Would you tell your friend if you saw her boyfriend cheating on her???

cheating - waht if you saw your friend's girlfriend cheating on him?
Turkey
August 9, 2007 10:11am CST
suppose you saw one of your friend's boy/girlfriend cheating on her/him? would you go ahead and tell your friend what you saw immediately? or would you just wait to see how things are going to develop between them? maybe what you saw was just an insignificant flirt? does it matter? or maybe your friend loves him/her so much that she prefers not to hear about it? maybe they are meant for each other and by telling this you would be the one who tears them apart? would you risk it all? or would you just pretend like you haven't seen anything and leave their business to their own?
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26 responses
@twoey68 (13627)
• United States
11 Aug 07
I think most ppl can tell the difference between flirting and cheating. If I caught my friends boyfriends/husbands cheating on my friends...I'd definately tell them...after all that is what friends are for. They may not want to hear it but they need to. AT PEACE WITHIN
@marje_09 (63)
• Philippines
10 Aug 07
if ever i can see my friend's boyfriend cheating.............why shouls i tell her of course not...instead i would rather apeear infront of her boyfriend if he is just near me or try to talk to him but.......i would check it out first if he is related to that person....in other words i would rather clarify things yet before anything else....COuld you afford to start the Problems between the two lovers?
@Marie2473 (8512)
• Sweden
10 Aug 07
I would confront the guy and give him a chanse to come clean himself. I would tell him that if he wont tell her I will and then give him a timelimit. I think it is better if it comes from him, but I would definately not let him get away with it. beeing cheated on is horrible, I have been there myself and when I found out that people knew I felt even more betrayed!
@Buchi_bulla (8298)
• India
10 Aug 07
Being a true friend, I feel I should tell her. So diplomatically I will give her hint. If she marries him and problems creep in, in her life, then my mind will kill me.
• China
10 Aug 07
If I can make sure it's not an insignificang flirt and it's true,I will tell my friend.Maybe he/she will feel sad,but I think it's better for him/her to be cheated.
@joshboz (1209)
• Australia
10 Aug 07
there is one discussion almost similar to your topic 2 days ago. and my answer is the samebefore. i wont tell it but i will try to know if my frined knows more than what i know and just allowing it because she dont want any arguments. but if not, then it is just right to tell her what i know especially if his boyfrined is not rrelated to me or not my friend. im not afraid if they break, because what matter more to me is my frined whom i care more. the act of cheating is bad itself, so i guess it's good to corrct cheating coz it is bad in nature. that's what i think.hope i did help answer your inquiry.
@lilaclady (28207)
• Australia
10 Aug 07
OMG this is a hard one, in loyalty to a friend I think one should inform them but by doing this that person is going to be hurt, and when someone loves someone sometimes they turn on anyone who comes between them and the love one and I mean the person who is informing for their best interest, I have seen permanent breakup of friendships because people have tried to do what they thought was the right thing. I think maybe a sutle hint of are you sure he or she is what you think, maybe plant a seed of doubt and let them find out for themselves, afterall who knows if there is a misunderstanding or something else, it is a very hard situation which one has to be very careful.
• Canada
10 Aug 07
I truly believe that true friend is one who care for friend and save him/her from bad times. If i know something which will harm my friend i will definetly inform to my friend indirectly like telling some stories and co-relate that with real life situation whic is happening now.
@zaichn (319)
• Philippines
10 Aug 07
Well, definitely not directly. I'll ask my friend first their situation with her boyfriend.. Ask some questions related to their status, current events, etc.. but not being obvious.. I don't really wanna lie to my friend and just hide the truth about what her boyfriend is doing. But If I really saw her boyfriend doing moves to another girl like physically,etc.. whatever.. then ill just tell my friend even though I know she'll be hurt.. if you wanna let your friend know that you really care, just be there for her and tell her the truth. Yep, its their business. But she has the right to know the truth which definitely will cause some problems maybe between me and her boyfriend or us as friends.
