a cheater will always be a cheater?

United States
May 29, 2007 5:44am CST
do you think this is true? is there hope for people who cheats their partners? can you ever forgive someone who cheated on you? for me its unforgiveable. ive always been faithful and i dont think i can play the martyr role and just forget about the other person. what about you?
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• United States
7 Jun 07
I don't think it's true, because everyone can change, they may or may not but everyone can. If your saying a cheater will always be a cheater you dont believe people can change, so that means ur saying the faithful will always be faithful, which is not always the case, so I believe that people can indeed change.
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• United States
7 Jun 07
that is true that people can change... let say your partner cheated on you....will you ever forgive your partner and still be able to trust her/him again?
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• United States
9 Jun 07
yes well to a point
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@KissThis (3003)
• United States
29 May 07
I think that when someone cheats its because there is something lacking in the relationship. So no I couldn't forgive my partner if he were to cheat on me, if he really loved me he wouldn't have cheated on me in the first place. I would have to admit that our relationship is over and move on. Mayeb the person he cheated on me with would be better suited for him then I was and he won't cheat on her.
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• United States
29 May 07
teresaK, you actually have a point BUT.... if you let it slide then youre just giving him another time to do it again....plus how can you ever trust the person again? TRUST is very hard to earn and once you blew then thats it.
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• United States
29 May 07
ok. but cheating is EVIL!
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@zandi458 (28102)
• Malaysia
30 May 07
You're right. You should have studied his character well before you commit yourself to him. A leapord will never change its strip. I am a very forgiving person but I have my limts too. When my patience run out I will chase him with the broomstick and out he goes.
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• United States
30 May 07
LOL!!! i can picture the scene....its so funny. LOLzz i'll probabaly do the same thing though.
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@tuposkid (286)
• United States
30 May 07
It is definitely hard to forgive that kind of thing. I said fool me once, its my fault. Fool me twice, you are done. Some people get caught up in an act of passion and slip. Give a second chance and if it happens again. Break it off.
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• United States
30 May 07
so u'll give it another chance....hmmm...i guess thats all right coz it'll depend on how much you love the person,right?
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@rangics (1334)
• Philippines
30 May 07
I've experienced being cheated and it really hurts. Well, too bad for those who cheat because for sure big "karma" awaits them. It's unforgivable for me but I can forget.
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• United States
7 Jun 07
that is true... i believe in karma too... what goes around comes around... i hope it doesnt happen to you again... thanx for sharing your opinion on this..
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• United States
7 May 08
Yeah, who ever cheats on a gf/bf will be broken up with definitely. Well, a cheater will not always be a cheater at all. He/she may learn from their mistakes. So whoever lies or cheats will suffer. I never cheat at all. I am always honest. I am always lovable. I had a girlfriend once who had always cheated on me. And I never like that at all. I never cheated on anyone at all.
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• United States
7 May 08
that is so true...if a person respect and love you truly they wouldnt cheat on you...so if a person cheats on you...you deserve somebody better than that.
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• United States
18 May 08
I really think there is a chance if it's happened only once but I think when someone has had a pattern time after time it's a lost cause. Some people will never learn how to respect and truly love someone else.
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@ESKARENA1 (18261)
29 May 07
i do think a cheater is always going to be a cheater, thats why there are no second chances with me blessed be
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• United States
29 May 07
right you are! we deserve somebody better than a cheater.
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@rsa101 (38166)
• Philippines
16 May 08
Well I think it is not a general statement. There are cheaters that also reform themselves and never gets back the habit again. So I would say it depends on the person if that person learns something about his/her experience as a cheater then there is a possibility that he/she may reform herself from this bad habit.
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@liyan97 (2127)
• Northern Mariana Islands
29 May 07
I also believe that a cheater will always be a cheater! I am speaking through experience when I say that, I have tried to forgive my ex- for cheating on me and even got back together, but then it didn't work out. The trust was completely stripped away and no matter how hard I tried, the forgiveness just couldn't happen.
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• United States
30 May 07
that is so true. you give one a chance but then u always have this tiny voice who bugs you every now and then telling you where your partner might be or if she/he doing it again....its so hard to build that trust again... easy to forgive but hard to forget!!!
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@Elixiress (3878)
10 May 08
I don't believe that a cheater is a cheater, but I won't go back out with someone that has cheated on me. I believe that someone can be faithful to me whom has cheated on someone else, because I believe people only cheat if they are unhappy with the person they are with.
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• Philippines
15 May 08
Well, no. I think it depends on the circumstances. Honestly man tend to cheat more than woman. Most man are just carried away in the heat of the moment. It's not an excuse but give that man another chance and let him prove to you that he can change. If he still love you I know he can change, If not then move on with your life without him.
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@phoenix25 (1541)
• United States
8 May 08
I think, to an extent, that it's true. Some people do make mistakes and don't really cheat intentionally. I was one of those people. I think I really cheated on my boyfriend as a way to break it off with him because I was looking for a way out. I'm not proud of what I did, but I was young and being stupid. I screwed up. Today, I wouldn't dream of cheating on my husband. I used to think that if my husband cheated on me I would never be able to forgive him and I would leave him, but now I'm not sure. I think I would just make him sorry for a while and then move on with our lives. I'm not sure that it would be worth ruining the great marriage that we have over one screw up.
@maquisa (316)
• Philippines
18 May 08
yup,cheaters will always be cheaters no matter what...
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@Shaun72 (15959)
• Palatka, Florida
12 Apr 08
I will forgive once but after that I'm not really so sure. Now if someone leaves you to cheat on you it is over. Or at least in my case it was.
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@lkbooi (16070)
• Malaysia
27 Apr 08
I totally agree with you, a cheater will always be a cheater as once he has experienced the success of cheating. He then will try the similar trick again if he got any chance to do so. But this does have exception for those who have sense of conscience and they might change their attitudes after they have received the bitter experience of cheating. For me I have strong sense of conscience and just feel uneasy to cheat others.
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• United States
8 May 08
I agree with you. It is hard to forgive a cheater because if they do it once chances are they will do it again.
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• United States
28 Apr 08
This is very interesting as I have not cheated on my wife and I know she thinks like you do. We both have many faults but infidelity is not one of them as without trust and faith there is nothing in a relationship. I have seen relationships fall apart because one or both of the couple has cheated and there is no mutual happiness in living with a cheater... Thanks for the nice post..as it reminds me how lucky I am to have the wife I have who is not perfect but would never cheat on me and I feel the same way about her (even though I am not perfect too__)..lol..Thanks again
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• Philippines
7 May 08
Me? I can forgive the person who cheated on me. I will give them 2nd chance, but if they do it on 3rd time...I wont forgive him anymore
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@bdkiller (201)
• United States
30 Apr 08
i totally agree. i dont i can ever forgive somebody who has already cheated on me. i am a very loyal and faithfull person that why i dont think i deserve an unfaithful woman.
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