Why are their mistresses anyway!

Philippines
January 31, 2013 3:14am CST
hi. My family has been wrecked because of third party. When I asked my ex what went wrong, he doesn't tell me anything. Is it possible to just fall out of love without any reason? I talked to the mistress before and she said she didn't know that the guy has a family already and she assured me that she will stop seeing him, only to find out that she did not. Haay.. and my ex said he doesn't want us to get separated? how is that? he's so selfish. He wanted me and his mistress at the same time..
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@johndur (3052)
• Pasig, Philippines
31 Jan 13
everything has a reason. most reason why men get involve to other woman is mainly because of changes coming from his wife. that way he gets the attention he wanted from his wife to his other woman and later becomes love.maybe you should let him choose between you and his other woman.he can only choose one and not both.you must decide whether to dump him or not.
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• Greece
31 Jan 13
A man, who had a reputation as a womaniser, told me that the reason is that men like variety. That was his excuse anyway and he did not blame his affairs on his wife. In fact he seemed happy with her. Your thought that he was seeking attention did not sound very adult, more like a little boy who missed his mummy and if it was just attention he craved I doubt that the new woman in his life would have been too impressed either. Relationships should be treated with great care, particularly the ones that concern a life partner. If people marry they promise to be faithful but should a promise be broken then I think a loving partner would seek to repair the relationship and not 'dump' the person like some piece of rubbish.
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• Canada
31 Jan 13
I agree with you, 41CombedaleRoad... every effort should be made to "fix" whatever is wrong in the relationship before looking outside of it for someone else. Relationship issues are never resolved by adding another person into the mix When two people commit to each other, supposedly for the long term, they are still going to grow and change and want new and different things over time. That's natural... and it takes work to make sure that the relationship thrives amidst those changes. I found it amusing about the man who used "needing variety" as a reason to womanize. You can have plenty of variety with a committed partner... it just takes lots of communication and honesty to make it happen
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• Philippines
4 Mar 13
So? this was his opinion, he didn't reiterate that he was right. but some men are like that and it's unfair for husbands and other men who are not womanizer but judge as one. i feel sad that things like this happens, is it really that hard to maintain a relationship? well, i can't be the judge to the hubby but i think she said that his love simply rans out. i find unacceptable and not matured too.
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@hushgal (57)
• Kenya
14 Feb 13
Mistresses will always be there whether married women like it or not, why? I think some men just fall into tempations too easy; and they forget that women are in plenty and very beautiful too year in year out. It takes a gentleman to know he has a great wife at home not to cheat. But most men do not think what they would lose if they lose the wife and kids. Its unfortunate that you are going through this and the hardest part your man is not willing to talk about it. When things hit a snag in relationships, try lots of patience, prayer and persistence - give it time; try talking it out to a counsellor,a trusted family member or friend who can reach out to your better half. And when you have exhausted all worthy channels and it does not seem to work, then you are at liberty to either stay or move on. Also remember- as much as your in-laws are very supportive and love you, they are not the people you are in a relationship with;but the man. If only spouses learnt how to communicate openly and sincerely then i think we would have less broken families.
• Philippines
4 Mar 13
I totally agree with you. For now, I think I've exhausted all efforts already and nothing happened. I'm planning to talk to my in-laws this March about this. I'd like to be freed from the marriage I have with their son. I don't see any good future for both of us already. I better move on and concentrate on taking care of my child. Its better to move on and forget rather than fill my heart with anger and regrets.
@jugsjugs (12967)
13 Feb 13
My marriage has also been wrecked due to a third person, mind you it is not just the mistress that is at fault. My husband knew as well as knows that he is married, yet he was the one other than the mistress that chose to throw 18 years of our lives together away and what for. I bet if you were to get a man other than your husband he would hate that thought. I would play him at his own game, or at least pretendf to, just to let him know what it feels like.
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• Philippines
4 Mar 13
3rd parties are terrible. Both of them actually. They are so selfish. Yeah, maybe it's nice to pretend that I am seeing someone else too.. just to be even with them.
