“I don't know how I wind up in these situations!” So claims Todd Sizemore, helping to break a fellow co-worker's fall off a desk. “My girlfriend thinks I do it on purpose, but really, I don't.”

Todd Sizemore does not strike you as someone who would cheat. With a head full of wavy, chestnut hair, broad grin and equally broad chest, it would seem almost impossible that the 28 year-old electrical engineer could ever be accused of being unfaithful.

But Mr. Sizemore is among a growing number of young men who are accused of cheating by their obviously jealous and clingy girlfriends. So to test these accusations, we sat down to interview Mr. Sizemore to get a stiff hold about this expanding phenomena. Our goal? To erect a final answer to the question: is it cheating, or is it just happenstance?

E: Mr. Sizemore, have you indeed cheated on your girlfriend?

TS: No! I could never cheat on her because I love her deeply. We met two years ago at a friend's party and I knew from the moment I saw her, that was indeed the one for me. I didn't want to be with any other woman.

E: According to our sources, you had brought a date to that party, correct?

TS: Yes, but our relationship had been over for months. I only went so that she wouldn't go alone. I was being gentlemanly.

E: Couldn't see it otherwise. Now, your current girlfriend says that two months into the relationship, you had cheated on her with a mutual friend. Can you explain what happened?

TS: Yes. The friend lives about two blocks away from us. One day, on her way home, her car started to overheat, and I happened to be home at the time so I waved her into the garage. There was a ruptured hose, so I immediately sealed it by wrapping my pants around the hose and then calming the friend down, who was extremely freaked out.

E: But when you're girlfriend arrived home just about 10 minutes later, she said you were naked from the waist down. And that there was nothing wrong with the car.

TS: Well, I don't wear underwear, so that's why I was naked. But see, that wasn't my concern -- getting the hose covered was because lives were at stake. Plus, I love [name deleted] so much, but she's not a mechanical person, so she wouldn't know. She's a girl, after all.

E: Clearly explainable. Now, she also says that once she went to your office in the evening to take you dinner when you were working late, but instead found you and one of your co-workers on the floor. Can you explain that?

TS: Well, it's embarrassing, but I can definitely explain it. We'd been having a series of fire drills at the company that day, so we were all a little on edge, trying to remember the exit plans and what to do when the drill alarm went off. In the evening, my assistant was making copies of some plans for me when she heard this shrill beeping go off. Well, we thought it was an unannounced fire drill so we did the first thing they told us: stop, drop and roll. Turns out that it was copier needing toner, but we didn't feel stupid because had it been a real emergency, we were prepared, and would have gotten out alive.

E: This all seems pretty funny when you explain it. Have you ever gotten angry with [name deleted] for assuming facts on the basis of what she sees alone?

TS: You know, it's hard to stay angry at her. She's so adorable, and I love her so much. And, she makes things sound worse than they really are. Like the time that I decided to up my health insurance and had a routine physical exam. One of her friends was actually the doctor who examined me and insisted that I give a sperm sample. [Name deleted] seemed so distressed about it, but I said, 'Is it wrong for me to know that I want to be able to father our children?' She got all teary-eyed at that point, because she knows that she is girl for me.

E: All this just for doing your thing into a cup?

TS: Cup?

E: Well, lastly, there's the time [name deleted] said that a friend of hers who works at your office had seen you in a compromising position with another co-worker.

TS: Now that was the only time I had gotten really angry with her, because the co-worker in question has a lot of health problems. Sometimes I think she's a bit of a hypochondriac, but anyway, a mosquito had bitten her on the upper shoulder, and she majorly freaked, so I said, 'Don't worry, I'll suck out the poison.' And I did and it calmed her down.

E: [Name deleted]'s friend stated you were shirtless.

TS: Well, that's because my co-worker is very allergic to wool, and I had on a wool shirt, so in this case, I opted to just take off my shirt and help her out. I wasn't thinking about my personal comfort or embarrassment as I was concerned for my co-worker.

E: You're right, it all sounds much worse than it actually is. We hope your girlfriend starts appreciating how deeply committed you are to your relationship. Good luck in the future!