As a writer and a person who has survived trauma — I admire your honesty in what Paul Rep’s calls…

As a writer and a person who has survived trauma — I admire your honesty in what Paul Rep’s calls “writing down the bones”. I get it. And yet, as I read the story and the comments — I could not help but feel that we, as a society are becoming more and more comfortable with lying and justifying it to ourselves. I was with a partner who lied about me — it landed me in the hospital. I understand making mistakes, I’m impressed you used the word regret — but for the record, lying is never a good idea. I don’t care how feminists want to lay it off on the man either. You lied. You didn’t have to.