I cheated on my first serious boyfriend.. and I hated myself for doing it. I told my boyfriend and broke up with him because I felt so awful. I learned my lesson for sure. My last ex, we were together for about a year and a half. It never even crossed my mind to cheat on him.. I had everything I wanted/needed.

I've always told myself that if I'm ever in a relationship and I'm thinking about cheating, then I should just end it with the boyfriend. I don't want to put him through the crap, I don't want to cheat.. and if I'm thinking about that, then maybe the boyfriend just isn't the right guy for me.

And I'd be straight up honest during the breakup.. I'd tell him that I just want to be single and see other people. It may upset the guy at the time, but it will be better in the long run instead of him finding out that I cheated. And I hope that any guy I'm ever with is like this as well... I'd much rather hear you say you want to be single than to hear that you cheated on me.