Is it right to hide the truth from people you love???

Australia
March 18, 2011 11:42pm CST
I am currently in a great dilemma. I have a friend who is very precious to me. She is bit sensitive and volatile. She is very emotionally attached to her loved ones. Recently, i saw her boyfriend hanging out with a girl. I thought it was normal, not a big issue. But then i frequently saw them together at various places. I thought i better aware my friend about whatever is happening behind her back. But this morning i got a call from her saying the guy proposed her for marriage. I am happy for her but i am confused if i should ruin such precious moment in my friend's life by telling her boyfriend's story?
17 responses
• Philippines
19 Mar 11
Hello Sweetme, I think it is better if you caught this boyfriend having affair with other girl i mean take video or snap that they are doing a gesture that is beyond for being just friends no cheater admit that they cheat if you have this evidence you can show it to your friend and then she can decide what she is going to do at least you don't have this burden of not telling her what you saw. Happy mylotting
• Australia
19 Mar 11
Thanks a lot for your suggestion. I'll try to figure things out and gather evidence before it's too late.
• Philippines
19 Mar 11
there is no wrong in telling that truth but since your friend kinda vulnerable i think it is better to have evidence than telling it to her so she will not accuse you for ruining their relationship because she is blindly in love with her boyfriend. WELCOME TO MYLOT
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• Philippines
20 Mar 11
i totally agtee with bhabycatch013 and i think her advice is really good. i also think that you should tell your friend the truth but since she's vulnerable, you will need to tell her in a cautious way and it's better to have evidenc. I think she deserves to know the truth before she gets married rather than finding out the truth after the marriage which would be too late already.
• Philippines
19 Mar 11
may i suggest you ask first the guy...it may sound that you are meddling if you do this but what if you tell this immediately to your friend without knowing whats the truth or who's that girl really is???... you are going to ruin everything if you don't confront the guy first...i suggested that YOU not your friend but you ask first the guy cause as you said your friend is too sensitive and volatile.
• United States
19 Mar 11
I agree you should find out who this other woman is first. It might be his sister visiting from out of town who he is taking places. It might be his best friend that your friend knows all about. I suggest you ask the female who he is to her. If you ask him he may lie. Once you are clear you will know what to do!
• Australia
19 Mar 11
Thank you for your opinion. It sounds like a good idea..I'll definitely try to clear it with the guy first before going any further.
@lynnemg (4529)
• United States
19 Mar 11
Is there a possibility that the other girl is a relative of his? Did you see them acting affectionately towards each other more so than family would? BEfore you say anything to your friend, you may want to think about those things. If you are sure that he is having an affair, I think that you should try to catch him in the act and get proof to take to her. Chances are, that without proof, your friend will not believe you, or at least do her best to disbelieve it. That would only cause problems in your friendship. If you take proof to her, she cannot deny it. What happens from there is up to her, but at least you told her and took her the proof.
@Cherish14 (2693)
• Philippines
19 Mar 11
hi there, for me i think you should tell her because i think that is what true friends do. if something happens like if she finds out that her boyfriend is cheating on her and is having an affair with someone else, i think it is somehow going to make you feel guilty for not telling her? and yeah we also don't want to ruin that very special moment but i think you can also advice her to spend more time with her boyfriend first so she can really observe him if he is really serious about getting married. i hope the guy is not fooling around
@Cherish14 (2693)
• Philippines
19 Mar 11
and maybe you can also talk to the guy if he is really sincere and serious about marrying your friend because in the first place you saw him with another girl not only once right? if ever that happens to me and my friends didn't tell me, it will really make me mad not only to my boyfriend but also to my friends it is maybe one of things i will never forget, it is really unacceptable because you trust not only your boyfriend but also your friends
• Philippines
20 Mar 11
Of course, it's a wrong thing to do. If you love someone, you must be honest with him/her. Because in the future, all secrets will be told. But in your case, you must tell the girl before the marriage. She has the right to know. I've been in that situation before. And I think I've done the right thing. i told my bestfriend about it. But before he do anything, he asks his girlfriend if what I'm saying is true. But of course, as everybody expected he denied it. I don't know how the problem was solved. But it's the two of them who solved it.
