Will you give another chance?

Philippines
December 11, 2007 12:04am CST
Here's the situation: The wife got proof that her husband is having a cyber relationship with a married woman who lived abroad. The two met online. The woman introduced herself through emails and texts. The wife confronted her husband and told him she will file a divorce. The husband finally admitted everything and said that he had been planning to end the affair and that he is just waiting for the right time to end it. My question is, if you are the wife, would you give him another chance?
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@talisman (1300)
• United States
11 Dec 07
No, I wouldn't give him another chance if I was in the wife's position. What her husband did was cheating and cheating is always wrong. Cheating shows that he doesn't love or respect his wife or their relationship and marriage, regardless of whether or not he was actually planning on ending the affair. Once a cheater, always a cheater.
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• Philippines
11 Dec 07
nice line there, "once a cheater, always a cheater". that's the apprehension of the wife if she'll give her husband another chance. that he might do it again. but what if the husband is really sorry and wanted a chance to correct his mistake...
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@talisman (1300)
• United States
11 Dec 07
If he truly loved his wife, he wouldn't have cheated on her. Personally, I wouldn't want to be in a relationship where my husband didn't love me.
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• Philippines
11 Dec 07
correct. that's the point there. if your husband truly and really loves you, he won't do anything to hurt your feelings.
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• Philippines
11 Dec 07
even if u give the husband a chance, but he isn't willing, it's not gonna work out anymore. if i were her, have a heart to heart talk with her husband and go from there. if he's really not into the marriage anymore, then, she should move on minus him and accept that he's never gonna be hers no more.
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• Philippines
11 Dec 07
hello gbetpangan. thank you for your response. the heart-to-talk happened already and the husband promised to end the ellicit affair but said he is still waiting for the right time....
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@subha12 (18441)
• India
12 Dec 07
Very frankly speaking No. The person who has cheated his wife can do this again and again. And when he had his wife, why he did so? Cheaters should not be given a chance.
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• Philippines
12 Dec 07
thank you for the response subha12
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@moneyandgc (3428)
• United States
11 Dec 07
In this case, I don't really know what I would do. I found emails to another female from my ex-husband while I was pregnant with our daughter. He claims that they were just friends, yet he was secretly setting up a plan to meet her. He was using the excuse that he was going to visit his mom (they lived in the same state). The difference is, he met this girl on a 3 week trip with the military. I tried to trust him, and to this day he swears nothing happened. I believe him, but I lost that trust in him and couldn't deal with it anymore. I also believe that nothing happened because I found out before it could. He told me when I found out that he would never talk to her again, he lied. I also believe that nothing happened because he wanted more than she did. He is friends with this girl still. I have even been around her now, she comes to visit and hang out with him and his new wife. I have no problem with her now, I don't care anymore. I left him and moved on. His new wife knows the history because we are friends. With the situation that you described, one thing throws up the big red flag. The fact that he has not ended it. He can end it anytime. There is never going to be an easy time to do it. He should care about the feelings of his wife more than those of the married woman sitting at the computer screen. If he truly wants his marriage and she is willing to give him another chance. He needs to end it NOW. He needs to never talk to her again in any format. He also needs to accept the fact that anything he does is now going to be suspicious for a very long time. If he wants to earn the trust back, he needs to just deal with it. He is the one in the wrong and deserves no privacy for quite some time.
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• Philippines
12 Dec 07
hello moneyandgc. actually, the wife go through the very same situation as yours. i haven't mentioned this in the discussion that at first, the wife only suspects that her husband is having an affair with another married woman but the husband would always say that they are just friends. the wife didn't know that the two had met twice when the woman visit the country. and yes, saying that he is just waiting for the right time to end the ellicit affair is a lame reason to give another chance...
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• Philippines
12 Dec 07
thank you for sharing :)
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@skinnychick (6905)
• United States
12 Dec 07
Instead of being concerned about a cyber affair she should be concerned that her husband is thinking about straying! He obviously isn't happy in some aspect of that marriage or maybe just needs a change! They both should re-evaluate that marriage!
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• Philippines
12 Dec 07
i regret i wasn't able to include this detail in the discussion, the two had met twice. the relationship went beyond the virtual thing. i don't believe that being not happy in a relationship gives the husband the right to cheat...
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• United States
12 Dec 07
Your right it doesn't give anyone a right to cheat- but they should break up and then move on- she should leave him if it went more than virtual,
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@scoles (65)
• Philippines
12 Dec 07
he doesn't have chance... he had already done that would still trust him? your not a saint i think that you should give another chance, if you give him another chance there a vast chance that he'd still do that am very sure of it...
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• Philippines
12 Dec 07
hello scoles. thak you very giving a truthful analysis :)
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@subha12 (18441)
• India
19 Dec 07
no, never. If i were the wife, in this case i would not have given chance.It is bad that the man cheated big time. when he had wife and he had cheated her, he need to be left alone with his wrong doings.
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• Philippines
20 Dec 07
thank you for your response subha12
@ravinskye (8237)
• United States
11 Dec 07
I think I would have to say no. At first I thought, well, maybe if he just never got on the computer again. but then I would just worry that he would find someone real to have an affair with. Once the trust is broken, that is it for a relationship.
• Philippines
12 Dec 07
hello ravinskye. thank you very much for the response. it seems that all responses are against "once more chance"....
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@sid556 (30960)
• United States
12 Dec 07
i don't know. did they actually meet in person? Even if it was only cyber, I'd have to question just how much I meant to this man and most especially after she threatened divorce and he still stalled, waiting for the "right" time. It seems obvious that this other woman's feelings mean more to him than his wife's. He doesn't sound remorseful at all. I'd probably move on. I would not want to be with a man that did not love and cherish me as I did him. What would be the point other than convenience?
