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I Always Said I Would Never Do It

Written by Zataria

I guess this is one of my darkest secrets. The thing I despise the most is when someone cheats on their girlfriend or boyfriend. What is worse is when BOTH people are in a relationship. This was something I swore I would never do. I lied.

I guess some background is an order here. My boyfriend and I had been together for more than a year when I met the doom of our relationship. Well... in a way its my boyfriend's fault and you'll have to judge that. I have a guy friend who is hated by my parents and if we see each other and my parents or their friends are around we act like we don't know each other, we barely say hello. I'm a college student, I never got in trouble during school and  my mother likes to act like I'm a model daughter in front of her friends.

The Other Man:

He has a tattoo, came here from Central America 2 years ago and refuses to speak english (Its a good thing I am fluent in Spanish) oh and most importantly (to my mom) he didn't even finish high school He LOVES horses and anything outdoors (like myself). He is loud, impatient, and to be honest he used to scare the hell out of me.

My Boyfriend:

American. Skinny, no tats, college student, computer and game geek. Isn't an outdoor person and has no patience with horses. I have no idea why I put up with him for so long.

Ok, so my mom was in love with my boyfriend. She always invited him to family events and was always talking about him. She bragged to everyone that I'd gotten the perfect guy. We had been dating for about 14 months when disaster struck and our relationship started to die. See I rescue horses, I keep skinny and beaten horses and help them get healthy again before sending them on their way. Well one day I found out that the pasture I had been renting had been sold and I had to move the horses. I found a place but it had to be fenced in. Of course, the first person I asked was my boyfriend. His response, "I'm not feeling well. That might make me feel worse..." So there I was at my house wondering who the hell I could call that might help when I got a phone call.

My neighbor, a guy I had been terrified of since the day he'd come to America and whom I knew thought of me as snobby bitch called and told me he'd like to help. I jumped at the chance, I called my boyfriend and told him what was happening and he, grateful that I wasn't making him go, gave me permission to go. So that began one of the best summers ever. Every day, after a 12 hr work day this guy would show up at my house and we'd work on the fence.

We got along great! And figured out that most of what we'd thought about each other was just plain wrong. Before long he was one of my best friends and I was really starting to like him. My boyfriend trusted me... and don't get me wrong he was a great guy but there were some things about him I just didn't like. Towards the end of the 2nd year our relationship was pretty much shot. He'd left me standing outside a bar while he went in to meet some other girls, we weren't broken up yet but we might as well have been. I tried to hang on to the relationship, I really did love him but he didn't seem to care. All this time my friend was noticing and frankly he hated my boyfriend about what he'd do. The 3 of us couldn't go out anymore due to my friend's thinly veiled insults, which thank god my boyfriend couldn't understand Spanish.

By this time the only reason I was with my boyfriend was because I didn't know how to tell my mom that I didn't want to continue with him. She freaked out everytime I tried. One night, after a particularly nasty fight I went to my friend's house. He comforted me and then kissed me. He picked me up and carried me to his room, and all the time he never stopped kissing me. (which damn, that takes talent!) No, we didn't have sex, we stopped before it got that far, but I was still horrified. All my life I'd sworn never to cheat on my boyfriend and my friend understood this.

After I left that night I cried. I couldn't believe I'd broken the rule I'd set for myself. At the same time I was so, happy that my friend returned my feelings that I coul barely think. The guilt gave me the courage to break up with my boyfriend the next day. I never would've have been able to before. My friend and I? We're together... but both our families don't know and can never find out. But that is another secret for another time.

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+1 #2 RE: I Always Said I Would Never Do It — kobra000 2011-02-01 09:07

even though i consider kissing just as much a transgression as screwing someone,what you did was honorable,to both yourself and your boyfriend.

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+2 #1 I Always Said I Would Never Do It — samantha 2011-01-25 16:04

I don't consider that as cheating. understand the guilt of it though. Atleast you got out of a sour relationship. Best of luck to you.

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