In that stereotypical case..… I am a bona fide 'cheater.'

I came through this today……  

"Do you think your wife may be cheating? There may be an innocent explanation but here are a few of the signs...

• She pays more attention to her appearance.
• She starts a new exercise regime.
• She is aloof and uncommunicative.
• She spends more time with friends or at work.
• She starts staying away overnight because of “sudden “changes of plans”.
• She is uncomfortable when you can hear her on the phone.
• She hides credit card bills."

If that is the case, then I am definitely cheating on my husband.....

Apart from being aloof and uncommunicative, I pay more attention to my appearance, started a new exercise regime, spend a lot of time with my friends and I have a habit coming back home past midnight.

The only bits I don’t partake in are “is uncomfortable when you can hear her on the phone” & “hides credit card bills”; I just never walk off while talking on the phone and don’t see the reason to hide my bills.

Short story - I have a friend who recently went through an amazing weight loss phase. She was dedicated and much disciplined; she dropped from a size 20 to a size 12, the results astonished everyone around her.....But there was one person who was not amused by the sudden change, her partner.

He wasn’t happy that she was happier; he thought that she had become ‘too confident’ and couldn’t stand it. The rest as they say..... Is history.

My question is, why do people believe in such deluded-half-baked-assumptions?

So what if a woman decided to lose a few Kgs and pledge some more time to staying out late with her friends? So what if she trades her old granny knickers for some new sexy lingerie?

Nobody needs to fit into a specific bracket to be labelled a cheater.....  And the fact that such a bracket exists should not discourage women from changing certain aspects of their lives.

I don’t believe being overweight, shabby and having no social life means that I am a loyal wife. Because at the end of the day, I am my own judge and I know where my loyalty lies. 

In a case where my lifestyle makes my significant other think that something fishy must be cooking in my kitchen, he can call Joey Greco ;-)