Friends having affairs.....

@a1intnet (248)
Mauritius
December 4, 2007 1:07am CST
What would you do if your best friend just got married but is still having an affair with another close friend of yours? The husband and the person your friend is having an affair with know each other but obviously te husband doesn't know about the affair. You are stuck in the middle ..... What would you do?
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14 responses
@mamasan34 (6518)
• United States
4 Dec 07
Why oh why do people get married when they are not committed to the person they are marrying???? I don't get it. Why needlessly hurt someone because of your own selfishness? Your friend is not thinking of anyone but herself at this time. If it were her in her husbands shoes she would be wailing to the sky about how wrong she has been treated. I know your confidence to your friend is important, but overall, think about the husband. Doesn't he deserve happiness and deserve to know that his wife is making him look like a fool? If she is cheating on him now with a friend, this behavior will not stop. What if she gets pregnant? How will she know who the father is? Even if they use contraceptives, they aren't 100% and there will always be a question. Should this man raise a child that could possibly not be his? Not to mention if she ends this relationship with her side man and finds another man, what if he has AIDS or another STD that is incurable? There are so many variables in which this could end. I think it's your responsibility as a friend to both to step up. You don't even have to have it come from you, but you can anonymously send a letter to her husband to his workplace or you can set it up where he will see them together. Overall, this man needs to know his wife is not worthy of his love. I know this girl is your friend, but she needs a wake up call.
@liji0989 (230)
• China
5 Dec 07
u know the husband don't deserve this,it's unfair.a1intnet do something about it
@a1intnet (248)
• Mauritius
4 Dec 07
You sound just like me when I let her know how I feel about the situation!! Thanks!
@a1intnet (248)
• Mauritius
6 Dec 07
I am trying! Slowly but surely just by being persistant in my disapproval!
• United States
4 Dec 07
i would keep my best friend confidences, or else she will cease to be your best friend, when you let the cat out of the bag...that is her karma alone to deal with and you could offer her your opinion of the affair, but i would not take it upon yourself to let the husband know.
@a1intnet (248)
• Mauritius
4 Dec 07
Yes - I am inclined to agree with you about the karma being hers to deal with. I have given her my opinion often. Still it's not nice to see it happening . . . .
• United States
4 Dec 07
you have given your opinion to your best friend, and she is aware of how you feel but she sill continues with her deceit...i would place the rest of it in God's hands to resolve, you have done the honest thing by voicing your opinion over and over to your friend...now just let go and let God, as the saying goes. does that help?
@a1intnet (248)
• Mauritius
4 Dec 07
Yes it helps - thanks! I guess having you condone me not actively trying to stop it makes me feel better! Her deceit and yet I worry!
@innechen (1318)
• Indonesia
7 Dec 07
i would talk to the woman and her affair that what they did is not right, then talk to the woman alone and start giving her a long lecture about this case.if this is not working then let them go, stay away from them otherwise when the husband found out about this ( which he will one day ) you'll not between them
@a1intnet (248)
• Mauritius
7 Dec 07
Yes - I am trying very hard to not be blamed by the husband when he does find out one day. But seeing that they are both friends it's a bit tough :-) Thank you for your response.
@rsa101 (37952)
• Philippines
7 Dec 07
It's hard but the best way you can do about it is to just say your opinion as a friend. That you are against this and she should rectify whatever she is doing. If she doesn't love her husband try divorcing her first to make things right. I really don't understand why she has to do this cheating when there are many option to make the the affair more acceptable.
@a1intnet (248)
• Mauritius
7 Dec 07
I agree with you - I think it is just easier for her to continue what she is doing at the moment. Then she doesn't have to hurt anybody. Unfortunately one day the husband is going to find out.....
@ravinskye (8237)
• United States
4 Dec 07
I would keep my mouth shut. What my best friend does is her business. I'm not saying that having an affair is ok, but I'm not sticking my nose in where it doesn't belong. A friend of my dads cheats on his wife. All their friends know it, but no one tells the wife. Why? Because the wife is happy and in love. They have two kids together and he takes care of his family. Why burst the wifes happy bubble and break her heart? True she probably will find out eventually, but better to just let that happen by itself.
@liji0989 (230)
• China
5 Dec 07
it's just a happy hubble,sometime the find out the truth that her husband cheats on her,how sad she would be
@a1intnet (248)
• Mauritius
5 Dec 07
I guess that is kind of what I am doing at the moment. Thanks for your advice.
