Who's to blame?

United States
July 4, 2008 8:52am CST
You find out your spouse or partner has been having an affair, who do you blame, your partner or the other person? I don't really understand why you'd blame the other person, especially if that person is a stranger. If that person is a friend then you can blame them AS WELL as your partner, but too often I see or hear of girls who forgive their boyfriends or spouses and dump the friend. Why would you do this? It was just as much his choice to cheat. I say dump them both. Do you agree?
6 responses
@sweetdesign (5142)
• United States
5 Jul 08
In my situation I placed all the blame on my cheating swine of a husband (ex husband now). he seeked out the other women and pursued them, no matter what thier ages (some as young as 17 when we were both 23 some as old as 45 when we were both 24). He knew what he was doing was wrong and he just didn't care. It was't like he wasn't gettin' it at home either he was just a cheatin' scum. So I say put the blame where it belongs on the spouse.
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• United States
5 Jul 08
I was in a situation like that, although I was lucky enough not to have married the pig. I was only with him for a bit over a year before I finally woke up and kicked him to the curb. He was the same way, he got a 16 year old pregnant and he was 20. He also slept with a lady who was no younger than 30, she had a 10 year old daughter. Again he was 20. Some guys just don't care.
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• United States
5 Jul 08
Wow, that's just nuts! Well I'm glad you're out of that situation now and I hope you find happiness.
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@gemini_rose (16264)
4 Jul 08
I blamed both when I found out what was going on, she had started the affair with my hubby in January of 06, by february she had wormed her way into my life posing as a best friend. She totally pulled the wool over my eyes, both of them. I am still with my hubby, if I told you the whole story you would say I was mad, maybe I am. I had my reasons though and I do love him. I did not get the chance to dump the friend as she had no intentions of being my friend it was all pretense on her part, she hated me, with a passion. I did not have a clue!
• United States
4 Jul 08
I am sad that happened to you. Did she know your husband was married before she started the affair?
@gemini_rose (16264)
4 Jul 08
Yes she knew, my hubby has known her for over 10 years, I knew her from when I met him, but she only started bothering with me after the affair started. She got married after us and called her son the same name as ours, we both had them in the same year!
• United States
4 Jul 08
Wow. Wonder what her problem was. Sounds like she really had it in for you. But still, like you said, your husband did have some blame in this, it's not like she forced him to be with her.
• United States
4 Jul 08
both parties share the blame. you have to decide how much you are willing to forgive.
• India
4 Jul 08
Yeah, if she is a stranger, i defintely blame my husband, and yeah dump him then and there, but if she was a friend, then of course blame them both and dump them both, i dnt need such ppl in my life, who just cant seem to value a relationship, whom i cannot trust any more. So they r outta my life.
• United States
4 Jul 08
Good for you. You got the right idea. I just hope it never happens.
@GreenMoo (11833)
5 Jul 08
At the end of the day, it would have been my partner who'd betrayed me. No-one else has made promises to me! Yes I'd be furious with them both I'm sure, but my partner would be the one who had let me down. Fingers crossed I'm never put in this situation, but I expect that what someone says NOW and what might actually happen when they're put on the spot could be different things!
• United States
5 Jul 08
I hope it never happens to you either, or me for that matter. And I do hope if it does happen we have the good sense to blame the one responsible, which would be our partners!
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• United States
5 Jul 08
I would think you would blame both. It is just as much the other person's fault because they knew they were taken. You just don't mess around with someone else man or woman. It does not just affect the other person but their families to.
• United States
5 Jul 08
This is true, but of course there are situations where the other person may not know that the man or woman is taken. The one person who knows for certain is the one doing the cheating, so shouldn't they hold the most blame?