Willing to be the other woman... and hope he'd choose you?

@chiyosan (30184)
Philippines
October 3, 2011 9:11pm CST
Have you ever been in a situation where you found yourself so in love with a person and you were willing to become the other woman.. and you will do everything, just about everything and hope that he will choose you.... and he'd leave his girlfriend, or even wife for you? If you have not been in that situation, will you ever want, or do you think you might be capable of enduring being in the position? Thank you all in advance! =)
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20 responses
@surfer222 (1714)
• Indonesia
4 Oct 11
i'm not a woman but i know a woman who's willing to be the other woman, but i cannot say that she's a good woman because i can see that she's after the man's money. The man she's involved is my friend and when she approach him, she knows that he already had a girlfriend but she doesn't mind being the other woman. One time when i was visiting my friend in his house, she was there and his phone ringing. I can guess from his behaviour that the phone was from his other gf, but after he done with the phone this woman just say "i don't want to know who's on the phone" then she kiss him... i just don't understand what i was seeing. Today after 7-8 years they both got married. I cannot understand them but i think they're doing just fine (or at least for now).
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@surfer222 (1714)
• Indonesia
4 Oct 11
Yes, at the end she's not the other woman but at first she is the other woman.
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@chiyosan (30184)
• Philippines
5 Oct 11
wow! really i guess things happen differently from different people. i mean well f course i am always rooting for the real gf than the other woman who knows that the person is already attached, but then she would seduce the man to destroy a relationship.
@surfer222 (1714)
• Indonesia
5 Oct 11
That woman really know the art of seduction... i always think that if you take something from someone, someday someone will take something from you, but i think this doesn't work for her...
@mariahhh (1328)
• United Arab Emirates
4 Oct 11
I will never be the other woman. Before doing risky things, I always think of who might get hurt, and how will I feel when I'm on her shoes. And for me, I cannot hurt anybody like that. I hate cheaters, and I hate mistresses. I will never stoop that low, and I feel very cheap if I do that. Sorry for the rant, lol. I have a friend who had been cheated by his husband several times and it hurts me so much when I see her sad because of those cheaters.
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@chiyosan (30184)
• Philippines
4 Oct 11
Same thoughts here. I have been cheated on and i know how it feels to be the one that is kept in the dark.. when you learn about this... its like a bucket of ice is being poured on you! its so hard to deal with, you'd feel so much pain, you never even know why it happened to you.. and its so hard to cope up with =( I wish it never happens to any woman, really i wish all women would just wake up! Why would they want to be in a love triangle, why would they want to be in an edgy position... why would they allow themselves to be that person! =( its crazy!
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@chiyosan (30184)
• Philippines
5 Oct 11
that's right. whatever is lacking in the relationship it is still not worth being cheated on by a person you trusted. it adds a problem too, though that the person who was an "accomplice" is a friend....
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@mariahhh (1328)
• United Arab Emirates
4 Oct 11
Yes, and the hard part is that, my friend was blaming herself for what happened. She thought she did something wrong, or the love she showed him was not enough. But it was not her fault. And the mistress was also our friend. How horrible :(
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@alienstar (5142)
• India
4 Oct 11
First i do like to know that person and if he/she is really worth of it then why not ! it is very very difficult to find a right person in your life and when you find that right person, just don't let him go away and this is my policy and i will do all sort of things to impress that person just because he/ she is worth it and i also will be leading my future life happily for sure
@Hatley (163781)
• Garden Grove, California
4 Oct 11
alienstar you would risk hurting a wife or girl friend just to get a man? shame thats so wrong.you can find mr right without getting a man who has a girlfriend or a wife. that is heartless behavior.
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@chiyosan (30184)
• Philippines
5 Oct 11
hi alienstar.. you sure know what you want and i hope i do not really meet you along the way and with my bf on my side. apparently there are a lot of "girls" wanting to be around him and wanting to be on my place! hehe hey hatley... i think you are right. we all get to see happy couple, perfect man, or the perfect woman but then... we should not really try to break a relationship. if they are the right person for us, then they will be with us, the right time.. there is actually no need to be the thirdwheel....
