What would you do if your bestfriend having a relationship in married guy/girl?

@miamhae (339)
Philippines
November 2, 2008 1:41pm CST
I have in this situation before, my best friend fall in love in married man. I don't want my friend saw in that situation. I told her that is wrong and sins and think about the family that she near to destroy. She's cries with me. I ask my friend to go with me in some place that far with the man. She go with me but, she's so lonely and always cry. I always in her side, make her laugh and advice her, even sometimes I feel she's irritating to me for always telling the bad side of the man. But as a friend I ignore her behavior, because I know she need me in that time. Now, my friend have her own family and she's very thankful to me for giving her wake up call when she's walk in the wrong way.
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@sid556 (30960)
• United States
3 Nov 08
You are a good friend! You told her what you felt and believed and yet you stood by her side even when she went against your advice. My best friend has been my best friend for over 40 years. As much as we have in common....we are also very different. There have been times in my life when I've done things that she completely disapproved of. Oh, you can bet that she let me know how much she disapproved. There were times that she even got so frustrated with me that she stayed away for a while. Still thru it all our friendship survived and thrived. We laugh about those times now. Your friend is very lucky to have you as a friend.
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@miamhae (339)
• Philippines
3 Nov 08
Thanks, I hope we make it a 40 yrs like you and your friend. A little frustration, arguing and sometimes long time without communication are common, but the good is in our heart they not forgotten. Have a nice day!
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• India
3 Nov 08
Hi miamhe.What you did is correct and has to be appreciated.Your friend is very lucky that she has got a friend like you, who has the courage to tell the truth and supported her when she really needed you. you did a great job. As time goes she will know what she did was wrong and she will know that what a good friend you are. So keep it up! I wish if everyone had a friend like you. But im lucky in that case because you are already my friend hehehheh. Im happy that I added you as a friend. Have a nice day. Happy mylotting.
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@miamhae (339)
• Philippines
3 Nov 08
I'm glad too to have you a friend even we're only communicate in internet. Just give me a beep if you need help. Have a great weekdays. Take care
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@subha12 (18441)
• India
4 Nov 08
it is not right. i would definitely ask her to gio away,. it can ruin a family also some relations will be lost.
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@Sheepie (3112)
• United States
2 Nov 08
You're right, a friend does not need to be in that situation. I know it must be very hard for everyone in the situation, but a real man would either just get a divorce to be with her or stay where he is. There really is no reason to stay in that situation when you know you can do better.
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@miamhae (339)
• Philippines
4 Nov 08
That's why I do my best to full-out her in the relationship she have. Thanks for the response. happy mylot
• Australia
5 Nov 08
I'd mind my own business. Lash
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@Shar1979 (2722)
• United States
2 Nov 08
You're a nice friend but I'm sure your friend knows what she's doing. She is aware that she involves herself in a situation that she can not really win by being involved with a married man. It's best to tell her that she's trying to ruin a family. She better stop it. If you have done your best and she didn't listen then you dont have to blame yourself. You did your best.
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@miamhae (339)
• Philippines
3 Nov 08
That is what I thought when I feel that she is being irritating with me for having giving an advice, but as a friend I never give up that one day she realize what her doing, and I'm glad she wake her up for the wrong way she thought that right because she blinded with love. Thanks shar. Have a fruity weekdays
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@alena824 (376)
• Philippines
3 Nov 08
Thank God your friend had the sense to listen to you instead of giving in to emotion. In the end, the decision to follow your advice was the best, not only for her, but also for the people she would have eventually hurt had she been stubborn. You are to be commended as well for sticking by her and exerting as much influence, tempered by love and concern, which is probably the reason why she saw things your way. I was not as fortunate with a friend who was in a similar situation years ago. Worse, their affair had already been discovered by the wife but she still refused to end the relationship. Instead, she kept believing the guy (who also happened to be my friend) that everything was over between him and his wife. My friend ended up pregnant, but still the guy never left his family and she had to raise the baby on her own. She eventually got out of the relationship, and was lucky to have met a man who loved and accepted her in spite her past. They have since been married and raised a family of their own.
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@ellie26 (4139)
• Malaysia
3 Nov 08
That's what friend are for. What you did was good. I have a friend who had a relationship with a married man. She came to me telling me about how the wife came to know about the relationship and that the wife called her. I told her to discontinue with the relationship. Unfortunately, she refused to listen to me instead she went ahead and married that man. And after two years of marriage, she told me she regretted her decision because that man is still married with the first wife and that he divided his time between both of them.
