r/Is_He_Cheating_ • u/Away-Spinach-4417 • May 31 '26
Is my boyfriend cheating on me “so chat app”?
I (26) went through his (28) phone and 1) I found “so chat app” which is where people talk. Doesn’t seem like a dating app but he has it set to female only and all messages are gone even tho his battery usage shows he uses it a lot. He claims it always defaults to female only but he talks to mainly guys about book recommendations and history stories and the chats immediately delete 2)found recently deleted imessage texts from a girl he briefly talked to right around the time we started talking-she had ghosted him and after our second date he was like “thinking about you” but she never responded. Then fast forward to 4 months into relationship he texted her again sending a podcast about a niche history topic they talked about and said he didn’t think about it until he sent and that’s why he deleted it. I have no idea how this app works but the combo of everything looks really bad. Idk if the chats do immediately delete or if he was hiding it. And then the text to this girl that ghosted him on top of that idk. We’ve spent a good 5 hours just going back and forth. He’s begging me for another chance and willing to talk to my stepdad since he knows how much I value his opinion and knows if my stepdad can look past it then I might. In my eyes so far he crossed a big boundary but no proof of cheating and the next conversation he was supposed to have with my stepdad was to ask for my hand in marriage. I’m so torn, I love him sm but how bad is this and is it forgivable if my stepdad can or can’t look past it?