Easier For Men Or Women? Or Depends On The Person?

United States
August 11, 2010 6:42pm CST
I was reading a discussion and it made me think of something. This is going to require a lot of honesty and soul searching. I would be devastated and angry if my husband cheated on me. I'm not sure how easy it would be to forgive him. I think I would be angry with him and carry it around for a while. I would separate from him for a while at least. With my husband I think he would have a hard time trusting me but I don't think he would leave me or hate me. I think he would forgive me faster than I could forgive him. Honestly, do you think a man has an easier time forgiving a woman that cheats on him? Or do you think a woman can forgive easier? Or does it depend on the person? (For the record, no one is cheating. This is just a general question).
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@ptower76 (1616)
• United States
12 Aug 10
Hi lilangelspreschool, I am a very intolerable person when it comes with cheating, i don't do it, and i don't tolerate it. When I'm getting serious with a woman i tell them that if they ever consider cheating, best just leave me because if i find out, its over. No discussion. It is one of the few things i will never tolerate. I have never cheated nor have i been to my knowledge cheated on. I would forgive them the pain they have caused me because it is not healthy for me to carry hate in my heart for anyone. But of course i will not forget and things will never be the same between us so i would just move on. I have known of women and men that have forgiven their partner, but most of those relationships wind up breaking up in the end. So to answer your question, i would say it depends on the person.
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• United States
12 Aug 10
Thanks for your response =) So am I, very intolerable of cheating. My husband always says he will leave me before he ever cheated on me. I think it does depend on the person because some people have a harder time dealing with that than others do. I would have a really hard time forgiving and forgetting. You feel betrayed after that. That's not an easy thing to just get over.
• United States
12 Aug 10
Hope I didn't make you mad with this discussion =)
• Philippines
12 Aug 10
I think it doesnt matter whether its the man or the woman who cheated or who's being cheated . It depends on the foundation of the relationship and on the intensity of the situation. Based on personal experience , I forgive easily but I can never forget. I am separated for 6 years now and my husband appears as if there was noting wrong with what he has done to me.
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• United States
12 Aug 10
Thanks for your response =) I'm sorry for what your going through =( Your right, it depends on the person and the situation...
@sach143_u (859)
• India
12 Aug 10
According to me it depends on the person and his mentality whether he or she no matter. Some times men will do that and some times women will. Forgiving a person is neither easy nor difficult or tough. It depends on the matter or issue which is surrounded with that particular person. But most of the issue can be solved by forgiving that particular person.
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• United States
12 Aug 10
Thanks for your response =) It does depend on the person. Cheating for anyone is a hard thing to forgive.
• United Arab Emirates
12 Aug 10
I dont know about other men. But i would definately forgive my wife and give her another chance. I will love her more than before. She would definately want a shoulder at this time and i will give it to her. I will help her to forget the past and will not create any situations that will taker her into her past. I know its hard for men to do this...But i will.
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• United States
12 Aug 10
Thanks for your response =) Your a really good guy from this post and other discussions you have responded to. I'm always happy when I read your responses because a guy like you is few and far between. That's really awesome that you would forgive her for her mistakes.
@babz02 (250)
• Philippines
12 Aug 10
It depends on the individual, your question is subjective, everyone thinks differently than someone else. I for one think that Cheating is a forbidden sin, especially in a relationship, a deadly sin for that matter. =)
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• United States
12 Aug 10
Thanks for your response =) Sorry, I was just wondering what other people thought. Yes, it is hurtful and hard to forgive either way.
• United States
12 Aug 10
I think men are harder to forgive their so nonchalant and easily move on I feel like they can turn on and off there feelings at a whim. For a woman I think we take more crap than we deserve and often take back lying cheating men over and over again for the most part. we fight over men constantly and its quite disastrous, and a man just moves on. simple as that.
• United States
12 Aug 10
Thanks for your response =) Yeah, I think some men have an easier time with it since they can move on pretty easy. It does depend on who it is too.
@GardenGerty (157552)
• United States
12 Aug 10
Like most other things in life, I believe it depends on the person. I think the person who likes them self and has good self confidence has the freedom to forgive more easily than someone who is struggling with a poor self image in the first place. The confident person will know that the cheating is not about them, but about the cheater and what is "broken" in their life. The one with a poor self esteem will think they deserved it or did something wrong and need to fix them self to preserve the relationship.
@GardenGerty (157552)
• United States
13 Aug 10
Hi, BlueSparkle, with time we often learn valuable lessons. Sometimes they hurt, but they do make us better.
• United States
12 Aug 10
Thanks for your response =) Hmm, I didn't think about that. I do have lower self esteem than my husband does. I never thought about that before. Thank you for your insight on this =)
@sid556 (30960)
• United States
15 Aug 10
I think it depends on the person really. I would find it next to impossible to forgive cheating. It breaks the trust and changes the relationship so much. I dated a man a few years ago that was always ready to break up with me because he thought i was cheating on him. I wasn't but I ended up breaking up with him. I'm sure if I had really cheated on him there would be no forgiving. If I cheated on my husband I'm pretty sure I would not be here to talk about it.
• United States
15 Aug 10
Thanks for your response =) I agree, I do think it depends on the person as well. Trust is the biggest part of any relationship, without it you have nothing. It's annoying because accused of cheating all the time, I know.
