Cheating!

United States
July 27, 2007 9:14am CST
I noticed that a lot of the time when someone's significant other cheats on them they often go after the person they cheated with, and not as much the person who cheated on them. They might try to find the girl/guy and beat them up or cuss them out or something... I think that if my boyfriend cheated on me I would be mad at him and solely him, not the other person. He is the one who was in a relationship with me and he is the one who betrayed me. The other person really makes no difference to me. UNLESS she (or he.. you never know) is a friend of mine, or a family member of mine. In those cases they have also betrayed my trust. So my question to you is, who would you go after? The significant other? The one they cheated with? Or both?
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@lightningMD (5931)
• United States
27 Jul 07
I wouldnt go after either my husband for cheating or the person he cheated with. I would calmly pack all his stuff and sit out by tyhe road. Then I would file for divorce,empty our checking accounts,and take every thing he has.
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• United States
28 Jul 07
Nicely said! I wish I could put my anger aside and do a move like that!
• United States
29 Jul 07
I think that your response is exactly the best..but I am not the host..Violence never solves anything..If you would resort to "getting even" or "Going after the other" then you would prolong the problem and initiate new ones.
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• United States
29 Jul 07
I realize I worded it as "who would you go after" but I was thinking more along the lines of "who would you direct your anger toward" not necessarily physically.
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• United States
28 Jul 07
Well..I do not have that situation; but, if I did I would not respond with a violent act. I would sit down my significant other..bf or husband .. and ask him outright what the reasonnig is. I would ask ..what is lacking in the relationshiop that he had to cheat. Some men can not stay committed and should never marry ..They float around flirting with all they can find. I would say ..counseling is the best place for the couple involved to meet the problem head on ..the counselor would act as the "referee" "moderator" and keep things on a balanced pace.
• United States
29 Jul 07
Ok..maybe counseling wont always work ..I don't believe however that violence towards anyone is going to resolve the matter.
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@jennybianca (12912)
• Australia
29 Jul 07
Unfortunately counselling doesn't work where one partner ios irrational or violent, as is the case with my hubbys ex.
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@Willowlady (10658)
• United States
27 Jul 07
In some places the other woman/guy is able to be sued for some infraction. It does take two to tango they say and Yes I would be made at the mate as well as the other woman. At any point if she knew he was married she could have done the right thing and backed off. I would vote to legally punish them both. Perhaps that would save another lady/guy the same grief as I got.
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• United States
27 Jul 07
But what if (s)he didn't know the person was married or in a relationship?
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@Willowlady (10658)
• United States
27 Jul 07
Either he is pretty good and then you don't want him back either. OR, she did not want to see it. Married men that juggle their lives are never with you on holidays and seem to work alot or something. Unless we choose to use our gut and feel that something is not right then we are at fault ultimately.
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@lecanis (16647)
• Murfreesboro, Tennessee
27 Jul 07
I've never understood that mentality either. It's your partner who broke your trust, not whoever they chose to cheat with. Unless that person had specifically promised me not to mess around with my partners, I wouldn't hold any enmity towards them, because they haven't actually broken any promises. I certainly wouldn't go after some stranger that didn't even know me as if they had done some personal wrong to me. Ultimately the vows between my partner and myself can only be broken by us, and therefore the other person really doesn't have anything to do with the problem itself. I suppose if they were a very close friend or family member I would be annoyed at them, but even then, the anger wouldn't be anything like I would have towards my partner.
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• United States
28 Jul 07
i agree
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@santuccie (3384)
• United States
28 Jul 07
Actually, I've had this happen to me twice. In both cases, I remained "friendly" with all parties involved, but to a lesser degree. And neither of the girls ever had a second chance with me. One of them tried to win me back at one point, and I essentially told her, "Tough luck." There's an old saying that goes something like this: "If you screw me over once, shame on you. If you screw me over twice, shame on me." I swear by this philosophy. I can forgive, but I never forget. And I will never put the person in the position where they might be able to do it again. Is that hard hearted of me? Maybe, but I won't have it any other way.
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@santuccie (3384)
• United States
28 Jul 07
I'm sorry. Going back over my response, it seems a little off-topic to me. In answer to your question, I am in agreement with you. When the second of two women cheated on me, I let her have it good. I silently took her to Prom night, where I confronted her, dumped her, and left her to cry alone. We were in Job Corps, so it's not like I left her stranded (I wouldn't have left her without a ride if she'd needed one). But she knew she'd done wrong, and she actually owned up to it quite well. She didn't try to make excuses, or even try to win me back. She told me she was sorry and wished she hadn't done it, and that she wanted to stay friends. And I was able to respect that.
