It all started when I was sitting with my friends, talking about how much money each of us made and what kind of luxuries we can afford.
I had been doing really well lately and I wanted to show off a bit – so I told them that I bought a Rolex with my own money.
My friends were all impressed and I was feeling really good about myself. Then one of them asked how much I paid for the Rolex and that’s when I started to sweat.
I had no idea how much the Rolex cost and I was too embarrassed to admit that I didn’t know. So I just made up a price and said it was around $20,000.
My friends were still impressed, but they started to question how I could afford such a nice Rolex. I just shrugged my shoulders and said that I was lucky to have a good job and that I had saved up enough money to buy it.
Little did they know, the real reason I was able to buy the watch was because my girlfriend had actually paid for it. She had been wanting to get me a nice present and when she saw the Rolex, she knew it was perfect.
She wanted to surprise me and told me not to worry about the cost.
So as I sat there with my friends, I was feeling really guilty. I had taken credit for something I didn’t deserve and I felt like a fraud.
I wanted to come clean and tell them the truth about who paid for the Rolex, but I was too embarrassed.
The next day, I felt really guilty and I decided to tell my girlfriend what had happened. I apologized for taking credit for her Rolex gift and I promised to never do it again.
She just laughed and said that she knew what I was doing and that it was okay.
To this day, I still feel guilty about lying to my friends. I know that I should have been honest with them about the real buyer of my Rolex, but I was too scared to come clean.