• Philippines
10 Aug 07
Of course since friendship really matter most to every person, for me I should have to tell my friend that he or she is cheating.Because I dont like my friend to be presumptuous with his/her affair to that person only to find out later on that she or he will be hurting more. The better the earlier for him or her to know to it so that that hurt would be so deep. With that kind of guy or gal is not worthy to be get serious with or to be hook up for life.
@marcialoyd (1173)
• United States
10 Aug 07
I have been put in this situation before. My best friends boyfriend went to school with me they were engaged and I overheard him bragging to some of his friends that he was going on a date with a different girl that night. I immediately called her and told her what I had heard him saying. He denied it when she confronted him about it. She knew I would never lie to her so she dumped him and thanked me for letting her know that he was a cheat before she made the mistake of marrying him.
• Philippines
10 Aug 07
yes of course, i don't tolerate that kind of situation. she has the right to know it.
@mistissa (1349)
• Netherlands
10 Aug 07
I think I would confront her boyfriend to tell her, or else I will. That way it is less hard maybe, because he will have to fess up himself.
• Jordan
10 Aug 07
I would wait about 5 days, see if he/she will stop cheating on him/her, if it continues I would tell my friend. Even in your friend likes him/her alot, you dont want to get your friend into a really big relationship then have his/her heart broken. Yup. I would risk it all.
• Malaysia
10 Aug 07
I would not tell her immediately after I saw that her boyfriend is cheating on her. I may got the wrong impression, and maybe it was just one of his cousins or co-worker. I couldn't make a judgement just by seeing him with another woman, unless his attitude an obvious flirt. If I sees this, I would not tell her after the incident happen. Instead I will call my friend to come over to the place to witness herself. I don't want to be blamed for making up stories later and loose a friendship with my best friend.
@teflon09 (208)
• India
10 Aug 07
umm.. its a pretty tricky question if not difficult.. food for thought definitely.. well, my approach would be somethin' like this.. I am a man and would like to say that a man cheating on his ladylove is unimaginable (wait a minute), provided the man sincerely and deeply loves the girl..Most times a girl brands a man as con man coz he happens to flirt with another girl.. well, actually if the man has loved you genuinely he would not have gone to another girl... coz, there is something wrong with you in the first place.. Perhaps, you don't accept your man with all his drawbacks.. In a relationship, you accept your partner as he/she is.. you don't be choosy once you start loving.. wanting all good qualities alone and brandishing him for any bad qualities.. It doesn't go that way.. Men are more sensitive than they appear to be.. If they genuinely love a girl, they never fall for another girl..no matter how beautiful the other girl may be.. oops, I hope I'm not exhausting you.. ok, i sum it up here.. If a girl happens to be my friend and her boyfriend cheating on her, i wud ask her to introspect first (scan herself first).. A woman whom a man deems to be sweet can never be cheated by her man.. much in the same way, a man can never be cheated by a woman.. Remember, if you ever see cheating, then there is no love between your friend and his/her girlfriend/boyfriend.. Why bother about a cheater getting cheated..simple as that.. Anyways great discussion buddy.. you brought us outta slumber.. best, Mike
• United States
10 Aug 07
yes i would i had that problem once and my best friend came and told me and i was hurt but I helped to knnow i had a friend that would look out for me and would be honest to me no matter what it was about
• China
10 Aug 07
i would wait for few days .i cann't tell my friend so quick.it will hurt their relationship.
• Portugal
10 Aug 07
Personally, I have to considers my friends bfs' nature. It is because there are people who have a charming personality, flirty behaviors...something like that. Next is I have to warn my friends bfs' attitudes towards the other girls. Ohh well, I forgot to mention that all of my friends bfs are like brothers to me so I can warn them in a nice way. Or I can do it in a joke manner. LOL I don't to see my friends being hurt....so if ever i can tell her in a graceful manner, i will. But I'm not saying that i will tell her to break up her bf, i might just tell her to talk over it with her boyfriend so they can do what ever it is in their relationship. :)
• Philippines
10 Aug 07
As a good friend I will tell my friend because its better to give Him/Her an idea that his/her lover is not loyal to him. By that maybe he/she can really find the right person that truely love him/her. I cant just close my mouth for what I saw and its up to my friend if what ever decision he/she will make or believing it or not. As long as I'v done my part doing the right thing.