A month ago I found out that my (30’s ftm) live-in boyfriend of 3 years (30’s m) was sexting with various guys and making plans to meet up. We fought, made up, and got into therapy. Things are slowly healing.
Today I found out that an old friend of his that he used to sext with before our relationship still sends him nudes regularly on snapchat. I found out because my bf had saved a bunch of them. My bf says that he never responds to them and so he didn’t think it was an issue. I disagree - If anyone I knew irl ever sent me nudes I would immediately delete it, ask them not to send more, and tell my bf about it.
My question is, was his lack of action yet another instance of cheating?
All he had to say was “Hey, I’m in a relationship now, we can’t keep doing this” and that would have ended the whole thing. Your boyfriend, however, enjoys the attention that he recieves from these people and decided to continue regardless of your relationship. Despite any rationalization he may give you about it, he knew all of that information and made the conscious decision to keep going.