@sid556 (30960)
• United States
5 Dec 07
I'd remove myself from the whole situation. I would not want to be a part of that and would not be.
@liji0989 (230)
• China
5 Dec 07
yes,mabbe u are right.we probbly can't solve anything about it,just place it in God's hands to resolve.God bless u.
@a1intnet (248)
• Mauritius
5 Dec 07
That is much easier said than done when she has been your friend for 18 years. And this aside she remains closer to you than most people in the world. Thank you for your response.
• United States
4 Dec 07
This is what I would do..so that you can keep neutral..if you want to make things honest..arrange for the parties involved to run into each other .."unexpectedly" ..make it so the husband to run into the unfaithful wife in the the act of unfaithfulness... Say if the unfaithful is meeting the other to eat or other..maybe you can send an anonymous letter for the husband to come to the place..maybe sign it ..with the wifes name..etc. I myself dont involve myself in fights like that but if I felt inclined I could make it so parties will find out;)
@a1intnet (248)
• Mauritius
4 Dec 07
LOL I would so get caught doing that! Its a lovely idea but somehow the truth would come out that I had set the whole thing up. As much as I disagree with the situation I love all three people involved . . . Thank you for your creative response!
@bishu_sinha (1457)
• India
6 Dec 07
u know this quetion come in our mind if we dont fall in love out of furtration n sometime it come out of happiness.....who r invlove in this m,atter they can say n who r broken by heart they will say that love is most disguting thing hahahaha i know love is beautfull untill u wont exprice u wont understand...keep it up
@a1intnet (248)
• Mauritius
6 Dec 07
Yes - love can be beautiful when both parties are committed to each other. Unfortunately this is not just a though but something that is actually happening. Thank you for your response.
@subha12 (18441)
• India
5 Dec 07
i will at first ask my friend why she/he is doing so. i may be his good friend, but it is not at all right to cheat his/her spouse. I will ask the problem he is having with his spouse and advice him to stop this.
@a1intnet (248)
• Mauritius
6 Dec 07
his is what I am doing :-) Thank you for your response.
@jayalaksmi (1039)
• India
6 Dec 07
In such a condition it would be better to leave everything on luck and fate. Whatever that would happen afterward would be good and for the betterment of all, so it should be left on time to solve the problem.
@a1intnet (248)
• Mauritius
6 Dec 07
Luck and fate! Thank you
@moneyandgc (3428)
• United States
6 Dec 07
This is a difficult place to be in. I wouldn't do any more than you are already doing. Just keep talking to her. She obviously needs to choose one man, but I wouldn't tell her husband. He needs to either know what is going on, or she needs to break it off with the other guy. But he needs to find out from some other source or she needs to tell him. I'm tired and unsure if anything I am saying is making any sense. Being in the middle is an uncomfortable postion, I wish you the best of luck.
@a1intnet (248)
• Mauritius
7 Dec 07
It all made perfect sense - thanks. And kind of mirrored how I feel about it. It's not a nice situation. Hope you got some sleep :-)
@tryxiness (4544)
• Philippines
4 Dec 07
I would always think what would be best for me. Like it this kind of thing happen to me how should i react or what would my feelings. :P Recently, I had that encounter. Sad to say but they called the marriage off.
@a1intnet (248)
• Mauritius
4 Dec 07
Yes - I have a feeling that this marriage is going to end too! I did try to get her to call it off before it happened but she was determined that she was going to go through with it!
@nkhanna (922)
• India
5 Dec 07
hi friend.i will keep my best friend's confidence.obviously her husband comes to me only after her.her friendship is more important ot me.however being a good friend of her i will talk to her and make her realise as to what wrong she is doing and how it can create blunder in her life as well others,i mean to say thier parents and relatives as well.i will also talk to my guy friend as well and try to make him understand as to he should come in between the husband and wife.since now she is married her first preferance is her hubby.its okay that right now he is not knkowing it but he will definately know one day and then he will never forgive her for all this.tell both of them to be alert before time goes out from their hand and they will not even anything to repent also.
@a1intnet (248)
• Mauritius
5 Dec 07
Her friendship is the most important, you are right! Thank you for your reply.
• Pakistan
6 Dec 07
Ill just keep quiet and do nothing because eventually they'll get what they deserve. Why would i lose friends for taking action against. i'd rather stay quiet
@a1intnet (248)
• Mauritius
7 Dec 07
Yes - I agree with you, but it's not easy being in the middle and watching it! Thank you for your response.