• Philippines
19 Mar 11
For me you tell the truth because as what the sayings says honesty is the best policy. it is better to say to your friend the truth because it is still early than to say it very late.
@krajibg (11923)
• Guwahati, India
19 Mar 11
Hi romarcharity, 'Honesty is the best policy' is not applicable on all issues. How do you know that the boy friend and the girl are on illicit terms? You do not know, neither her friend. What would be better is to ask the boy if he is interested on somebody else.
@sunny5u (2069)
• India
19 Mar 11
HELLO sweet me!!! you first try to know about that guy, may be you are mistaking them or not, and then if you understand the relation between those two , then you don't hesitate to tell your friend, this is life and marriage is the crucial part of it , so just don't hesitate, Hiding is sometimes good but not in such issues...
@sid556 (30960)
• United States
19 Mar 11
Hi Sweetme, Well, I would want to be told if my boyfriend were sneaking around behind my back. Still, you should be 100% sure of what you are seeing. Are you sure that they are more than just friends? Are you sure that she isn't his sister or cousin?
@krajibg (11923)
• Guwahati, India
19 Mar 11
Hi sweetme, Who, actually proposed your friend for marriage? is it the same person you see hanging out with a different girl or somebody else? There is another problem still there. How long they have been in relation? Why the boy has not brought the proposal to her family? After all two people are going to get married and the family wont know feels fishy. If the boy is sincerely telling her that he would marry her only it is better for you not to tell your friend about his hanging out with the girl. And if you feel the guy is trying to kill two birds with a stone, then you know the better.
• China
19 Mar 11
This is the time you should tell your friend truth. Otherwise it will be too late and you can't do anything. It's not so late if you tell the truth may be she will get hurt or she will cry but you can save her from a big problem if really something between that guy and girl you saw. So this is the time you tell her the truth. Good day!
@surekharathi (14146)
• India
19 Mar 11
No you should not hide the truth from who love you otherwise you will feel not well in whold life and you will remember again and again if I was tell you then he/she can safe. You should say the truth about boyfriends story okkkkkkk go and tell
@cansasct (39)
• United States
19 Mar 11
Well, this is indeed a sticky situation. It might be wise to find out someway if this other friend that is with the boyfriend is just a friend, or cousin, sister, or what the situation is. You sure wouldn't want to do anything foolish. Not to meddle, but for the sake of your friend, maybe you could subtly try to do a bit of research. If indeed this is another dating thing for the boyfriend, find out how serious this is. You may even have to senstivively approach the boyfriend eventually and find out what is going on, explaining your affilation. Either way, everything has to be done in a dignified way. I think you are right to be concerned, it shows you care about your friend. I am not the expert, but I do feel that this has to be handled carefully, but yes, looked into.
• United States
19 Mar 11
Wow. That`s pretty unusual. You should ask her if her boyfriend has any friends that are female he hangs around that she knows about. If she doesnt know about that, then I think she should know. Careful though, that guy might change the story and say that you`re jealous or something of them. This things happen. Goodluck.
• United States
19 Mar 11
Oooo, good question but kinda hard to say because I think it depends on what the truth is. If the truth can physically har a person, I say tell them, yes. If the truth could cause emotional suffering, it depends on the timing. The truth could be harsh and happened at around a time something else happened. We wouldnt want to put too much on this person's mind. I think that where it gets hard and having to protect their feelings. We dont know if we should tell 'em now , later or never.
@umabharti (3972)
• India
19 Mar 11
hi , if u think ur friend will trust u when u tell her about the person whom she is interested then u may .I dont knw the mentality of people it can throw off any way.sometimes when we do good also we get back negatie results.see if u really is confirmed with the persons doings with another girl then u should show her so that she can knw by herself wht to decide about her life.
• United States
19 Mar 11
You say the girl is precious to you so if you were my friend I would hope that you cared enough to tell me before I made the biggest mistake of my life by marrying this guy. If the girl was not so precious then I would be more apt to saying then you should not be involved but thinking perhaps if you were she would you not want to know?
@katie0 (5203)
• Japan
19 Mar 11
It's very difficult but we have to try to tell them cause there is a little annoying thing about the truth: it always surface and we want our friends to be prepared so telling the truth is the right thing to do, then they have to decide what to do with it.