Long story short, my ex texted me and I ended up calling him just let him know that I’m in a relationship and he can’t just think to keep texting me every once in a while (I blocked his old number and this is a whole new number) but given the history my partner had with him I decided to tell a white lie ( saying that he called me and u returned it and proceeded to tell him I’m in a relationship etc. etc.) but I feel so guilty bc I don’t want to lie to him, but I panicked. Now I feel so guilty and it’s been 4 months and I can’t forgive myself for holding it in.
ps my partner is very very understand, but I feel so guilty to the point that I feel like I cheated on him
please help