Rissa Brown sitting in a car
Rissa Brown.
  • Rissa Brown is a 27-year-old sports manager living in Los Angeles. 
  • She correctly suspected her boyfriend had cheated when she found a smoothie receipt in his car.
  • This is Brown's story, as told to Lauren Crosby Medlicott. 

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Rissa Brown. It has been edited for length and clarity.