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I am about to send a letter to somebody that I betrayed in the past. It’s not easy for me to do this (or to admit to it), and I was hoping that you, my readers, could read through it for me before I send it, and tell me if you think it is truly sincere and gives me a chance at reconciliation with her. Here goes:
Dear ******,
I think that at some point in each of our lives, we will all do things that will haunt us eternally, or at the very least, until we finally confess them and confront them. There are a few things I’d like to get off my chest because they have been weighing heavily on me, and I know that I can’t shake them until I own up to them. I’m sure after reading this, you’ll understand why I have been carrying this burden for so long. It is never easy to admit something as despicable as this.
Before I tell you what I did, let me tell you how much I need you and hope that this confession does not ruin us for good. I hope you will be able to see past what I did, though I understand if you can’t and need to not see me anymore. You have always taken good care of me; I’ve never had anything to complain about.
Allow me to point out some of my favorite things about you. You always cut straight to the point. You’re on your feet working all day long, and at the end of the day when I finally get to see you, you somehow always have a great big smile for me and ask me how my day was. You always are willing to do what I want done, and you always accommodate if I ask for something different. It seems you always have time for me, and when we get to spend that time together, you make it all about me. You’re okay if I am not up for talking much, and when I can’t shut up you are genuinely interested in what I have to say. Oh, and I’d be lying if I didn’t admit that I always look forward to your incredible scalp massages, especially when I’ve had a long day at work.
You’re the best. The absolute best. Let’s be honest, it’s why I picked you out of all the girls I had to pick from. I could have had any girl, but I chose you because I knew you’d always be there for me, and I knew you’d never let me walk out the door at the end of the day without the feeling that you gave me your best.
The truth is, I’ve done something that I’m not proud of, and I’m afraid of losing you and all of the incredibleness that you are because of it. I sincerely hope not. I hope that we can quickly put it behind us and move forward. I hope you can forgive me. I hope you can understand. And here is my confession:
I cheated on you. And I hate myself for it. I cheated on you with two different women and another man. It all happened at different points in time over the past eighteen months. All three happened because too much time passed, and I became desperate for you. I needed you. And in those moments that my circumstances so desperately demanded you, I called to see if you’d be there. But you weren’t. And those needs needed to be fulfilled. So I found others to fulfill them. It’s that simple.
I’d rather not disclose who the three people were. You know them all personally and love them all. What’s worse is that you work with them all every single day. If you can’t move on without knowing names, I will tell you, but the past is in the past and I’d hate to damage your relationship with three incredible people that you love so much if it isn’t absolutely necessary for us to heal.
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OMG. I have to say....I'm glad I did click on page 2....my heart was breaking........LOL! I guess I'm a cheater as well... :( Is there a self-help group we can join? :P
I always feel guilty when I go some place else or take my son some place else. We're facebook friends as well so there is NO posting hair pictures on facebook of our new do's if we snuck off someplace else! I'd hate for her to feel betrayed. I think this is disturbing. Why would I even think that way?? Does the staff at Bob Evans feel cheated when I go to Country Kitchen??
Honestly, when I was reading this, a small chip broke off of my heart. Having been cheated on, when I read what you wrote, it sounded so similar to the message I got from my ex and my still current boyfriend. I thought "oh man, he's really in for some challenges". I worried about your following falling. I was really sad and scared for a second there... but you tricked me. You really fooled me. Well done. Now no more cheating!!
Well, as a stylist myself, I have endured many many cheaters. I mean really I can speak English for cripes sake and you want to go get jacked up by some cheep Asian whore (no offense to any Asians)? But we really do understand that sometimes you have to venture out and try new things with your look that maybe you weren't getting from us. It does help when you come crying back with bleeding cuticles and horrible fungus, but why? Why couldn't you just communicate and let us know you needed more? SIGH. I hope she doesn't knick you in the ear!
I went to the same barber for years, an awesome guy in his 70's who always had great stories to tell. One time, he had to close down his shop for a few weeks due to health issues, so I had to go to Sport Clips for my monthly haircut. I didn't mention it the next time I went to see him, but I know he knew....
I cheat on my Authors all the time. I'm a fickle reader. Dean Koontz suffers the most from my strays.
@tlchimes1 It's okay,authors aren't usually like other people. They don't really mind how far you stray as long as you come home before the next book is published. lol
I, too, have cheated. My usual stylist is rather expensive, but oh so worth it, but at times I've gone for the snip-bam-thank-you-ma'am cut, and I feel so cheap. I know that I should have more pride in myself than to go for the one-cut stands, but sometimes a gal just wants a quick, cut from a stranger who she will never see again.
Oh Dan, I did something even worse: I cheated on my stylist, and switched to a new one... IN THE NEXT CHAIR. Now, I can only go Wednesdays and Thursdays, when I know she won't be there. The shame!!
This post was funny, I completely thought that you were talking about a confession of another type and had all sorts of advice to give you about how to word your confession better. But, in thinking about it, I have had very similar issues and the same difficulties in confessing my multiple partners as well. It became such an issue trying to explain how many I had been with so I just stopped altogether and took matters into my own hands..... literally. It's nice not having to pay for it either!
LOL! Yes. I felt terrible this last time when I went to Cost Cutters. But what can I do, I didn't have the money to shell out $30 for a haircut, so the $14.95 drive-by quick trim seemed enticing. And let me tell you, it was not the same experience and I could tell this lady was not as good as my regular one.
Bravo! A nice thought provoking gag. I understand the loyalty issues. My father-in-law cut my hair for ten years and I had the impression that I was Samson going to meet Delilah's dad every time I went into his salon. We had to move a thousand miles away before I could finally go to another hair stylist without feeling like a traitor. There's something really intimate about letting someone put a blade to your scalp. Your cute story brought all that fear and excitement right back into perspective.
