This is a pretty long field report, as it is a situation that I have been in for a very long time. These are all fake names to preserve confidentiality.

To put everything in perspective, Marie and I have known each other for about 5 years, her ex-boyfriend of 3 years broke up with her about 2 years ago and he is one of my very good friends that I met at the same time as her, Aubert.

During the time she was with my friend Aubert, she tried to prep a branch swing a couple of times, I don't think she would ever have done it but I think she liked having the possibility open. I was in a relationship at the time so it would have been pretty difficult logistically.

I recently broke up with the LTR in question and she popped back up in the picture, she would always come over to my place to do homework, but we would end up talking or listening to music instead. At one point I started giving her a massage and worked my way into her pants, which prompted the typical \"where is this going\" shit test, which I failed utterly, since I was completely In Love™ with her and could not apply any of my usual semi-alpha behaviour.

Over the two following months, she continued coming over to my place and being super flirty, but I soon realized that she was lying to my face on multiple counts; first regarding her ex, who I was in very frequent contact with and secondly regarding online dating profiles. Now get me straight, I don't give a flying shit about the fact that she is on sites like OKCupid and stuff like that, but the fact that she was lying to my face was just too much.

I decided I was going to apply \"Bros before Hoes\" and tell Aubert everything, so I did. Every, single, little, detail. I told him he could do what he wanted with this information, knowing that he would confront her, so I let him. She told me to fuck off and tried to manipulate me into becoming a beta once more, but I did not falter, I promptly responded with \"kthxbye\" to her barrage of hate telling me she did not want to hear from me again and that was the end.

I am now a free man, I have no more oneitis attachements and am ready to start spinning plates, I'm just waiting until I move out from the same condo as my ex (different rooms). I have been lifting for the past year and have gone from fat and muscular to just plain jacked and plan to get shredded for this summer.

The moral of this story is don't get involved with someone who's ex is close to you and that AWALT, whether your little beta brain wants to believe it or not.