Example: I’m (41F) seeing a guy (35M) I like a lot — we’ve had three dates so far, not exclusive. He knows I’m also dating other people, though we don’t really talk about them.
Yesterday I had an awkward situation: he couldn’t come with me to an event, so I went with another man I’d recently matched with. Later, my friend picked me up to grab coffee and gossip about the date — and we unexpectedly ran into the first guy. My friend was a total girl’s girl and covered for me, pretending she’d been at the event with me (she’s the best).
Still, I feel bad about lying. Does this kind of situation mean trouble for a potential relationship down the line? How do people manage multidating without feeling like they’re compromising their personal ethics?