How would you handle your partner cheating on you?

United States
June 14, 2011 8:03pm CST
I never understood why a partner would cheat, especially if they have it good at home. I've never had it happen to me but it has happened to friends of mine and it sucks. I know there is always two sides to every story but of course we're going to take our friend side and look at the other as the bad one. What if it was your friend that was doing the cheating...would you tell his/her mate? Are there rules to telling or is it best to just stay out of it? I need honesty on this one...maybe i'll get a response from some cheater to help me understand why they cheat. I don't judge so don't be afraid to be honest
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15 responses
@ptower76 (1616)
• United States
15 Jun 11
I believe that if a partner does not have the decency and respect to inform their partner that they are not happy and end the relationship, they don't truly love the other and therefore should be kicked to curb. Like you, I have not had that happen to me but I early in life that if my partner would ever cheat I would end it immediately, kick the dust off my shoes, and move on.
@ptower76 (1616)
• United States
20 Jun 11
You are right about the denial. Its the first stage of the grieving process. When they find out their partners are cheating they dont want to believe it so they make excuses. Keeping it real with oneself is a result of a sense of high self esteem.
• United States
20 Jun 11
Oooooh Mr. ptower very very well said. I love myself too much to sit back and allow that bull to happen to me. But some people that do allow it makes excuses and to me, excuses is just another word for denial. I can't lie to others so i'm surely not gonna lie to myself
@elida279 (165)
• Bulgaria
15 Jun 11
I hope if my husband is cheating he should do it smart. I don't approve of cheating but I don't judge the cheaters as well. Sometimes with the time people change, life becomes a habit or whatever reason is there and at that point the people may slip. But whatever they decide to do they should do it smart. Otherwise everybody will suffer and especially the kids (if there are any). If this happens to my friend I wouldn't tell her even if I love her very much. First, because it will break my heart to see her sad and second, most probably I will lose our friendship after that because she will always connect me with her cheating husband.
@elida279 (165)
• Bulgaria
15 Jun 11
I'm sorry for repeating my post but my comp got stuck and I didn't get a message that the post was send. Sorry!!!! :)
@chiyosan (30184)
• Philippines
15 Jun 11
I would not or really i might not give him another chance. For me xheating is a big nono. And if incase he nees his freedom all he has to say is he wants his freedom and he wants to break up with me. So i guess thete is no need to cheat on me.
• United States
20 Jun 11
Yeah that's easier said than done...for some odd reason, a man has a problem with the word we call "honesty". They fail to realize that we can deal with the truth better rather than finding out the hard way. But even still they like to build lie after lie. I had to see my friend go thru that with her man. It wasn't much I could say because she "loved" him...she finally called it off after 13 irritating months. I'm happy for her now, she's doing alot better without him
@kukueye (1759)
• Malaysia
15 Jun 11
Cheating is selfish. - Better breakoff .
I guess it depends whether your love him or her , if your love your partner your another chance and if not love then better brake off, however, it is usually not that simple when family are involved especiallly with children and such.Sometime trust are destroyed and bad speech are given. People cheat because many reasons are all those reasons are sometime selfish.
• United States
20 Jun 11
You made two good points..."trust" and "selfish". If there's no trust or a lost of trust, it makes it kind of hard to keep that spark in the relationship. And I too agree that most cheat because of their own selfish ways
@sswallace21 (1824)
• United States
15 Jun 11
Bye, Bye Baby! This is a deal breaker for me. I would pack his stuff and he would finding it on the front porch. Change the locks on the house and garage. He would be looking for a new home or down on the corner begging for money for all I care. He would be gone gone gone Best Wishes!
• United States
20 Jun 11
Wonderfully said...like Beyonce said "To the left To the left" everything you own in the box to the left. There is definitely no reason to continue the relationship because if you let them back then they'll do it again
@elida279 (165)
• Bulgaria
15 Jun 11
I hope if my husband is cheating he should do it smart. I don't approve of cheating but I don't judge the cheaters as well. Sometimes with the time people change, life becomes a habit or whatever reason is there and at that point people may slip. But whatever they decide to do they should do it smart. Otherwise everybody will suffer and especially the kids (if there are any). If this happens to my friend I wouldn't tell her even if I love her very much. First, because it will break my heart to see her sad and second, if I do this most probably I'll lose her as a friend because she will always connect me with her cheating husband.
