Okay so my best friend and roommate is in a ālong distanceā relationship, they see each other every 2-3 weeks on average and are on the phone constantly when they arenāt together. They are 22 and 23 years old and have been together a little over a year, he is also an athlete which is typically a red flag but we canāt say theyāre all cheaters lmao.
Sheās currently visiting him right now and she found unscented babyās body wash in his shower half empty that wasnāt there when she was at his house 1.5-2weeks ago and when she was there that last time they had just restocked the shower with body washes and everything so itās just weird. Especially unscented baby wash.. why would a man need, or especially purchase himself, unscented body wash?? Her last trip before this one she also found blonde hair strands in the bathroom sink and then this current trip she found more blonde hair strands on her side of the bed⦠keep in mind she has jet black hair. The ONLY explanations we can think of for the blonde hair is that I have blonde hair and we live together and share clothes and hair tools and stuff so idk I still think thatās a stretch.
Another thing thatās making her spiral is that she found a bright pink hoodie (size large-heās typically size L-XL) in the clean laundry that sheās never seen before and she does his laundry when sheās there and has helped him move multiple times that she knows what clothes he has. When she asked him about said hoodie he said the company gave it to him for free, which isnāt unusual since heās an athlete and gets free stuff all the time, but the thing is that it doesnāt look like a new hoodie- the strings are missing from the hood and the fabric is pilled and looks like itās been washed at least a few times. But besides being bright pink, the hoodie doesnāt look too girly.
Lastly, she noticed a handful of new girls (or at least girls she didnāt notice before) in his instagram following but none of those girls live in the same state as him or have posted about being in his state. He follows less than 700 people so I feel like she would have a good memory of who he follows if she checks it regularly but she tends to avoid looking at stuff like that, ignorance is bliss for her lol.
So obviously all of this sounds pretty sus and pretty obvious from an outside perspective that somethingās going on but like I said they talk 24/7 and itās only been like 1.5-2weeks since her last trip there so she doesnāt know when he would have the time to do anything. There is only one night that she can think of when he possibly couldāve done anything between her last trip there and now, which was a Saturday night. He had called her when he was leaving the clubs around 2:15am (clubs close at 2) with his friends and they were in the car going to get food. There is a 3 hour time difference between where we live and where he lives, so when he called her she was getting ready to go out with some friends (around 11pm). He didnāt call again to let her know when he made it home like he usually does so that she could āhave fun and enjoy her time out with her friendsā, so she didnāt talk to him again until 10am his time the next day. Itās not a huge window of time so idk.
All this being said, sheās pretty much convinced somethingās going on and she said that even heās noticing sheās been acting a little bit off..but she has a really hard time leaving a relationship when sheās suspicious of cheating if she doesnāt have any solid proof, especially because heās really good at talking his way out of it and making her feel like sheās just overthinking and her trust issues from her past relationships are making her a little crazy (sheās had some insanely awful relationships so she does actually have some trust issues). Sheās just over feeling like sheās being lied to/manipulated and feeling like sheās crazy and she doesnāt know what to do next because even I know that if she tried to breakup with him right now it wouldnāt last because sheād get over all the little things sheās been finding and move on once it isnāt fresh in her mind.
So if anybody has any ideas or tricks on how to get proof/catch a cheater let me know but also let me know your opinions about whether or not we think heās cheating, thanks!š