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@ellie26 (4139)
• Malaysia
3 Nov 08
That's what friend are for. What you did was good. I have a friend who had a relationship with a married man. She came to me telling me about how the wife came to know about the relationship and that the wife called her. I told her to discontinue with the relationship. Unfortunately, she refused to listen to me instead she went ahead and married that man. And after two years of marriage, she told me she regretted her decision because that man is still married with the first wife and that he divided his time between both of them.
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@lishiwei (1550)
• China
3 Nov 08
It's really a bad thing for the family if there is without your help.So sometimes the friends is really very important for us.
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@ladym33 (10979)
• United States
3 Nov 08
About all you can do in this situation how you feel about what they are doing. Unfortunately people are going to make up their own minds, and they are going to do what they want to do no matter what someone else says. All you can do is express your honest opinion about it and then be there for them when it all falls apart, and in these situations it almost always falls apart, so they will need you when that time comes.
• Sri Lanka
3 Nov 08
I would have done the same if I were ever in a situation like that.It is just wrong to get involved with a married man.Imagine the wife's feelings if she ever knew.That would have not only destroyed your friend's life with her family but would have also destroyed that married man's family life as well. I'm glad you did what you did.=)
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@gotetet (197)
• Philippines
3 Nov 08
You did an excellent job, you really are a true friend. i also have friends like you and it makes me proud having them. because i know true friends are helping each other much more to her having a relationship with a married man. you became the instrument by God to help her out of the situation, just as it made a good lessons her best teacher in life.
@iamcdy (1119)
• Philippines
3 Nov 08
It happened to one of my friends. Actually, when she told me everything about it, I got mad at her. I didn't imagine her doing such thing, especially with a man with wife and kids. What you did with your friend is right. We are here for them to tell them and remind them whether what they are doing is right or wrong. That's what friends are for. I know it was hard for my friend to accept the fact that I told her how disappointed I was on what she did. I didn't talk to her for months. We are okay now, and she has moved on as well. She no longer has the relationship with that married man. She is still looking for her one true love and I hope she will find one soon.
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@Gwapako_28 (2140)
• Philippines
3 Nov 08
Your such a very kind friend. You are a real friend as well. I can feel the sincerity in your story. Im glad that your friend, listen to you and she overcome the pain of losing someone who is not really meant for her. See, there is still someone waiting for her and he is the right man for her life.
@ellie26 (4139)
• Malaysia
3 Nov 08
That's what friend are for. What you did was good. I have a friend who had a relationship with a married man. She came to me telling me about how the wife came to know about the relationship and that the wife called her. I told her to discontinue with the relationship. Unfortunately, she refused to listen to me instead she went ahead and married that man. And after two years of marriage, she told me she regretted her decision because that man is still married with the first wife and that he divided his time between both of them.
@skysuccess (8858)
• Singapore
3 Nov 08
miamhae, There's an Arabic proverb that says: "" A friend is one to whom one may pour out all the contents of one's heart, chaff and grain together, knowing that the gentlest of hands will take and sift it, keep what is worth keeping and with a breath of kindness blow the rest away." I suppose all of us will have one way or another come across some bad patches in our lives and it is just moments like these that a true friend will come in and save the day for us. Standing by us, holding our hands, comforting words, a rock solid shoulder and a compassion so missed in times of trials and tribulations. I need to applaud your undying efforts here and your stance on your morals and principles. Matters of the heart are just really unfathomable sometimes and I am glad that you were there to pluck her out of a gloomy sea. As much as you have done here, I hope that you will recognize that there is a need to follow up with your friend as such matters are rather emotional and in the state of mind and I hope that you will be able to get her round it. It is always easy to fall back into the same state of things and hence I hope that you will be firm and ever supportive. In conclusion, I'd like to leave you these words for your undying faith and support for your friend. "The only unsinkable ship is FRIENDSHIP." - by Jeff Sczpanski. Take care and have a happy stay here in myLot.
@sharra1 (6340)
• Australia
5 Nov 08
Why should you interfere? She has to work it out on her own. It is none of your business. It is between your friend and the man she is in love with. Why should you feel it is your problem? Whatever she does is her problem not yours. I know a man who is in love with a married woman. She is not prepared to leave here family yet so it is her problem. I have no idea if the husband knows or not but it is between him and his wife, not yours. Let them sort it out themselves.