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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, can you please explain exactly what did to betray you? Was it that she proposed lying about this to DH?[/quote]

Betray is too strong a word, I agree - but I don't know of a better one.  "Violate" sounds even worse!

I just think she made a bad judgment call and missed an opportunity to make something right, failing to recognize that this could have long-term consequences even if the lie never came to light.  I think she was probably coming from a (well intentioned) place of, if she never finds out about it, then no harm done ... but I just fundamentally don't think that is true about lies of this nature.  I think this had a profoundly negative effect on my relationship with her just because I felt so odd about the strange display she put on that whole week, and from there I kind of held her at arms' distance and was subconsciously more predisposed to feel negatively about things she said and did.

Do I know how much of this was due to the lie?  Of course not... maybe it would have been the same regardless.  But it's just hard wondering if things could have been better.

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