Ever been cheated on? What did you do to get even? Did you even get even?

Philippines
September 3, 2008 8:00pm CST
I think this is the absolute worst thing that could happen to me in a relationship. There've been times when I've been cheated on and it has made me physically sick --fever and vomit kind of sick. I've vowed to safeguard myself against it and even gone as far as threatening my boyfriend that if he cheats on me, it's like giving me license to cheat on him. How about you? Ever had the same problem? What did you do?
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12 responses
• United States
4 Sep 08
Unfortunately, I did encounter these type of situations with my ex and I have never thought about doing the same back because then I would just be on his level and would make me the same, for how upset I was I just let things be. We do have a daughter and I have to deal with him on a daily bases because he is always calling to check up on his daughter. I do not hold anything against him things happened are now left in the past I do not believe in grudges they are just negative. One must always try to think as positive as one can.
• Philippines
4 Sep 08
Thank you very much. What a strong woman you are to be able to deal with him. Do you think its possible for the two of you to be together again? He's calling a lot and all. Oh well not for nosey me to know. Happy Lotting, then!
• United States
4 Sep 08
Well, things are going great in the area where he is taking care of his responsibilities that deal with our daughter and though we do get along as we are in peace we have already talked it out and basically his way of thinking is, " I want to finish medical school then we can see where we stand" he basically does not want me to date any one stay single but does not want to make a commitment with me quite yet and in reality what can I expect? After five and a half years of being with him and 6 and a half knowing him the best thing is to just be at peace I just do not want to play games and have my daughter all confused only because he does not even know what he wants so I decided to just live my life and make the best with out him as my partner.
• Philippines
5 Sep 08
I guess I just don't understand the part where he can't commit yet he wants you to stay single. Pretty selfish in my opinion. But, yes just strive to be at peace without him in the picture.
@super_jj (1416)
• Philippines
4 Sep 08
Hmmmm...well, my situation was quite confusing. She wanted me so she cheated on her boyfriend and had me. Hehehehe. But it didnt work out coz i told her to choose Between me and him,and she said she wanted me more, but then she never really left him. And we were like together for almost 9 months. I know it was wrong but i wanted her too (maybe even loved her), and i was just hoping and reminding her to leave him if she really wanted to be with me. But, surprise surprise! She never lest him! And so he found out (we live in such a small town). You could imagine how messy the situation became. So i broke up with her and never talked to her ever since. To think that my parents liked her. sheeesh! It is now 10 months since the very traumatic experience. Hehehehe.
• Philippines
5 Sep 08
Naughty boy. Lucky you didn't get minced by the boyfriend. Don't you men have rules not to touch another man's woman or something like that?
@super_jj (1416)
• Philippines
5 Sep 08
Erm...ha cant coz i'm way bigger and taller than him. Hehehehehe. Well, i dont really know much about rules. Hehehehe.
• Canada
5 Sep 08
I have been cheated on but did nothing to get even as I loved the person I was with very much and although the hurt and pain was more then I thought I could bear at the time , I did make it through that period and although it will never go away the hurt that I endured because of it , I decided that I loved the person I was with enough to work through our problems . We are still together today and at times it is still hard but I continue to work through it . I think that a person has to decide for themselves if they can deal with the cheating , how much they love the person they are with and if in the end it is worth continuing or not . I was cheated on more then one occasion and each time with a so called friend and I think that is what hurt more was the fact that it was with two people I trusted very much . Many that know me say they never could have done what I did and remained with someone who did that to them but the truth is you never know for 100% sure what you will do until you are faced with the situation yourself .
• Philippines
5 Sep 08
Well said. It takes a special woman with wisdom, strength, and lots of love to be able to do what you did. I admire you, but I can't do the same. Not yet I think.
@kean28 (226)
• Philippines
4 Sep 08
my ex cheated on me and i found it out accidentally...i guess he was texting the other girl and he accidentally mis-sent it to me..and i read all the words he said..he was eventually flirting big time and worst is it was my sister...i even saw them kissing and was on the way of trying to make out but it didn't happen even if i didn't came in to disturb them..i actually wanna see and watch what they had to do that time even if it hurts..the guy was apologetic and he tried to work things over but same thing never change..he still do the calling and texting to her...so when it hurts i get even, i cheated on him as well and he never liked it...he said he was so hurt and i said it was just the same feeling i felt when he never stopped cheating on me and worst pain ever because it was over my sister...we never got through it so we called it off...
• Philippines
5 Sep 08
Wow. That's awful. A double hit. Your sister and your boyfriend. I'm sorry to hear about that. I hope your able to get over it and find a better man who deserves to be with you.
