What would you do if you cheated on someone?

I would tell the guy that I had cheated on, mainly because if it was the other way round I would expect him to tell me. There is also the issue of guilt, but to be honest I think I could move on with that and my biggest would be someone else telling him.

I'd tell him. My boyfriend cheated on me when we first started dating, and he told me like half hour after it happened 'cause of how bad he felt. We're still together six months later but I think if I cheated on him I'd tell him right away, I wouldn't be able to hide it. I'm a bad liar when it comes to something bothering me. Which is good 'cause I wouldn't want to hide something like that from him.

"Honesty is the best policy" works only in positive environments. But not all may have the guts to face the negative side of disasters it brings. Everybody does make a mistake. Shooting it out or not, later it shall be revealed. The more you keep inside yourself, the more you show the signal to your partner who is a good detector of your behaviors. Feeling guilty will influence your emotional reactions to him, no matter how good you try to cover. That's just not the way of us, we need to talk it out to make us feel better. It's already sour, adding one more sour doesn't give much impact to the situation. Releasing them away is the only way. Face it, show to yourself that you're the one who's able to face the truth, no matter how bad the result will show you. Then take this lesson as an experience in your life that you must avoid/prevent in the next relationships, should if this one fails. People need to learn; nobody's perfect. People is egotistic; only wants to receive the sweet from its partner but not the bitter of mistakes. How can one's forgiven, if one never forgives other. Perfectionist doesn't own the place in the relationship, only forgiveness does, the best tool of Patience, which endure the balance of a relationship to last forever.

that is a painful situation to be in. firstly i would never get myself in a situation on cheating on anyone. dont think i would be able to live with myself. i have never an dont think i would. if something does happen which would be a big mistake i think i would tell my partner. dont think i could live with the lie on my head.

If I am serious with this relation then I would tell him because I don't like to lie or have a secret with my partner....but then again if I am serious with him then I would cheat on him since the first place. But then again (for the second time) If I have done a mistake then I prefer to come clean....and definitely will not do it again.

I think its better to tell people the truth. So many people avoid it. If people aren't telling you the whole story, you're nothing but disillusioned, and not by fault. It's wrong to keep people in the dark, if you can't be open or honest with that person, you shouldn't be with them.

Bring it out and get over with it asap..... In short, before you go to sleep each day, thrash out any differences....it makes, the next day - a lot easier.... Besides, stop trusting a forum and not him or her....these should be thrashed out between you if not a close confidante..... have fun !!!

It would all depend on the situation and how good the relationship was. If I was in a really good relationship, and everything was good between us, and if the cheating was something like a one night stand, then I would keep it to myself and carry it to my grave. If it was a full out affair, why stay with the other person and act like nothing was going on, odds are they know something is not right. However, I can honestly say, I won't ever have to face the 'what would you do' in this situation, because I would never cheat on my s/o. I don't understand people who get married or in a long term relationship that constently cheat on the s/o, why be in a relationship if you want to fool around all the time?

Unfortunately, I've been in this place once. I don't really know why I did it..maybe it was because I didn't really care about the guy. But, it had happened while he was in jail, and like right after he got bailed out, I told him. He was super pissed at me for a while, but we worked it out...it was other things that drove us apart. I would never do that again though..it's not fair to anyone and it's not a decent thing to do.

I don't agree with keeping it to yourself. I have been married for 6 1/2 years now and 3 years into it, my husband wasn't paying any attention to me so I cheated. I admit it was totally wrong. I told him about it. We fought and talked, fought and talked some more. Finally we figured out what the problem was and worked it out. Communication is the key in any relationship. We now have 2 beautiful children and are constantly working at our marriage daily. I did think about not telling him at all, but he had a right to know. Now the one thing I think I should have never done was tell him who the other party was. That led to much more stress than it had to be.

I think the right thing to do would be to tell the truth, and get out of the relationship. If you aren't honest, the guilt will eat away at you forever. If you stay in the relationship after confessing, there will never be the same amount of trust as there once was. Although not cheating in the first place would be the absolute best course of action :)

i cheated on my partner once i kept it to myslf for a week or so and i felt so bad and mean that i had to tell him! i was so scared of loosing him and i loved him so much that i couldnt lie to him any more! we talked for hours and we both decided that we loved each other and that we would give it another try! it worked we are still together and alot more open with each other and talk about our worries and problems i am so glad that i told him the truth! i am lucky to have such an understanding partner!! i no it wont always work like that for everyone but i think telling the truth is aways the best way

Early in our relationship, before we were married, my husband and I both had experiences of cheating on each other. We were young and made some foolish mistakes. We were eventually honest with each other about these issues and we each forgave the other. (these were separate times) I'm glad we were honest and did not have a secret like that standing between us. I am also glad that we both could forgive one another and move forward. We have since been together for 18 years and we are each others best friends. We have never done anything like this since. We would not risk what we have.

I will keep it to myself,though i feel bad.Because i cannot accept others cheat on me,i'm afraid he not too.Something enough to make you feel bad,it must be hurt to him.