Would you ever cheat in a relationship?

@worldwise1 (14885)
United States
June 17, 2009 1:37am CST
Now, I'm asking for real honesty here. Have you ever been pushed to the point where you actually cheated or at least seriously considered doing so? I know the saying goes, Once a cheater, always a cheater, but I believe that someone can be driven to cheat in certain situations. Under ordinary circumstances I am the most loyal and steady person that I know, but I did resort to cheating once a very long time ago. It was done out of spite and I felt so bad about it that I never did it again. I knew that my spouse was cheating on me so I thought I could even the score, but it was not worth it after all was said and done. If you did cheat did you suffer a lot of guilt later?
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31 responses
@wolfie34 (26771)
• United Kingdom
17 Jun 09
Yes my friend I can truly hold my hands up and say I have cheated in the past, and yes it was out of desperation and spite because my ex was a manipulating control freak who was abusive I sought solace and warmth from another person, I didn't feel guilty in fact I actually saw the new person as a saviour and someone to run to. But in all cases I have actually told my partner about it! So I was always upfront, of course it caused a lot of ruptions but I wanted to provoke a reaction to tell them I wasn't happy but even then they didn't wake up to their abusive ways.
@worldwise1 (14885)
• United States
17 Jun 09
I understand perfectly, wolfie, and I should have just walked away from the relationship -which I eventually did anyway.
@wolfie34 (26771)
• United Kingdom
17 Jun 09
Sometimes it's difficult to walk away my friend and thanks for the best response ;0)
• Philippines
17 Jun 09
I would NEVER EVER cheat in a relationship (it's obvious that I'm still single). I really don't understand why other guys play with girls' feelings for their own contentment. . .
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@worldwise1 (14885)
• United States
17 Jun 09
You sound like a very wise person, CzarliJohn!
@russso (1693)
• Philippines
17 Jun 09
Your future partner will be very lucky to have you.
@carolbee (16230)
• United States
17 Jun 09
Nope, I've been faithful to my husband. I care too much about him to cheat. Might have had a different attitude about our marriage if he had been cheating. He's also been faithful. We were just married 40 years this past Sunday. I won't say it's been smooth sailing all 40 years as there have been a few snags.
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@carolbee (16230)
• United States
17 Jun 09
Yes I am a fortunate lady.
@worldwise1 (14885)
• United States
17 Jun 09
I've been married three times, carolbee, and my spouse's cheating was an issue in each of them. You are so lucky to have someone who respects you enough that they would never cheat on you.
@sherrir101 (3670)
• Malinta, Ohio
17 Jun 09
I have been cheated on...several times. I have never even thought to do it myself. I probably had every right to do it. An eye for an eye or so they say. But being cheated on hurts. It sometimes make you do crazy things. As long as you learn from your mistakes. I am in a secure relationship now and cheating (on either parts) doesn't even come into play.
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@worldwise1 (14885)
• United States
17 Jun 09
There should be a mutual respect in any relationship, sherrir, that gives no room for cheating by either partner. I had fallen into a pattern of choosing the wrong type of guys who had no such respect. It was still wrong to try to even the score, and I regretted it so much. I'm glad you are in a secure relationship.
• Philippines
17 Jun 09
i have been driven to a point when i really wanted to think of cheating to get back at my boyfriend's neglect of our relationship. i was on the point of getting more than chummy again with an ex-boyfriend. but i chickened out. i couldn't do it. no matter how much hurt i was in the relationship, i couldn't bring myself to cheat. i thought about it several times, and a lot of opportunities to cheat presented itself. but i never did. not even when i could have done it outside of the country and no one will ever know. i still didn't. i couldn't bring myself to do it and i'm not sure i could carry on with the guilt if ever.
@worldwise1 (14885)
• United States
17 Jun 09
It's good to know that your common sense prevailed, mylesnarvaez, and you have a great strength of character.
