I Thought I Knew my Boyfriend

I have dated Noah for two years and I can’t believe what I just found out: he took drugs in his first year and he slept around.

Even though I am in a really difficult program, I had a great experience my freshman year. There were forty kids on the floor and I am still close with half of them. Some would go out and drink every Thursday, Friday and Saturday night and that was their way of having a good time. Now I am not saying that I didn't go out drinking during my freshman year but it wasn't like what I found out my boyfriend used to do: he would go to parties, hook up with whomever, sleep with them, and then not remember what happened the next day. Sometimes if he remembered who it was, he would go out of his way to avoid them. I know this kind of thing happens but it just didn't happen to me. I wasn’t into that kind of scene. He doesn’t seem the type either, if there is such a thing as a ‘type’.

He also recently told me that drugs are what got him through his first year. He said Adderall was really good for cramming so during finals week, he would pop one, get in a corner, study like crazy and ace his exam the next day. Sometimes he would not remember taking it and would wonder how he did so well. He would also smoke weed daily. I have never tried any of this stuff nor would I want to.

I’m not sure how I feel about my boyfriend now. I thought I knew him. Obviously not. I wish he hadn’t told me.