<human>: My ex and I were together the entirety of this year. (Note: I'm a 19 y/o Freshman at college, he's a 20 y/o Sophomore).

Not to bore you with details, but....

I found inappropriate texts on my boyfriend's phone (dirty texts/pics, flirting, asking to cuddle) to several girls who I had never heard of before. I looked at his phone after he had fallen asleep - which yes, I shouldn't have done but I honestly wasn't expecting to find anything. I confronted him and we broke up. However I know he was ridiculously sorry and felt incredibly guilty over the entire situation. The problem is that I had trust issues to begin with, and I had trusted him, and he didn't tell me himself.

I know my ex and I still love each other deeply, and the reason he did what he did was not because he liked these other girls, but because he had self esteem issues and couldn't handle other guys hitting on me. But... that's not an excuse to cheat.

I'm still trying to figure out what to do.

I personally consider what he did cheating, and I don't know if I could forgive him for it, but I am willing to move past it...probably. He is asking for a second chance, and told me that I could "monitor" his online/phone presence for as long as I wished. Of course, I would feel really weird acting as Big Brother on a boyfriend, but I would do anything to have it work out. I just don't know if I can trust him now.

Can you give me the gist of the text in a nutshell?
<bot>: Boyfriend semi-cheated due to self-esteem issues, we still love each other, he was most serious relationship I've ever been in and I have never been happier/more fulfilled (other than the unfortunate end).