‘The truth will set you free’…ehm, that’s not true when you cheat

“I must admit I’ve got this horrible habit of cheating on girlfriends. It’s not that I plan to cheat – I just always end up in these situations where I do something stupid. Some girlfriends dump me for it and others, who weigh my financial value to them against my 'bad habits', tolerate me. Either way, I wasn’t bothered because while I’ve liked my girlfriends, I can’t say I’ve ever been in love with any….until Amanda.

Amanda tripped me straight away with her sense of humor and interesting laugh which seemed to literally erupt from within her belly and come out like music from her lips. I was enchanted and I pursued her with every game I had. We had a few mutual friends and I know they warned her about me but she was willing to keep an open mind and give me a chance. I was thrilled.

We began dating and after a while, I asked her to be my girlfriend. I remember her asking me out rightly if I thought I could stay faithful and my vigorous nod that I would never stray again because I absolutely loved her and have never felt this way before. She warned that she could tolerate many things except being lied to so if I ever felt the need to lie, I should not, no matter what. That’s what she said.

Few months into our sweetly exclusive relationship, I found myself admiring this extremely well shaped female in the supermarket I was shopping in. This babe had the statistic of the perfectly shaped woman – well sized bust, tiny waist and beautifully rounded hips. Simply staring at her got me salivating and before I knew it, I was chatting away with the girl. She was game and it took a few phone calls to get her into a private room and do something stupid. The moment it happened, I woke up from my horny daze and remembered my beloved girlfriend. I was in panic. If she ever found out, I was doomed. I definitely didn’t want her to dump me because honestly, I was crazy about her.

Dumping this tempting creature was not so easy though and it took a few tries in a private room to finally rid my brains of all the hormones that activated it anytime she was near. After our ‘invigorating’ goodbye, I took off quickly so I could catch up with my girlfriend who’d been calling all evening. I ran out of the hotel and before I could enter my car, I ran into … Amanda’s good friend. She made sure to tell me that she’d seen me come in so knew what was up. She said if I didn’t tell Amanda, she would. I now had a situation.

All night, I kept looking at Amanda, not knowing if I should call her friend’s bluff or not. Just as I decided I wouldn’t tell, Amanda asked me where I’d been that evening because someone saw me somewhere. The look on her face said it all so I ‘fessed up. I told her I was heartbroken over my mistake and swore I would never stray again.

Big mistake – Amanda dumped me. For weeks, I begged her to reconsider – after all, she was the one who said I must tell the truth no matter what. She didn’t change her mind. Do you know the most painful part? I later discovered that her friend was actually not sure I was playing pranks because while she saw me come down with that girl, she didn’t see me go up with her. We also didn’t leave the hotel together so she could not be certain. So what did the stupid girl do? She decided to play a small psych game on me and it worked on my dumb, guilty brain, making me confess thereby confirming my guilt!

Now I know… The truth might set you free but not when you cheat. Except I’m caught pants down with my hands in the cookie jar, my new motto is ‘deny, deny, deny’”