@brew2x (3094)
• Philippines
4 Oct 11
I've never been in that situation and will never be. I don't want and don't need to share my man with somebody else. I know that I am not deserving to be a mistress. Also I don't want to hurt another girl cause I don't want to be hurt myself (law of karma).
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@chiyosan (30184)
• Philippines
5 Oct 11
I totally agree with you. I have been in the situation.. i do not deserve to be cheated on with another woman... and it hurts soo much i thought i did not deserve it really... could not really get to thinking what is lacking, what needed to change inme... what was wrong and all that... =(
@brew2x (3094)
• Philippines
5 Oct 11
I'm sorry to hear that. I've witness a lot of cheating myself, didn't happened to me but to some people I know and to some friends. Sometimes even if you tried hard to make the relationship work but if your partner is not committed then there is not much you can do but look for better relationship that you deserve.
@shanemae (1025)
• Philippines
4 Oct 11
no, i have not been in that situation and i would never wish to be in that situation. i would never want to be the other woman. it pains me to be cheated so i would never attempt to hurt other girls because i am the other woman. i hated these days because becoming the other woman is rampant. it's adding mistrust on new relationships or even the long old relationships. it's just so sad that men nowadays are weaker. i mean they are not resistant to temptations anymore and girls are becoming tempting nowadays. so sad.
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@chiyosan (30184)
• Philippines
5 Oct 11
its really values lost. i think men are so much weaker because they no longer value their relationships... or that women would be ready to jump on in any relationship they can destroy for their own sake... and that is because maybe they thought they are out of men! :D
@shanemae (1025)
• Philippines
5 Oct 11
lol! with the fast growing number of gays? maybe, that could be their reason.
4 Oct 11
It happens to me all the time and I'm struggling on it. I got easily fall for a particular person that I became acquainted with. We talked and we have so much things in common. I started to have feelings for him and I hoped that he will be mine. But it never did, he has someone and I was hurt so badly. I cried on my own until I got better and I reflected it over and over again. I realize that. we are just friends that is it. For now, I'm in the process of acceptance which is never too easy. But one thing is for sure, I don't have to be the other woman if I have my own self to love and be loved. For now, I'll be more on myself.
@chiyosan (30184)
• Philippines
5 Oct 11
I agre with you on this. i mean you really would be hurt and being in such a situation is very painful... the same as the one person who, of course was in relationship with the person. it sure is not easy being the one who was lied to... im glad too that you have overcome this situation in your life. God bless your heart.
5 Oct 11
Thanks a lot. I've been fighting for this unwanted feelings because this has been my problem lately: Being easily in love just because he made me so special. It's time to be more wiser and practical because playing people's hearts and feelings are the trends nowadays. But I'm still hope and pray that my soul mate is just around the corner but not yet located. God Bless you heart too. :)
@owstalaga (4707)
• Philippines
5 Jul 12
There are those that would deliberately ruin other people's relationships but there are those that are unaware. Now for those who are unaware that they'be become the other woman of course she would ask the guy to choose between the gf and her. It could either be the guy is looking for fun and got bored with the gf or it's just that the other woman is more interesting than the gf. Whatever the case, being a willing other woman is for insecure people who think they are not worthy to be loved by people who can really love them. These women have issues so it's hard to understand them sometimes. Just hope and pray that these willing other women will come to realize the mistakes they are doing. "Karma is a b*tch."
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@chiyosan (30184)
• Philippines
13 Jan 13
nothing against women who were themselves fooled by the guy. but i am really troubled by women who knows they are the other woman but still chose to try and destroy a relationship. it is just unfair to the girlfriend, why go through that, why hurt someone else... all i know is that we can be happy without hurting others and that is what we have to strive for.
@Hatley (163781)
• Garden Grove, California
4 Oct 11
chiyosan oh no I would not ever be in that position as why hurt someone else who does not deserve because her lover or husband is a b.a.s.ta.rd of the first water? I would never let myself if I was young again and single again to fall for a man who has no more morals than a pig. I have see women like this and they are as heartless as the man they got ga ga over. How can you love someone who is playing around on his mate? this is horrible and I would never do this, ever No I am not capable of being a home breaker nor would I ever want to be. shame on women who do this to other women.
