Do you ever get the response?

oh man... this reminds me of my friend...

she's been in a 2 year relationship with her boyfriend (and still are together) but some time last year, some guy from our school got interested in her and asked her if she has a boyfriend. She told him no when she really did have a BF. Later she explained to me that being in a relationship gets kinda boring sometimes and that she needed some fun. While she wasn't exactly cheating on her boyfriend, she hung out with the guy a lot as friends and he turned out to be a real creep. Anyways the way she ditched the guy was invited him to hang out with ALL her friends and her boyfriend was there too and she was especially lovey-dovey with her boyfriend in front of the guy. The guy got really pissed off and I swear, he was gonna punch her BF but I had to stop him... it was the scariest thing I've ever done... stopping some guy with raised fists anyways...

To answer your questions....

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Why do you think people in relationships answer this way? Do you think they feel confident about their relationships?

Because once you're in a relationship, you're staring at the same person for so long it gets kinda boring. You need a fresh face form time to time... and especially if they're in an extremely long term relationship, they have the confidence that by hanging out with someone new it won't ruin the current relationship, not unless if things get intensely intimate between them and the new mate....

Jam it back in, in the dark.