It’s never worth it. I’m not even talking about your boyfriend/girlfriend finding out, because that’s pretty obvious. Even if they don’t have a clue what you’ve done, the one you really hurt is yourself.

You might not realize it now, but each time you do something that is against your morals, you’re slowly chipping away at your self-respect, and your dignity. These things tend to become habits—if you did it once, you might as well do it again. Subconsciously, you’ll think that once you break that barrier, you might as well wander as far out into that territory as possible, because it will basically be the same. You cheated. It almost doesn’t matter how many times you did so. You start holding yourself to lower standards, and you will become desensitized to the wrong and immoral things in life. And even if no one else were to know what you did—you know. You’ve compromised your own values, you’ve violated your own morals—you’re going to lose respect for yourself. Each decision you make determines the kind of person you become. So make good decisions, and become the person you know you’ll be proud of. Because in the end, what others really don’t matter. It’s what you think of yourself that truly counts.

So don’t cheat. If you feel an urge to cheat, then chances are, your boyfriend/girlfriend isn’t the right one for you. So just let them go. Give them a chance to find someone who will be able to fully appreciate them for who they are, because everyone deserves that. Make the good decision that will build up your respect for yourself, because you deserve that.