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@dunnbiz (33)
• Indonesia
27 Jul 07
you have to know your spouse first before you know how you should react. some cases that the teasing came from the other side. if he or she tried it really hard, your spouse might fall for him/her. of course spouse is the one you should blame first, but the first intention came from him/her.
• United States
27 Jul 07
Even if the intention was from the other person, that other person has no commitment to you... the significant other does.
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@Geminigirl (1909)
• United States
28 Jul 07
I think it is the fault of both, but of course mostly the fault of whomever you have a commitment with. Each situation would vary greatly. No matter how you slice it, it is a rough situation to be in.
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@anonymili (3138)
28 Jul 07
I know lots of people who've been cheated on by their partners and have talked about getting even with the person that they cheated with and I've always been rather bemused by it. Say your husband cheats on you, he's the one who's married to you, he's the one who's supposed to be faithful to you, if you're gonna chop off anyone's bits and pieces it should be HIS not the woman he cheated with. For some sense of satisfaction, I'd want to say to the woman, after I packed my man's suitcases and threw them at his head "You want him? Have him! I hope you find out what it feels like to be cheated on some time down the line, cos he's done it to me and he'll probably do it to you too!" And then add something really cutting like "Oh and I hope you like all types of housework cos he's sure as hell gonna expect you to be doing ALL of it, enjoy!" I was with my ex for 15 years and without going into it all, I got a great sense of satisfaction from punching his lights out when we first split up and he cried like a baby begging me not to dump him. He did the unforgivable to me and no one was I ever going to take him back. He's still with the other woman but that's more to do with the fact that his parents chose her for him and I don't care much to know about how his life is now. He actually expected me to stay with him after finding out about the other woman, I can't understand what a desperate cow he thought I was?! I've never met her nor do I wish to, none of it was her fault as he never even told her about me in the first place!
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• India
28 Jul 07
They probably move on with the one they cheated with becasuse she/he is the latest crush and all humans have a tendency for keeping new things and throwing away the old ones. maybe that is what's getting shown here, basic human tendency. So,if i'm faced with the same situation i'd do exactly what u did. But if it were a friend then i'd go mad solely on my friend and not on my girl, don't ask me why, but that's how i feel i'd do.
• Philippines
28 Jul 07
Both, but I will madder at the partner that betrayed me and will mostly just ignore his partner in crime. Now if the other woman gives me trouble well then it's a different story.
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@sid556 (30959)
• United States
28 Jul 07
I have been cheated on and it is my partner that I am upset with. The other girl may or may not even know about me. Of course if it were a friend of mine or family member...I'd be doubly hurt. It takes two.
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• Philippines
28 Jul 07
at the time i was cheated for the first time i didn't go after the lady but instead i went after my guy..confronted him and asks several questions why it has to happen..i don't wanna do anything with the lady besides if my guy had moved away from her when the time he feels like cheating then things will not happen..its all in a guy when things happen and the only question asked was if there is something that i she has that i don't have for him to cheat on me..
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• China
28 Jul 07
Firstly,"cheat" is a bad word,I don not like this word and I hate the person who like cheating others'love. we should treasure the relationship between our friends,familymemmber and the boy or girl that you love,so I often treated them in my heart.because I love them and they also love me ,especially,your sweetheart and your family . If someone cheated me,i don not want to beat the person,because he is so tirty and foul,I don not want him dirty my hands.
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@mengyuan (46)
• China
28 Jul 07
I agree with you.I can't hold someone cheat me,if they cheat me ,I will cut off relation with them
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@Calais (10893)
• Australia
27 Jul 07
Your totally right, I would go after the spouse for sure...They might not have even told this fling about you and could be totally innocent...Its the other half that would cop it..
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• United States
27 Jul 07
A very wise woman once said, "The best revenge is to make her/him keep the cheater." I think I have to agree with that. Sit back and wait for it; it'll come.
• United States
28 Jul 07
I feel why go after anyone of them. I would say "good riddens, now he is yours." I do not want a cheeter, and you cannot stop someone from cheating on you if they want to. I would not want him to know how he upset me.
• Australia
28 Jul 07
I wouldn't go after either of them - i would stay away from both and break it off.
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@punlonnjack (1308)
• United States
28 Jul 07
I agree with you I would be mad at my husband.But like you said if its a friend or family memember I would have to get more involved. I would have to confront them.
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• United States
27 Jul 07
I would definetly put more of the anger towards the person who cheated not the person who they cheated with. Many times the other person doesn't even know...those are the worse. Here this one, I was cheating on...by my boyfriend...with ANOTHER GUY...at age 15. Now how horribe is that? I never really went after the guy he cheated on me with but it's been 3 years and I still don't talk to my ex. ~cass
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