Just a little lie

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Lie is like a small flame that set the whole house on fire if not attended to. You need another lie to cover up for an initial lie and the trend goes on like that, before you know it you become an expert and lose quality relationship and opportunities.

There was this particular incident that happened between my partner and I at the early stage of our relationship, I wanted to know how much I meant to him so, I decided to tell a lie. I got to my place of work that day and a colleague of mine attempted to harass me by touching my butt but I was smart to dodge his hands. Although that wasn't his first attempt and I had reported him to my partner before. This particular day I decided I was going to report him again to my partner because I was angry but I lied that he actually touch my butt and that was it for me. He was angry too and told me to press charges against my colleague, he wanted me to inform the authorities at my working place. I could feel his anger, he said he wouldn't allow him get away this time and was determined to take the case to a point that my colleague might be penalized or lose his job. A part of me was happy but another part was condemning me for lying.

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I allowed myself to enjoy the happiness till the eve of the day then, I confessed to him that I lied and re-narrated to him the exact incident. He got more angry but later forgave me. After some months, I wanted to advice him on something so I chatted him up, I had sent the message but he wasn't online, while I was thinking of his reaction to what I sent I decided to delete the message I had earlier sent. When he came online, he saw the message and as he was reading through, the message disappeared. So, he decided to ask what I deleted and I explained to him that I was just worried. He didn't believe me because what he was reading did not show that I was worried before the whole message was deleted. He called me a liar and that got me angry. I was so embittered and I took it out on him, I told him what I deleted but he never believed. I tried all I could to make him apologize for his statement instead the argument lingered for days. I got the greatest disappointment when he made reference to the lie I told about my colleague just to test his love.

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Then, I realized the damaged I had brought on our relationship, I had lost his trust without knowing, I had destroyed my credibility due to my insensitivity. I was depressed and there was nothing I could do, our relationship became so dry and was falling apart, that singular act led to series of arguments. In anger, we both said alot of hurtful words to each other. I knew I needed to do something, then I opened up to someone that he respected and the person called both of us to order, we opened up on issues that needed clarity and we settled everything. Because it was a distance relationship I had to travelled to his place to show him how sorry I was and we were able to unite again. We are still together, I am more honest with him and l promised never to lie to him again.
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