@dawnald (85135)
• Shingle Springs, California
12 Aug 10
I think it probably depends more on the person, although you have to take traditional gender roles into consideration too. Men who cheat are "players", women are "wh*res", those kinds of attitudes. And a man who has that kind of attitude is going to have a much harder time forgiving and forgetting, I think.
• United States
15 Aug 10
Thanks for your response =) Yes, I agree that it depends on the person. Everyone has different ways of dealing with things.
@thaMARKER (2503)
• Philippines
12 Aug 10
it's not about being or if you're a man or a woman when getting hurt. it's how a person deal with it. i can forgive and let go easily if we're going to talk about cheating. but as far as i know, my partner is having a hard time doing that. he's good dealing with me when im mad at some other things though but i'm not.
• United States
12 Aug 10
Thanks for your response =) Yeah, it does depend on the person and the situation. Some people can forgive easier than others.
@lissarah (14)
• United States
12 Aug 10
I think that it doesn't matter if you are a guy or a girl. cheating hurts everyone, and it really depends on the person (not the gender) to decide how to handle it. Personally, I would leave my boyfriend on the spot and never take him back. It's wrong, and if he did not love me enough to remain faithful in the first place, then I am not going to give him another chance to break my heart. Cheating is just stupid. If you do not want to be with someone, you should just tell them honestly, and get it over with. I think men and women hurt just the same when they are cheated on. It's horrible either way.
• United States
12 Aug 10
Thanks for your response =) I agree cheating is stupid, horrible and it does hurt everyone. I just feel like I would hold onto it longer than my husband would in this situation. I didn't know if that was all men or just him.
• India
12 Aug 10
It depends on the person. But mostly its easier for men comparing to women. Women are bit less stronger than men. I think some time it also depends in the situation.
• United States
12 Aug 10
Thanks for your response =) I agree, I think it depends on the person too.
• India
12 Aug 10
i think it hurts both men and women equally but yes men might be able to forgive women easier because men just stop thinking abt the thing that hurt them ulike the women who keeps thinking abt it ..
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• United States
12 Aug 10
Thanks for your response =) I know it hurts both definitely. Exactly, I know I hold onto my hurt and pain WAY longer than my husband does.
@choconut (297)
• Philippines
12 Aug 10
i think it'll depend on the person, because some people have difficulties in forgiving someone and some easily forgives. It doesn't matter what others did wrong, because if the person forgives easily, even though the things done are serious they'll forgive them easily, and so as the one who forgives with difficulty.
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• United States
12 Aug 10
Thanks for your response =) Yes your right it does depend on the person mostly. It depends on how easily they forgive as well. I completely agree with you. I forgive pretty easily but in that situation I don't know how easy it would be for me to forgive.
@Mitraa (3184)
• India
12 Aug 10
As per the culture of my country, forgiveness is one of the higher noble qualities among humans! A woman is more forgiving in nature than a man as a practice. In comparison with men, women have more power of tolerance also! In case of cheating, forgiving takes more time and patience to accept both for men and women! This is because cheating directly affects the belief level of any person! Thanks and have always a quality of forgiveness!!
• United States
12 Aug 10
Thanks for your response =) I do forgive most things pretty easily, but that would be a difficult one to forgive.
@tedifa (1232)
• Indonesia
12 Aug 10
I think depends on the person,everyone has own personality,easy to forgive or not.But to be a good people we should easy to forgive.God always forgive people sins.So why not with the people.
• United States
12 Aug 10
Thanks for your response =) Yeah, I agree it depends on the person. We should easily forgive, being betrayed is a hard thing to forgive though.
• Canada
12 Aug 10
I think it mostly depends on the person. But in general men probably do forgive a little bit easier. Here is my reasoning.. Guys tend to go around and date a lot of girls and I think its harder for girls to trust a guy. When a girl finally trusts a guy, and he breaks that by cheating on her, it takes a long time for her to learn to trust again. Atleast that's how I am.
• United States
12 Aug 10
Thanks for your response =) I think it mostly depends on the person too. Sometimes I feel like my husband could forget it faster than I ever could. Exactly, women I think hold on to things longer than men do.
@jamuls (530)
• Philippines
12 Aug 10
some say Men forget but don't forgive while Women forgive but won't forget. i don't know if this is true. for me, cheating is the wake up call in a relationship. if i or she cheated, something's definitely wrong... you can still work it out but it depends on the people involved. either it makes your relationship stronger or it would taint it. in our 6 years of being together, I've cheated once. she forgave me but from time to time, this "mistake" surfaces again again which is very annoying... i can't do anything about it anymore. :(
• United States
12 Aug 10
Thanks for your response =) See, I think us women hold onto things longer than men do. I do think it depends mostly on the person though.
• Philippines
12 Aug 10
i think it depends on the person's attitude on how she or he loves each other... its a matter of forgiving for a person that committed a big mistake in your marriage.. if you love your husband more than he do you could probably forgive easily than him and vice versa with your husband also..its a matter of forgiving the person that you really love that your willing to take all the risk in your relationship...
• United States
12 Aug 10
Thanks for your response =) I agree, I think it depends on the person also. Yeah, being betrayed is a hard thing to forgive even though we should.