You really thought you could be trusted again by a woman holding SCISSORS?! Ha ha ha ha!
Ha! I read this aloud to my husband and he was looking more and more upset--- until the last paragraph. What a tension-blower! We laughed and laughed. I checked back through the letter and your choice of vocabulary is very clever indeed. Good work, Dan!
cute lol
Oh god! I was thinking this guy is a TURD! I skipped to the end cuz I was gonna hurl on my IPad. Geez!
I knew right away! I've been doing hair for over 17 years and I've heard that before. She should definitely forgive you. :)
I knew right away you were talking about you hair stylist. lol! I've been doing hair for over 17 years and I've heard this all before. She should definitely take you back! She can't help that she is that good and has a full book all the time. :) BTW...I like how your hair looks now.
That was hilarious!
LOL I totally missed the second page and REALLY!?!?! You should be ashamed of yourself I hope she takes you back and puts in a blue rinse!!!!
I guess I am sort of Dion's "Wanderer" in this situation.
Was appalled at first, but I read page 2 and was relieved... actually is very funny, thanks for a good laugh!
ha ha
I saw this and thought "oh thank God!". I have to write a similar kind of letter today to someone I care very much about and unintentionally hurt. It all seems to fall apart when the communication breaksi down. I got the words "I can't date you any more" followed by "is love to be friends and cam open to further possibilities". Casual texting and talking continued.
Hahaha! That was awesome! Although, I admit, I have a dear friend who cut my hair for quite a while. When I moved a half hour up the road, I started seeing other stylists, which she understood. But then 2 1/2 months ago I moved back down and quite frankly have no excuse for not seeing her again. I feel bad, like I need to refocus my loyalties back to her.
I am sitting here trying to get through losing my sons . Everything that is normal. And to get through every bodys wow do they get it .GOd bless .
Lol, you're awesome. Such a cheater, and three times. I am sure she will "take you back", but we know...once a cheater, always a cheater.
Thanks for the day brightener. I must confess I thought it was really about cheating and I am shamed. :-)
Ahahaha!!! I thought you were being totally serious and was going to yell at you but I'm glad that it was not what i thought it was. Thank you for the laugh today, Dan!
Initially, I was appalled that you wouldn't know how selfish it is to confess 'cheating on' someone to unburden yourself... I am relieved it is simply your stylist, although I know the loyalty we all feel for ours is often very strong. However, please don't make light of this subject. Too many of us out here have been crushed by this type of apology. "Don't you want me to be honest with you?" is not what someone wants to hear from someone who has demolished their trust with a tremendously dishonest act. I think you hear what I'm saying...
@Elaine MacDonnell I think you are looking a little too deep. But since you did, don't tell someone you want them to be honest and then get pissed when they tell you the truth. If you ask does my butt look big, don't get mad when he says it does.
Maybe this will work?
Lines from La Traviata:
Let us cover the past with oblivion:
Love which has guided me to you
Can forgive everything.
Come along, let's draw a veil
Over what is past and gone;
What is done can't be undone,
Let us welcome what's to come.
Together we'll go through life.
In reward for your past sorrows,
You'll bloom into health again.
Breath of life, sunshine you'll be to me,
All the years to come will smile on us.
Breath of my life
And beating of my heart,
My soul's only delight!
Let me mingle
My tears with yours!
But more than ever, believe me
I need your true devotion.
So do not close your heart
To all hope.
A joy so sudden is overwhelming,
When one has been sad at heart.
Let us cover the past with oblivion:
Love which has guided me to you
Can forgive everything.
Come along, let's draw a veil
Over what is past and gone;
What is done can't be undone,
Let us welcome what's to come.
awesome....you have an extraordinary way with words...and life
Wow Dan, I was stunned by your confession all the way to the end!
What's funnier than the letter, are the responses from people who, obviously, didn't read the whole thing. You're hysterical. Oh, you suck out loud, but definitely hysterical.
Lmao! Awesome!
Lol...I feel the same way.
rofl..........
I not only cheated on my hairstylest but I left her for a man.........I am so much happier now, I feel he understands my needs and wants better than she did. I feel bad I never told her, I never explained I just snuck away and went off with someone younger. *sigh*
I've been following you since the beginning so I remember this one :) Made me laugh the first time and then again today.
God loves you and so do I!
When I skip my Step class at the Y and opt to do something else i feel like I am cheating on my instructor! LOL
Uh, cheating on my massage therapist is the pits - I have to do it occasionally, because she's about 250 miles away, but I hate doing it!
Hate to burst your bubble Dan, but she probably already knew you had "cheated" on her with another stylist. As much as you like to gossip with your stylist, your stylist likes to gossip with her co-workers. And that means that her co-workers probably tattled on you the day after if not of.....You could always, as an apology if something like that ever happens again, take in a platter of cookies or similar. Fairly often stylists don't have the time to actually stop and eat a meal so they will snack and what better snack than yummy (or healthy) cookies???? Hope you were able to get back in her good graces quickly. =D
Man you really had me there for a minuite :p
I love the obvious comments from those that didn't read it all
hahahaha good on ya mate; honesty rare and always helps people letgo...maybe more than you want at this time!!!! lol :)
I've never had a good enough hairstylist to make a commitment to... :(
I DO!!! I have a girl back home I started going to 19+ years ago (holy crap do I feel old!) But I was comfortable w/her & trusted her completely. She cut my oldest son's hair (his first haircut!) for years. Then we moved. I found someone close almost 10 years later. Then I had to move again. But whenever I'm back home, I go to my girl there. She gave 2 of my boys their first haircuts. Miss her!!
Haha