Someone Cheated

Someone cheated and got caught, which is where the real trouble begins. It’s one thing to cheat with no one else ever being the wiser, but it’s another to cheat, enjoy the cheat for what it is and keep the secret in your pocket for all time. It’s one more thing to cheat and feel guilty for the rest of your life, but burden no one with your shame: Some confessions are weapons and one should use them wisely, if at all.

It is another thing altogether to cheat and get caught. There are multiples in this scenario, as well. For instance, maybe you got caught because you wanted to be caught. Maybe being caught was the whole point of the cheat. Maybe the cheat depended on the concurring caughtness.

Or maybe being caught was accidental and is the cause of regret. Maybe there was no shame at all until you were caught, and what is the lesson in that? If you are not good at cheating, don’t cheat, maybe. Or was it an opportunity to get better at cheating: Is that a goal for non-sociopaths? Maybe not.

And if getting caught was a staged part of cheating in order to confess to someone to make them feel hurt and betrayed by you…well, that is another can of worms.