can a man forgive cheating gf ??

i'm a 24 year old student. i've been with my bf for 1 year. i recently cheated on him with my classmate. it was a mistake and i regret it so bad. my bf found out about our sexting and about the night i spent with the other guy. he got so mad he hit me and told the story to my mother who was very devastated. due to all that, i restarted my whole life from scratch. my friends , my family , my relationship with God an myself. i lost a loving bf but i won myself. i told all this to my bf. he said he's sorry he involved mu mom into this and that he forgives me after we sat down and talked about everything.i told him i've changed and i want a second chance but he refused more than once. last time i saw him.he said he no longer hates neither loves me.he only wants to forget he ever met me.he hugged me against his chest and put a kiss on my head and apologized. i apologized myself. and that was it. usually women forgive cheating men but it's more complicate the other way around. so, my question is would he ever consider starting over again ?? if you were him what would you do ??