@chiyosan (30184)
• Philippines
5 Oct 11
exactly my point, thank you for your response hatley! You are right. some women are just horrible who does this to other women and know that they are in between a relationship. i think they should really take a step back and they should realize that what they are doing is way over the top.
@Hatley (163781)
• Garden Grove, California
4 Oct 11
typo see should be seen sorry about that.
• United States
4 Oct 11
No this is not something I would subject myself to be in. I understand that at times the heart is stronger then the mind. But I tend to feel that I must be number one at all times. I could not share the person I am with, call me stingy but I don't share me, so I feel I must have the same level of loyalty I give my partner reciprocated to me as well. I can't imagine being the other woman, as being given limitations as to when time shared with me, would be heart breaking for me to stand.
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@chiyosan (30184)
• Philippines
5 Oct 11
exactly.. but some "other woman" would do a lot of things so they would be chosen as the one, the girlfriend or even the wife left for them. But yes, you are correct and no one, absolutely no one should put themselves in that position.. they should not allow themselves to hurt others, and put themselves in a web of lies, in a web of problems and heartaches. thank you gurl for your response! :D
• Philippines
4 Oct 11
I don't think I wanted to be the other woman. No matter how painful it is, I'll choose the right decision always. I don't want to hurt anybody just to get what I want. Let's just say I am the wife and my husband has this other woman, of course you will be angry too. Always put yourself into others shoes, in that way you can always think and decide what's right and not.
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@chiyosan (30184)
• Philippines
5 Oct 11
Thank you very much for your response. i always thought of the same too.. and yes it helps me a great deal to be on the right decision all the time... thinking of what people might feel by what i do...
• Philippines
4 Oct 11
This kind of situation is a bit common in our society nowadays. And I haven't been to it yet. However, in case someday I will come across with this kind of scenario, probably I would still choose to do the right thing. I mean, yes i might love him so much but knowing the fact that he's already taken, is the thing that i have to consider. Besides i wouldn't be happy at all if i knew i hurt somebody elses feeling.
@chiyosan (30184)
• Philippines
5 Oct 11
Its true but i guess sometimes we do only think of our own happiness ourselves. i meant to say that most of the time we know we are hurting someone... But then, what you said was true... we really cannot be comepltely happy if we know we hurt someone's feelings, that we broke their hearts... Plus i do believe in karma.. its always ready to take actions in its own hands!
@besssia (94)
• Philippines
4 Oct 11
To be honest, I have been in this position once upon a time in my younger days. However, it wasn't with emotional attachment and it never really got so deep. It was just purely attraction on the physical level. I know he knows i was with someone and vice versa. Just two individuals enjoying youth. Wrong as it was, I learned my lesson though. Plus, I had fun. :))
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@chiyosan (30184)
• Philippines
4 Oct 11
im glad you got to finish the relationship before it got too deep and that you have learned your lesson from this!
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@airkulet (2700)
• Philippines
4 Oct 11
I think I cannot do it I'd rather make way for them to grew their relationship than becoming the bad girl just like in any movies and soap opera.
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@chiyosan (30184)
• Philippines
5 Oct 11
oh, i thought i could only see these kind of stories in the movies or in soap opera myself but it happened to me.. and boy it sure was so painful being lied to... being hurt that way and it just becomes unbearable. =(
• United States
4 Oct 11
In my opinion I could not hurt someone to that degree. Even if I have never met the wife/girlfriend of a man I know, I feel that we are all part of a global family and what hurts one of us hurts us all. That belief will not allow me to be the other woman. Also, I have been cheated on twice in my relativly short life. Once by someone that I planned to spend the rest of my life with, that betrayal has scarred me and made me very hesitant to give my heart to anyone else. Since I have experianced that pain myself...I could not bear to force someone else to experiance that.
