My boyfriend and I went our separate ways this summer. Not due to the end of the relationship, but because we had both made commitments to jobs on opposite sides of the country, and we wanted to keep them. We are both outdoor nature lovers and are both getting degrees in outdoor education.
I was offered an opportunity to be a guide at a whitewater kayak centre in California, and he was offered a canoe tripping guide’s position at the Northern Forest Canoe Trail in New England. Literally across the country from each other. We thought it would be mature and wise to break up while we were apart, just in case we met someone else or something ‘happened’ with someone else.
But we stayed in touch, messaging mostly, due to the time difference. There’s a week left in both our contracts. He’s just called to invite me to join him for a hike (somewhere in the middle) for a week before we go home.
He told me he loves me, and nothing happened all summer between him and anyone. I was convinced he would have gotten together with someone, so I had a fling. It was mostly meaningless, but fun.
Nice guy. Now I don’t know what to do. Should I tell my boyfriend the truth? Or sweep it under the rug? I know he’ll never find out.
Do NOT sweep this under the rug. If you still love your boyfriend and want to get back together now that the summer is over, you must tell him the truth. Say yes to the hike, fly out and meet him and run into his loving arms.
Tell him how much you missed him an.