• United States
20 Jun 11
It's too bad that most cheating ends up in heartache and/or another child being conceived. I don't judge the cheater either because I never judge anyone at anything they do. It's their choice and only they know the real reason behind it
@Angelgirl16 (2171)
• United States
15 Jun 11
Cheating is, in my opinion, is break a sacred oath that you will be faith, even if it is unspoken or the couple is not married.When you become involve with another person,especially for sometime, it is just expected that you will be loyal to one another. However, people do get bored with one another and want a change, we are all human, so if this happens I say just let go of one you are bore with and find yourself some excitementusually you find that you had a good thing and you let it go. For me, there is no going back, no forgiving,no second chances.no excuses. If you cheat on me, you are basely saying that I am not good enough for you and that I no longer can give you what you want, so goodbye!! I know me, and I just couldn't move on with that cheater and pretend that and outside affair never happened. Every time I am with that person, the visions of him with another person would be in my mind. So people can forget, forgive, and forge on in the relationship, so just cannot forget, or forgive, I am one of them.
• United States
20 Jun 11
I love it!!! You have made a wonderful point and you are very strong minded. I admire that in you and alot of women find it hard to kick their mate to the curb. You are definitely a woman with morals and self respect. There is no way I can look at my man with the same love in eyes as I had in the beginning if he ever cheated on me. I doubt that i'd even wanna be his friend. I know they say never say never, but I hope it never happens to me
@jennbart (1330)
• Philippines
15 Jun 11
There is no way to handle it than to let go and move on. For me, I wouldnt give another chance anymore. Once is enough. Should your someone find another person to love, he or she should just be honest and tell their partners or just break up before going into another relationship. If my friend is the cheater, I will talk to the person. I will try to enlighten them.
• United States
20 Jun 11
Very good point...I would imagine that's also the best thing to do. For anyone to continue to be with a cheater has no morals or self respect. I really don't have much to say about this because i've never been thru it.
@iklananda (1202)
15 Jun 11
Might be your husband is boring and want to have some fun. According to me sorry if i mistake or make your mood getting bad you should not hold it too tight.
• United States
20 Jun 11
This has not happened to me but i've seen a friend go thru it. From the looks of what she went thru, it's nothing nice and brings alot of heartache
@rhejans (191)
• Philippines
15 Jun 11
I believe they cheat because of some reason. First, they were unsatisfied to their partner, You know what i mean in doing to make them satisfied(i would not rather say it, to prevent mature content). Second, they were looking of something to their partner that she/he doesn't have so what he/she does was to cheat her/his partner, looking for someone who have what he/she look for. third, he/she don't value what relationship she/he has. Forth, He/she was not serious to his/her partner. Fifth, he/she don't love her/his partner. If you trully love someone. You will not cheat her/him. So if your partner cheated you, maybe one of those thing i mentioned above is the reason why you are cheated. So if you love him/her and don't want her/him to lose. Then work for it. There are other way to make your relationship work out.
• United States
20 Jun 11
I clearly said that it has never happened to me. I only know friends that it has happened to. My man and I have a WONDERFUL relationship and are very open with eachother. We hold no secrets and have a high trust level. But overall I like the points that you made and it makes sense, but it still boils down to COMMUNICATION. If one is not happy in some way, they should let their partner know. Thank you for your opinion but once again...THIS HAS NOT HAPPENED TO ME
@SAMKAT (91)
15 Jun 11
I dont support cheating in a relationship and if i found out my parter was cheating on me then i would definately leave him.In the case of my friend I would let them find out on their own to avoid any misunderstanding.
• United States
20 Jun 11
I don't condone it or believe in it either. It angers me when I hear about people cheating. I will never understand why a person does it. I guess everyone has their reasons and in the case of a friend, that could be a tricky one because it can turn out to be good results or a bad one. Some people just be so in love that you can't tell the anything about their mate
@moneywinner (1864)
• Brazil
15 Jun 11
I wasn't going to tell his/her mate, I mean it's a friend of mine and even if he/her is doing something wrong, it's not going to be me who's going to ruin the relationship. And if he/her tells you about the cheat it's because he/her trust you.
• United States
20 Jun 11
I agree it makes things complicated if you involve yourself by getting in the middle. But it is hard to see your friend go thru the pain from the situation. It's a hard choice to make
• United States
15 Jun 11
honestly we humans forget we are animals and all animals have a primal instinct and we sometimes forget our biological dna
• United States
20 Jun 11
I never thought of it that way...I like the way you look at things
• Philippines
15 Jun 11
In my experience and observation in other couples, if you really love your partner you can learn how to adopt or handle the situation.
• United States
20 Jun 11
That's true and I also believe that it has to do with communication
@junrapmian (2169)
• Philippines
20 Jun 11
There are reasons why a partner cheats and one of them is he or she is tired of his partner or he saw someone more interesting. Anyway, I don't want to be cheated, I rather want it that you tell me you have found someone else, it is better to part ways than hurting each other.