Once a Cheater....
By devtina
@devtina (371)
India
June 29, 2008 1:31pm CST
Is this phrase true ...Once a cheater always a cheater....do u think that this phrase is something that we can learn from when people friends cheat on us.....cause i read some discussions saying that X person cheated on Y and they still live together ...then X again starts to cheat...so in this case wouldnt this phrase be true....throw some light please ...share ur thoughts on this...
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8 responses
@Valenas (1507)
• United States
29 Jun 08
Everyone cheats. Cheating is not limited to leaning over in class and copying the answer off of your classmate. Cheating, by definition, is doing anything that might give you an unfair advantage. This is only the first half. This means, if you and your neighbor are at war for the best lawn, using Miracle Grow would be cheating, especially if your neighbor lacks the funds to get Miracle Grow for himself. The other half of the definition is 'Usually at the expense of others.' Using the same example, this would be stealing your neighbor's Miracle Grow and using it on own lawn, instead of buying some for yourself. Of course, cheating does not always mean that you are doing something against the rules.
@msedge (4011)
• United States
29 Jun 08
Once you cheat,its hard to gain back the trust again.So,no matter how you tried to change and gain back the trust, you can't erase the fact that you cheated before and the people still in doubt of trusting you back.But i do believe everybody can change if we just have the will to do it and we really wanted to.Though its really hard to give your trust again but we are just human we should give others a chance to change and prove themselves to be trustworthy again.
@devtina (371)
• India
29 Jun 08
I agree with you...to gain that trust is really difficult even if its gained the after effects of that episode always would be some where in the back of your mind i guess...its definetely a difficult situation ;) but i guess given a chance to change does not cost anything...but then its like how many chances ;) am just asking not out of experience for myself but just a collegues expereince that i have stated below in another response ...thanks for stopping by :)
@pixiedustforyou2008 (2422)
• United States
29 Jun 08
From personal experience that is true i have seen it happen to much.. Giving this one guy a chance to change and he never did he continued to cheat on me.
@nikinicole (169)
• United States
29 Jun 08
We have all heard that phrase...and it is a very good question. One that we all wonder about but no one has the right answer to. People do change. Each situation is different and each one would have to be looked at very carefully. The phrase may be true for some but not for all. I thik that we should look at past relationships of someone but you need to know both sides of the story. If you are with someone that cheating on an ex in the past, it doesn't necessarily mean this person will cheat on you.
@devtina (371)
• India
29 Jun 08
i agree with you...i'll like to share an example of a collegue ..he married a lady who was getting a divorce say 10 years back...n this lady was issueless now after 10 years of married life this lady has filed a divorce against this person and they have 2 kids...just because she seems to love someone else...so here you see she left someone for this collegue....now she is ready to leave this collegue for someone else...well its a sad world :( ....thanks for responding :)
@Juduka (118)
• Finland
29 Jun 08
I hate that phrase.
Once a jogger always a jogger.
Once a lier always a lier.
Once a truthteller always a truthteller.
It makes no sense.
However I do believe in a concept called slight edge, which basicly means that you're always getting better or worse as time goes by. It's becomes easier and easier to bend the rules a little more, once you choose to begin walking that path.
@flowerpower5 (96)
•
12 Aug 08
Pretty much a cheater is always a cheater. I've seen it with couples dating, then is continues on in their married life/common law life. They both know it's going on but they continue with things until it ends really ugly. Once the trust is gone it's hard to get back.