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@chiyosan (30184)
• Philippines
4 Oct 11
I have been in the pain myself. Guess what i have experienced with such a woman too. She calls me and even wants me to give my bf's number just so she can talk to him because she said she can't move on... and I thought wow. I mean can someone really put themselves in that position. know that the guy is attached and you would chase after the guy and try to do silly things, a lot of things just so to break them up and make them give up on their relationship so you'd be the one...
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@secretbear (19448)
• Philippines
7 Oct 11
Hi chiyosan! I have thought of that once before. Those were the crazy days of being head over heels someone. Thank God I bumped my head and woke up to the reality. I will not be able to take the guilt from the thought that someone is crying because her boyfriend left him because of me. Of course, all if fair in love and war but still, I would not want someone to bear a grudge on me just because of a guy.
@jazel_juan (15747)
• Philippines
5 Oct 11
No. I do not think i will venture in such situation, it sounds stressful to begin with. When in love, i get possessive and selfish and i want full attention to myself, being the other woman means sharing him to another woman which i do not think i could endure. That is like putting torture to myself, so no.
@chiyosan (30184)
• Philippines
5 Oct 11
oh, you are so correct! =) I mean of course, we do need to feel we are the only one that is loved by the person, it is of course very hurtful to know there is someone else and they have to be with that someone and that your relationship is official, and that you are keeping it from people. i do not want the "temporary" happiness of that sort myself...
@mamasaid (156)
• United States
4 Oct 11
I would never be the other woman for many reasons. First, I think women need to recognize their sisterhood and not do such things to each other, show more respect to one another rather than competing over a man (there are plenty of fish in the sea). Second, I think more of myself. I need to be the only one in a man's life and nothing less will due. I certainly am not willing to share! Finally, if there are children involved it's even worse. Now the action has a rippling effect that hurts innocent people.
@chiyosan (30184)
• Philippines
5 Oct 11
oh you said it right! i mean we should all consider each other's feelings, really. we need to show some respect... we are sisters and not enemies of each other and we ought to just make sure not to let ourselves be in the situation where we would risk ourselves being hurt... and being the cause of someone's pain. imagine if that was our sister... imagine if that was our mom... our daughter... ha!
@MandaLee (3758)
• United States
5 Oct 11
My best guy friend is in a difficult marriage. He has a son. Although I would be interested in him if he were not married, I respect his marriage. I would never want to be the other woman. If he were ever divorced, I would consider dating him.
@chiyosan (30184)
• Philippines
6 Oct 11
thank you for your response. you are right, you would want to come in the relationship after it ended... and not when it is rocky just so to break it like someone i know and who is still trying to break up one's relationship.
@gaiza12 (4884)
• Philippines
19 May 12
I haven't been in that situation. But, I know someone who was willing to ruin a relationship and her 10 year relationship as well just to fight for her feelings to this new guy she found. I was actually against that relationship, but who am I to ever interfere, it's there own decisions. The girl succeeded and got the guy, the guy's fiance knew about the relationship of the other woman but the guy assured that he was not in love with that other woman. The thing is they are far from each other that is why it was easy for the other woman to take the guy. I felt sorry for the fiance who kept on waiting and hurting here. She decided to let the guy go and gave it to the other woman. The guy however assured that they remain friends and when time permits, if they are meant to be, they will really end up together in the end.
@Tmulley (91)
• United States
6 Oct 11
Well I have been in that situation before and it is very hard settling for being 2nd and I did allow it for some time, and eventually I had to get out of it. He was a wonderful man but he was married and his wife had cancer at that. I did not find out until after the affair but eventually I left the situation because my morals would not allow me to keep being the OTHER woman and stay in it. I did fall for him but I knew it was not right and always felt bad about it. I was getting out of a bad relationship at the time so I think I excused it for some time but then I let him go. It was hard and I even found out him and his wife later divorced but for me I could not be the other woman and keep living with that. I wish you nothing but luck if you are having a hard time deciding what to do but always think about the other person involved and how you would feel if you were married and someone did it to you. I had been chaeted on several times by men so after while I realized I deserved to be more than the other woman but his main woman so I walked away & never did it again.