I’ve never cheated, but I was once made to feel like I had because I was in (what I thought was) a casual relationship with someone who, it seems, took it very seriously, and I was seeing other people at the same time. There was no intent to hide any of this, it just wasn’t discussed, and therefore I thought it was all okay.

I felt awful. I’m now very clear on my intentions at every stage of coupling with another person, and it was a good lesson to learn at a young age.