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• Philippines
12 Dec 07
hello sid556. yes, the two had met twice. thank you for sharing your point of view.
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@tryxiness (4544)
• Philippines
12 Dec 07
I guess, if you could still carry it -- the thought that he has an affair, and if your solely trust him still since he is asking for another chance -- just give him the chance. BUT once you feel that he is already abusing your trust then decide. :)
• Philippines
12 Dec 07
a valid suggestion... thank you tryxiness
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@blueunicorn (2401)
• United States
11 Dec 07
My first reaction is that I would absolutely not give my husband another chance. However, since I have been seperated once from my husband I can now say that I would have to wait until I was in the situation before making a judgement call on that. Each couple is different, and each set of circumstances is different. I don't think I could live with a spouse that cheated on me at this point, but I may change that if I was ever forced to face it.
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• Philippines
12 Dec 07
hi blue. thus this mean that if you are in the wife's situation, you might give the husband another chance?
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• United States
12 Dec 07
I'm saying I'm not sure what I would do. I want to say that I would not give my husband another chance in this situation, but when it comes right down to it I may. I've been seperated before, and I think that our opinions change once we are in a situation.
• Philippines
12 Dec 07
if the wife is me, my answer is yes!ill give him another chance because i love him,but this chance is only one.I control my temper for him and its not mean that he can do his sins again.ill give him only a last chance to prove to me that he will make the best decision for him self.
• Philippines
12 Dec 07
hello reanicah2007. thank you for sharing your opinion.
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@Estina54 (385)
• United States
11 Dec 07
A cyber relationship is NOT a realtionship. Everyone who is married would feel uncomfortable about it, but I won't divorce smobody for having a VIRTUAL relationship.
• Philippines
12 Dec 07
hello estina. the relationship did not end within the confines of the computer/internet. the two had met in person twice...
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• United States
11 Dec 07
"planning to end the affair and that he is just waiting for the right time to end it." The right time never comes in most cases. Either the kids get in the way, jobs get in the way or distance to travel gets in the way. It's a BS reason to not end an affair. If he truly wanted to, he would have done it already. A better man wouldn't have started it in the first place. I've been down this road with my S/O and swore up and down I'll never go back. Only his other woman was a real live woman he met in line at Office Depot. But I hope and pray to never be put in that spot again.
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• Philippines
12 Dec 07
helo unselfishShellfish. thank you for sharing. i'm glad to know that there are woman who share the sentiments and struggles of the "wife". Godspeed!
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@ozzie13 (177)
• Australia
17 Dec 07
I think it depends on the individuals and the relationship before the affair. sometimes people makes mistakes, and considering it was an internet relationship and not some chick from work the bar etc. i think i could of started as harmless faceless flirting that got out of control. If it was my partner i would be very angry but i dont think i would approach the affair the same way i would approach it if it was physically cheating.
@Ohara_1983 (4117)
• Kuwait
17 Dec 07
for me yes, i give him another change, if he really tell the truth that he want to live this lady.give him chance will be good also he will realize that his family is there for him not to look to another person.
• Philippines
18 Dec 07
thank you Ohara_1983
@eyewitness (1575)
• Netherlands
12 Dec 07
I wouldn't give him another chance i mean he's an adult adults know what's wrong and what's right.Especially in this case he admits everything.Why wouldn't he do it again.And the woman she's married too? I mean that's sick.I would divorce him.I mean when getting married you have made vowels to eachother.He obviously broke them
• Philippines
12 Dec 07
a helpful opinion. thank you eyewitness
@garnet80 (349)
• Australia
12 Dec 07
I still think of it as cheating. Meeting up is just the next step. I don't think I would give him another chance. If he did it once what's to say that he wouldn't do it again. And next time go further than what he already has in the past. Another thing is why is he doing what he is doing. The wife needs to look into their relationship. Is there a problem in their relationship, is something missing from it or is he cyber cheating for reasons of his own. Yes a very hard call to make but depending on the situation I would be not giving him another chance.
• Philippines
13 Dec 07
thank you garnet80
@Ruibinha (157)
• Portugal
15 Dec 07
I think I wouldn't give him another chance. Love, respect, confidence are needed in a relationship, if the respect and confidence were broke, as much I would love him, I wouldn't trust anymore, I would live with fears, always thinking "he is in job/house, with his pc, what he is doing now?", I would be always, but always, with fear. For example, a person can say "ok, you are sorry, I accept you sorries" - that doesn't mean that it will be forgotten. The husband broke the relationship by doing that, he showed he had no respect at all for her wife. That's my opinion, now only the wife have the "cheese and knife in her hands" to decide it.
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• Philippines
20 Dec 07
thank you for sharing your opinion Ruibinha
• United States
12 Dec 07
If you are married and your man cheats one time or has a little affair, I don't think there's nothing wrong with that. I think that your man is your man, he's the one that your with, you're the one that he loves, you're the one that he comes home tonight. It's about where he wants to be. You let him do what he does, If he continually messes up over and over again, I would say that you shouldn't be with him. If he was really planning to break it off with you then you shouldn't be with him. But if he was talking to some lady online, It could've been worse. I think that he looks kind of desperate, at least he didn't do anything that messed up where he slept with her or w/e you don't want to think about that. He messed up, the only thing is... Will he do it again? Or will he stay faithful? Are you the person that he wants to be with? You'll know because you wont just be able to see it, but you'll feel it. He's your husband, and marriage is a sacred thing. Marriage isn't something that you just play around with.
• Philippines
12 Dec 07
thanks for posting your opinion milondali07