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Love has rules between you and I. I can text you at work because she’s not around. When you are with her, my number gets blocked for fear of my name popping up on your phone.

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Why are you with her? When did you guys become a thing? Did it start whilst we were together? Endless questions I could ask. Things that haunt my thoughts, but find no answer.

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And before I knew it, I was under your spell. Forgetting the other boy I was committed to, suddenly you stole every free moment my mind had.

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You are good enough, babe, you’re perfect. He’s the asshole.

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Your partner checks out during sex. There’s no eye contact, things are being rushed, and you get no satisfaction out of it. Everything is just…weird.

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I left my husband for another man.

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When it comes to emotional cheating, many people don’t see that their actions are damaging or that they are cheating because sex isn’t involved.

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One evening, I received a message from him, which was definitely not meant for me. That broke me completely. When I confronted him, all he said was “which message are you talking about?” Needless to say, the picture was quite clear.

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As if to reassure me, Ronna said, “I’m not jealous, you know, of the young men who partake of your body while I’m typing away at my thesis.” I just smiled.

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You share secrets with him…and only him.