You know that girlfriend I have? Fake.

You remember, of course, my previous discussion on this subject. It is now the case that I have had a fake girlfriend, but for a different reason. Let me explain.

A few weeks ago, I walked into church with a girl of my acquaintance and sat with her and other friends during the service. Quite innocent, no? A few days later I received a text message informing me of a rumour going around that Denese and I were going out. Doesn’t take much, does it?

I could easily have quashed the rumour by spreading The Truth. But what fun would that be? Denese and I, who both found the rumour hilarious, decided to take a different approach. Namely, to ensure that the rumour would spread.

Doing this was almost too easy. All I did was hold her hand during the service for a few seconds at a time when certain other people were watching. That, and occasionally putting my arm around her. After the service, we walked out arm in arm.

That was it. We didn’t kiss, or anything similar. But I could tell from the looks I was getting that people were convinced.

That was the beginning. It was to go further. Much further. The fake relationship took on a momentum of its own. I’ll post the details over the coming days, but in the meantime I’ll simply let this post be my confession that our relationship was fake and the girlfriend was not a girlfriend.

In the meantime, I’ll let you enjoy this pic: