quiet. He knows a lot about my past but didn't know who or how many people I had been with and I thought all of it was irrelevant as I'm entirely moved on and living life. Last night we got in bed and he asked if I had slept with someone who I have not. I would never consider it either, I had spoken to them before in my younger years but it was never like that.
He was very upset and asked about my history. He called me a liar and told me how he was so patient and gentle with me because I was "so traumatized" by other men. Also accusing me of not enduring the abuse I have since I was a child with just about shattered my heart. So I told him absolutely everything, names in a chronological order and details as he asked. He looked more and more disgusted and told me I was disgusting. I slept with 8 people including him, I was in committed long term relationships for 7 of them and wanted to build a life. My end goal ended the same in all of them except the only 1 night stand I ever had. I've been in several abusive relationships, I struggle with many things in a relationship but this one was incredible I felt safe and heard.
I have never hid anything from him, he has access to my phone and I'm always on it in front of him. He knows everything about my day and the things that matter to me. Now he won't talk to me about it, just throws it up in my face. He slept on the couch and I lid awake. I understand he is hurting, but I didn't do anything. Did I? I tried to talk to him, he still thinks I'm lying about things but I've told the truth and reassured him that I truly want to build everything with him. I've never cheated and never will, I've just moved on quickly which I know is not healthy at all, but I cannot change the past.
This morning he got up, left the lunch I made him home and I haven't seen or heard from him. I do not think I'm wrong for having a past and I did not think it was important as I have no contact with any of them and have come so far. I don't know if this is the end, normally he is straightforward and would've told me to leave so I don't know what to do from here. I have severe separation anxiety but I've left him alone. I know I have munching growing to do, but I am proud of who I am today. Am I the asshole, could I have done something differently? Apologies for this being so long and probably not written very well, thank you to anyone who reads this
Posted Aug 13, 2026, 4:16 PM UTC