• Philippines
18 Jun 09
it was hard to walk away from temptation offering solace and comfort. but i made a commitment so i stood by it. eventually, i told my boyfriend then what i was tempted to do, although he already knew i couldn't do it. he knew me that much. well, that was all in the past now. i'm technically free from that commitment now that the relationship is over.
@russso (1693)
• Philippines
17 Jun 09
I have not cheated on my partner and I don't intend to. I believe in karma. Do not do unto others what you do not want them to do unto you. If the thought does occur, I try to put myself in the shoes of the other person. I can only imagine how painful it would be. I would rather be cheated on, get hurt, learn from it, and eventually move on. At least I am not the one who caused pain on another person.
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@worldwise1 (14885)
• United States
17 Jun 09
I never set out to cheat, russo, but sometimes you can become so overwhelmed by all of the problems in a relationship that it is impossible to see things logically.
@russso (1693)
• Philippines
23 Jun 09
Problems are realities that every couple must face when in a relationship. It will always arise in every relationship and cheating on a partner to either solve a problem or to forget about it will definitely not make things any better. Couples should deal with relationship problems as a couple and not as individuals.
@stephcjh (38473)
• United States
28 Jun 09
I have felt like cheating before but have never actually done it. I get tired of feeling alone and sometimes in the past, I was cheated on. I felt like cheating to not be alone and to get back at them for waht they did to me.
@schulzie (4061)
• United States
18 Jun 09
I would never cheat on my husband. I don't think anything would bring me to that point. If he was cheating on me then I would just leave him. I would be hurt but I would not think it was ok to cheat on him because he did it to me. I would just want to move on with my life. Have a great day and happy myLotting!!!
@glesil_00 (1142)
• Philippines
17 Jun 09
First thing i don't consider cheating with in the relationship. I am firm in my belief that if my partner cheat, i will not take a revenge then cheat against him also. He already got sinned then you got sinned too, so i will not allowed myself into a situation that i may regret later in my life.
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@worldwise1 (14885)
• United States
17 Jun 09
We all sin in some way daily, glesil, but there is such a thing as forgiveness. I was very young -not even 20 at that time -and I had a lot to learn.
• Malaysia
17 Jun 09
I would never cheat in a relationship because i know how it feels to be cheated when you are in a relationship especially when you are totally serious with it.My girlfriend cheated on me 3 years ago and she was having an affair with my best friends and my bestfriend likes her as well.Nothing was known to me until when I was with her for 1 year and 6 months where i began to notice that she is acting very weird when my bestfriend is around so in investigated the whole thing, and to my horror when i found out that they are together my heart was crushed into a million pieces and i broke up with her. After a while my EX bestfriend played her and took her virginity away and left her.Then she came back to me asking me to go back to her but i just cant do it anymore.though i feel bad and guilty and also sympathy her but it will never be the same anymore..and hence dont ever cheat when you are in a relationship.
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@worldwise1 (14885)
• United States
17 Jun 09
Yes, maikarumike, it is very hurtful when someone to whom you are faithful cheats on you, but that door swings both ways. I hope you don't let what happened to you cause bitterness.
• Philippines
21 Jun 09
I am a very loyal and faithful partner but to be honest I considered it before when i was soo disappointed and felt taken for granted by my boyfriend then now my husband. I considered flirting to guys I know who likes me but I was always stopped by my values and I always put in my mind that I don't want to do things that I don't want my partner would do to me. I am happy to say that I don't have a guilt conscience as to that matter
• United States
23 Jun 09
I never cheated but i did get even in the court room after a big divorce. I was never one for cheating know matter how bad my other half hurt me. And he did a good job of it. So one day he came home and i threw his stuff out on the lawn and told him never to come back. And I am sure you do feel a lot of guilt. Sometimes trying to pay back someone like that isn't worth your time.
• India
17 Jun 09
its good to see u regret your mistake.i like playing with girls who are of the same kind who just wanna have fun,but when a girl is true to me,i will definitely not cheat her in any kind of situation...i dont prefer taking revenges...life is all about being happy by making others happy...good luck :)
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@worldwise1 (14885)
• United States
17 Jun 09
My mistake occurred a whole lifetime ago, moneyguru, but I still regret it to this day.
