Quote: -------------------------------------------------------- ... but I wonder if we can really overcome the past and if I can trust in the future. --------------------------------------------------------
Looks like you have both already taken a step toward improving trust in your relationship. His confession to you comes from his feeling of guilt and remorse, but it also comes from his feeling "safe" with you.
You can't change the past, you can only change how you deal with it. You don't overcome the past, it becomes a permanent part of your history. It is the future that will determine what place of importance events in the past hold.
It seems to me that the two of you are moving in the right direction to be able to deal with the past in a constructive way.
All the best, -NOPkins-
I will ferret out an affair at any opportunity.
-An affair is the embodiment of entitlement, fueled by resentment and lack of respect. -An infidel will remain unreachable so long as their sense of entitlement exceeds their ability to reason.