Should I be worried about my girlfriend hitting me (lesbian)

Hey, my girlfriend and I have been together since we were 16 years old (8 years) and she has always had rather violent thoughts about murdering people but has not once hit anyone and she rarely ever even screams at me. Whenever I do something to make her angry she just walks away and ignores me until she's ready to talk it out. This time around it was different, I made out with another girl a few weeks ago and there was a video of the incident circulating among people she knew so I told her before the video got to her. I chose a really bad time to tell her as she was trying to cook a perfect dinner for me all day with many failed attempts (she's not the greatest cook) Thing is I had no idea she was setting up dinner and a movie for me and that she was already frustrated with cooking because I was at work. When she greeted me at the door I just blurted it out and she pushed me and hit me in the face. Even though I knew about her violent tendencies a long time ago she usually handles her anger quite well and she's said many times that I am one of the very few people she doesnt want to hurt. She has never hit me for the 8 years we've been together so it was a huge shock and I was scared because I have never seen her like like that. She's been crying and apologizing to me for hours and even though I said that I forgave her she's still beating herself up over it. I am willing to let this slide but I am wondering if this is something that I should be worried about.

 

This sounds hypothetical.

 

You sound like an asshole. I'm not surprised she hit you. This is just you trying to find an excuse to justify your bad behaviour. Do you even hear yourself?

 

You've been with this girl for 8 years and you just go and make out with somebody else?? Sounds like this relationship has issues other than your girlfriend's temper... Although I don't approve of her hitting you, I can totally understand it. It must have been pretty hard for her hearing you saying what you said after spending her time trying to make a special dinner for you

 

Well it was bad for you to make out with someone else. I would be really upset.

At the same time no one should put their hands on anyone in that matter.

 

What you did wasn't cool, nonetheless it happens, and in my opinion it does not justify her hitting you. You need to do some soul searching and find out what propelled you to make out with someone else because you acting like that might be a sign that your relationship is reaching it's expiration date.

 

You need to tell her that what she did was wrong, that you are willing to forgive her but if she does it again then you are out of there. Also you need to apologize afterwards for kissing another girl again.

 

No, you've been together for 8 years. She has every right to be mad at you especially if you were cheating on her.

If she did it and it wasn't warranted then it would be a problem.

 

Hitting is never okay. You obviously fucked up but she does not need to physically abuse you over that. There is other ways to go about fixing that problem. I was in an abusive relationship for 3 years and never again will i go through it. If you need to talk, let me know!

 

I've never been afraid of my girls fists.. It's her eyes that do the damage. Looking down into my soul, telling me what a bad girl I've been. Those eyes drift over my body back up to my eyes, they say more than her mouth does and I drop to my knees, bend over and "I'm sorry miss, yes please."

 

If my wife cheated on me, forget hitting. I'd be reaching for the shovel...