Because you're mine, I walk the line....or do I?

I have always found myself sitting next to one of my friends trying to consult them in attempts to make them happy. It's always the same old story about a boyfriend who lies and cheats. I think it's terrible. What kind of world do we live in? When I was little everyone had a happily ever after and according to my mother people only had sex with one person and that person was their husband/wife.

I'm pretty sure this mind set was still with me even up to my junior year in high school. Then reality hit and I realized that guys/girls lie, cheat, hurt and then continuously lie. Just be honest for crying out loud.

As the years have passed by not only has my knowledge and account of cheaters and liars in this world grown but so has my family. I apparently have two other "families" thanks to my beloved family who has a tendency to have children outside of marriage. From my mom's side of the family, she is the only one who is still married and happily married. The other seven have managed to marry, divorce, remarry or find that "comfort" outside of the holy matrimony. Thanks to them I have cousins, aunts, uncles and little ones in the U.S., Ecuador, Chile, Germany and Italy. (note that these are the ones that my mom knows about)

So what's going on? Or better yet, why do all these women out there forgive men for their wrong doings? I've heard the excuses and some of them I have to give them props for trying to explain their infidelity. My favorite one by far is just denying it. Like the Shaggy song "Wasn't Me". If you've been caught red-handed well your best bet is to plea guilty and ask for mercy. 

I never really give much input when one of my friends cross this road because I feel like I will be very biased and mean about it. I just tell them to go talk to them and that both of them have to decide what to do with their relationship. If it were up to me I would say "dump the asshole and move on" but I tend to have a stronger heart than normal people and at times I can just do things without getting too emotional about them. 

My advice on this is to follow what you think is best. I forgave Nicholas at the beginning of our relationship but it wasn't a proven that he had cheated and plus our circumstance was a completely different one than many people. He probably would have left Hays and gone to go graduate in Lago if we would have ended. 

So you decide, do you swallow your pride and stay with someone who has been unfaithful to you? Or do you  brush it off and hope that it never happens again? If you are to forgive them, what makes you think they won't do it again or that staying with them will really make you happy?

You never know. That's the scary part about life. It's completely uncertain. I'm currently at Opa and when I leave I'll be going to Austin Java for a class assignemnt. Maybe there I'll find a happily ever after or a delicious blueberry pancake. You never know. 

You just have to take a shot in what you believe, not  what your best friend or your mother believes, and then hope that it all works out for the best.
Keep your head up, kid!