Five simple words that can cut down on all the emotional bullshit. It’s so uncomplicated that it can’t be misunderstood. Instead, most cheaters prefer to sweep their bad behavior under the carpet, and, when the crap starts to smell … and you know it will … they will deal with it.

BUT NOT BEFORE THEN.

I rationalized that L-O-V-E must be a mental disorder.

Love made me believe all the excuses as to why he didn’t come home last night. Love made sense of all the untruths.

My boyfriend and I have been together going on 4 years. We have moved in together and overall, it seems that we are making the steps to build a loving future together. Until, that is, the beginning of February.

While doing some maintenance work on his computer, I came across pictures of his sister’s friend, who was topless. He claimed he had asked her to stop sending them and had only saved the pictures as a way to insure she would. I accepted his explanation as I have never had reason to distrust him in the past.

Well, a couple months later, I found an inappropriate picture of a female coworker whom I thought had a crush on him.

She wasn’t stupid, he’d changed and the infidelity alarm bell started to ring. He was taking more interest in his appearance, disappearing off without saying where he was going and spending less and less time with her. She didn’t even want to consider that he was having an affair but his actions spoke louder than words so she decided to do some research to find out what the signs of infidelity were.

It didn’t take long, infidelity is really common and most of the signs of infidelity are very similar from one marriage to another. She quickly read through a check list:

* Your partner has lost interest in you * He is taking more interest in his appearance * He has started to work late

You know when your partner is catching on to your cheating ways when……

Your morning newspaper is nowhere to be found. Instead, your regular reading material has been replaced by Stolen Love: Poetry for Cheaters.