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@kourdapya (924)
• Philippines
14 Feb 13
You have all the right as a legal wife. Go ahead and sue them. If I were in your situation, that's what I would do. I don't want them to ruin the family, and what would your children think about their father? That's just so absurd, this man tries to have the both of you.
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• Philippines
4 Mar 13
right! it's really absurd.
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@jenny1015 (13366)
• Philippines
31 Jan 13
A lot of factors should be considered in understanding the real nature of having a third party. Your husband either loves you but finds it a challenge to be with another person or your husband would not want to give your kids a broken family and so he would want to remain in the marriage while keeping the mistress. And maybe there are something else that I am not aware of. If you don't mind me asking, are you still living in one roof?
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• Philippines
13 Feb 13
..he's living with her while me and mu kid are living in his mother's house. My in-laws are very supportive and they don't want us to move out. Whoah, so hard to understand their reasons sometimes.
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@Raine38 (12257)
• United States
1 Feb 13
It's really hard to pin point who started it all, but for me both the seeing partner and the mistress are to blame. They cannot always reason out that they didn't know, they just love, they didn't mean to. I mean they're not kids anymore they know what's right and wrong and there are lots of ways to check if the guy is being honest. Seriously, do mistresses would really settle being seconds forever? My dad had a mistress once and it wasn't only painful for my mom it also hurt me and my siblings. We can't help but ask if we aren't good enough for dad that he has to go somewhere else. Good thing they were able to fix it.
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@Hatley (163781)
• Garden Grove, California
4 Mar 13
hi raynejasper as long as there are selfish women who want what is not theirs and will take it there will be mistresses and the men are more to blame as they already have a wife.The two of them become completely immoral not caring for anyone as long as they gave each other. Now your spouse is really pushing it and that just making you feel really sick. He wants to have his cake and eat it too. shame.
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• Philippines
5 Mar 13
I totally agree. Shame on them both.
• Philippines
5 Mar 13
Hello Raynejasper, Indeed that is very selfish of him for having you and the mistress at the same time.i think they exist way way back in the ancient times were monogamy marriages isn't popular then because christianity was the first to promote it.but before even royalty gets to have so many partners. it's probably part of life, because the idea of third party has happened before.
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• Philippines
8 Mar 13
hmmm. Maybe, but it hurts.
@asliah (11137)
• Philippines
17 Mar 13
no one knows why there are husband who keeps looking for a second wife or we usually called mistress,they never wanted to ruin the family of the guy but they just wanted to have an affair to that mand though they already know that he is married already.
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• Philippines
1 Apr 13
Sorry to disagree with your statement that they never wanted to ruin the family but they just want to have an affair... Entering into an affair with a married man means you are already ruining the family. No wife has ever been happy to know that her husband is having an affair. Of course, when the affair is already known to the wife, she will react because she's hurt, and what? the family could be ruined. Come on asliah, if you were the wife, what would you do? You will just leave your husband and his mistress to their business and never react? This is where we apply the saying "put yourself in the shoes of others". It is never right to become a mistress and it is never right to look for a mistress too.
@enelym001 (8322)
• Philippines
31 Jan 13
Guys are really headaches! Most of them who have more than one girl are so selfish. They want to keep both not knowing that they are hurting both of them as well. They only wants their happiness, not minding about the emotional damage such act can cause. It's really disappointing!
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@ARIES1973 (11426)
• Legaspi, Philippines
31 Jan 13
It is really a sad thing to know these kind of things happening nowadays. If this thing would happen to me, perhaps I will just let go. There is no use of being together if your partner wanted somebody already. We just have to accept things and move on. Have a nice day!
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@TLilly12 (1229)
• United States
27 Apr 13
This man would be out of my house, and fast he would not be allowed, to live here if he want his mistress he can have her, but he would not allowed to be, in my life and he would have to choose, if he choose the mistresses, I would be out of the picture and I would file for a divorce, that would be final.