I'm at stage 3 already, how do I stop my relationship from

>>24166457
By ending it.

>>24166457
Realize it's clearly not working out because either (A) you're being cheated on and instead of talking it out with him/her you're on the internet asking for advice or (B) you're paranoid that you're being cheated on and will probably never accept that it's all in your head and will end up ruining the relationship by always being paranoid, over protective, and irrationally jealous.

Long story short, break up with him/her and take some time to get to know yourself better and love yourself more. Get to the point where you can be perfectly fine with being single, even if things would be better with someone else. That way you can be a fleshed out person who's confident in themself instead of some whiny manchild on 4chan whose brain has been memewashed into thinking every girl is 100% bound to cheat on you. They'll only cheat on you if you're boring as fuck and in the relationship for the sake of being in the relationship.

Never had a girl cheat on me. That I knew of, I suppose. Happened to my brother though. They were long distance for nearly two years due to work/school, so he was willing to forgive her if she cut all contact with the other guy and did couples counseling. Instead she just dug her heels in and tried to justify herself and my brother just went and drew up the divorce papers on by himself.

So, I dunno, depends on what she means to you and what you mean to her. If she's cheating/flirting with other guys it means she wants something that you're not offering, and if you talk it out and you realize you don't have it, then that's it. Move on. The relationship will not improve in that kind of environment.

It's just important to make your feelings open early. Just bottling up jealousy will make everything harder in the long run, and will basically guarantee a messy break up.

I've had long term gfs cheat on me, and I've had a wife cheat on me (now ex-wife). full disclosure I've also cheated myself

for the past 3 years I've been doing only open relationships and I gotta say it's quite nice. not perfect, but more enjoyable than a typical monogamous one.

it's the inconvenient truth - most people will cheat (and most of those who don't have thought about it but are holding themselves back)
you can swim against the current and be constantly jealous/suspicious/uneasy (especially these days with social media.. "who's that dude in your instagram pic?!", can drive someone crazy)
or you can just say fuck it, relax and float down stream..

>>24166457
Prevent stage 4 by ending it. Always tell them if they are going to cheat on you you will beat the living shit out of both of them if you find out. I've never had any suspicion of a partner cheating on me

>>24166604
There's a large difference between thinking and acting. It's human nature and really animal nature to want to procreate with as many mates as possible. If you're thinking about it but don't act upon it, I feel like that may be normal. Heck even when you watch porn you're still getting sexual pleasure or fantasizing about someone else half the time it seems because that's how you're wired brain-wise.

>>24166623
>threaten violence to solve problems

Well, restraining orders are definitely a good way of ending a relationship :^)

>>24166457
Stand up and tell her things point blank, if this fails just dump her.

Alternative: Get a fetish for being cucked.

>>24166457
Just take your shit and leave. Don't tolerate that bullshit.

>>24166604
You sound like a piece of shit.

It's already there, she just hasn't told you yet.

At this point, just dump her.