• Philippines
27 Jun 09
For me i rather not cheat if I have proven that she is loyal and honest i don't want to be unfair to her but if ever she cheated me in doing that thing i rather talk to her and fix whatever is needed but if she cheat again then its finish no more talk i'll find a person who will not do it to me a person who will love me no matter what happen.
@Shaun72 (15959)
• Palatka, Florida
21 Jun 09
I almost cheated on my husband and I did consider it once I found out that anpther man liked me. Isort of knew he was cheating on me but I didn't have the proof. At the same time I felt like it was very wrong and maybe he wasn't cheating on me besides he was still living with me and I just felt trashy for wanting to cheat on him. I felt like doing what he was doing back to him wasn't going to make things right. At the time i really wanted to try to make our marriage work.
@silverglint (2000)
• Philippines
19 Jun 09
I have always believed that I can never right a wrong with another wrong. So even if my spouse would cheat on me, I will not choose to get even by cheating. I will only end up hurting a lot of people, the one I had relationship with, my husband, my kids and myself. I won't pretend that I was never tempted to cheat, I have been, many times, but I guess my desire to keep my family intact is a lot stronger. I don't want to do anything that would deeply scar my kids and my relationship with my husband. Even if he has shortcomings, I don't think anything would justify cheating. I would not regreat not cheating but I will definitely regret it if I do cheat, for the rest of my life.
@celticeagle (158958)
• Boise, Idaho
19 Jun 09
I have NEVER cheated. I live by the golden rule. I could never do that. I am even a vengeful person but I would not. I am a sensitive, caring and passionate person. I hoan in on one person and emotionally, spiritually and romantically I am there. I just have never been able to remove myself from one situation even for one time with someone else. I have looked. I am human. I have even flirted abit but never cheated. I wish I could find someone who was the same.
@dismalgrin (2604)
• United States
20 Jun 09
I don't consider that I have cheated. Though I have been accused of it many times. There were many times that I kept telling guys I was done with them, but they didn't get it. So, I went and found someone else so that they would get it. Haha. I have been thinking about finding someone else lately because my ex left me but expects me to never be with anyone else. I don't think this is cheating either, he is the one that cheated on me and married the woman! But, to be completely up and up, I think I will call him first and let him know what I'm about to do so that he knows full and well. Ahead of time! Haha.
@andy77e (5156)
• United States
19 Jun 09
There are some that can cheat and not feel guilty. Hopefully you get to know the person well enough that you find this out about them, before they hurt you. As for me, there's no way I would cheat under any circumstances. Not that I'm so great, but that I know that I can't do anything about how my spouse acts, only how I act. There is one person that you must go to sleep with, and must wake up with every day of your life. You. Knowing that, I want to know I did the best I could. Of course not perfectly, but I want to know I held my part of the bargain. Memories can haunt you your entire life. Counselors call this "baggage", and you don't want it. Moreover, I'm a Christian, and I know I'll stand in judgment some day. The excuse "well you see my spouse did such and such" won't fly. For me it's a sobering thought that I'll have to answer for my actions, and I have enough to answer for as is. I'll have to explain why I did thus and so. Not to say there isn't forgiveness, but I just don't want to give an account of why I thought it was ok to break my promise, just because someone else broke theirs. Granted I am honestly scared to get married for this very reason. That other person, no matter how wonderful they seem in the heat of love, can turn and slice me down. But if I do take that plunge some day, no matter what they do, I'm keeping the promise I make. Finely, it just doesn't help. I have yet to meet someone who cheated because they were hurt, or whatever lame excuse they had to justify their actions, that somehow ended up better off, or saying it was something they were proud of. I'm sorry you had to find that out yourself.
@happy6162 (3001)
• United States
19 Jun 09
No, I have not cheated in my relationship and I would not cheat now. My husband and I have been married for 35 years and neither of us has cheated. Most marriage and relationship have problems you need to talk to each other let each other know how you feel. Communication is the key to a sucessful relationship.