I lie about having a criminal record so I can live a normal life.
I have a criminal record for doing something a little over 8 years ago. What I did isn’t important but the charge without any context makes me seem like a complete creep and weird.
In reality the crime was a one off thing I did in anger and although there was a victim nobody was physically harmed.
For the last 7 years since the incident I’ve never been able to get a job because of my record, but prior to having a record I had never been unemployed for more than a few months at a time but since its been there I’ve not been able to get a job in my industry.
Recently I discovered that there was a small detail I could omit from the background check form and the check would come back clean. Like completely clean (I received a copy), like I’d never done anything wrong.
I got the first job I applied for and been working since. For the first time in 8 years my life feels normal and I have a future to look forward to.
I have no guilt doing this as what I did was very specific and would and could not do it again. One mistake should not ruin someone’s life.
There’s no risk in hiring me, I never commited any crime before or since this happened and I deserve to have a life.