@Bluepatch (2476)
• Trinidad And Tobago
4 Sep 08
I've been cheated on for years. All I do is feel kind of sad and then just drift away from the realtionship. I simply cannot continue with someone who I know doesn't think that well of me to go and consort with another person. Its absolutely the best way to sink an affair.
• Philippines
5 Sep 08
Way better than going psycho and imagining about planting a knife tree on him. Our relationship is going well though. I think my threat worked.
@belk89 (1103)
• Philippines
4 Sep 08
Everybody is scared to get cheated. But in a relationship we can never avoid it that sometimes part of engaging on it is the risk of getting hurt. Everytime we made a mistake in choosing the right person we are learning not to commit the same mistakes again and figure out things before we started to let ourselves fall in love again. Getting even is not the right thing to do whenever your bf is cheating on you. It will never make once mistake right. Instead of getting even, move on and start a better life. There are so many fish in the sea. All we need to do is make sure that when we fall in love we have to make a balance between our mind and our heart. Sometimes when we fall in love even if we see the negative sides of a person we choose to ignore it because we love the person. It is unfair of your bf side that you already judge him of cheating even if he didnt do anything wrong. Trust is very important in a relationship. Learn to move on and heal the pain that you feel with your past relationship and start a better life by giving trust and making wise decision this time. Life is to short to let yourself worry so much if your partner will cheat on you or not. You are still young and there are still a lot of things that will come your way. Make the most out of it, we can only be young once so enjoy it while you can.
• Philippines
5 Sep 08
I guess you're right. But it does take some time. Trust is too valuable a thing to break. When it breaks it explodes into a million pieces and you can't just glue it together. You need to rebuild. Put in some of the old stuff that was good and add new stuff that will make it stronger and harder to break.
@subha12 (18441)
• India
4 Sep 08
I wa scheated in friendship. it was not romantic one. I thought taht person to be my best friend. i believed him. he took all advantages and later cheated big time. i lier he was
• Philippines
5 Sep 08
What did you do after? We're you able to stay friends or everything just went up into a big explosion of hate?
@chechuva (1275)
• Philippines
4 Sep 08
my two exes cheated on me before. it made me really miserable. i became irresponsible with my studies and made me insensitive with others. im not really the type of person who get even and plot a revenge to those people who cheated on me. i don't know, i just don't want to have anything to do with them anymore. actually now, im friends with my exes. the funny thing is that we can talk and make fun of what happened to our relationship before.
• Philippines
4 Sep 08
That's nice... I guess that means you've matured. Or they've matured. I'm amazed at how you can stay friends with them after what happened. What's the secret here, if any? Care to share?
@valeria1 (2721)
• United States
4 Sep 08
This is past, but if I felt that my partner had cheated on me I would go and do exactly the same to him and of course tell all that I did and say How do you feel, good? After that break up of course!
• Philippines
5 Sep 08
I think we have the same way of thinking Valeria. I'd do the same. Pretty destructive but I need to feel I was able to get even in a situation like that.
• United States
4 Sep 08
I was never cheated on... But I was the other woman and I had no idea until a friend of hers confronted me about spending the night with her. Her I was thinking I was the girlfriend when all along she had one. I told the girlfriend, we had a talk about it. Basically we said she had to chose. She chose me but then a month later dumped me to go running back to her other girlfriend. She told me she "needed space". It wasn't a big loss, my feelings hadn't developed into anything serious yet. And that entire month I just couldn't bring myself to trust her again. So... I wasn't cheated on but in a way...?
• Philippines
5 Sep 08
The way I look at it, you were both cheated on. You thought you were her girlfriend exclusively right? And you never thought she had another woman, so yes. Both of you. But lucky for you, you got out before things became too painful.
@Erin88 (348)
• United States
4 Sep 08
Unfortunately, this post hits close to home. My ex cheated. I never thought he would do that. I was extremely hurt and told him I didn't feel I could trust him. He wanted to stay together and make things work. I made the mistake of agreeing to work things out. He did it again and still wanted to stay together. I took some time away from him and realized that neither he, nor the relationship, were worth the stress. After breaking up with him, I felt like a giant weight was removed from me. I never got even. I don't regret not getting even. I do regret not letting him know how much he hurt me. Even if he may not have cared, it would have provided a level of closure that I never got. It took a long time for me to trust again. I have started a new relationship and have moved on. The ex used to email me letters of apology and regret, but I never responded. I'm just glad I didn't marry him. It would have been much harder to leave. I know how you feel. It's not a good feeling to worry that a boyfriend will cheat.
• Philippines
4 Sep 08
Thank you for sharing. I know it might still be a sensitive topic but you definitely made an intelligent decision in letting him go. It's the trust that's hard to rebuild when you give a cheater the second choice. You really, really love them and you hope to God they won't ever do it again but at the back of your mind and at the bottom of your heart, you just have this gut-wretching feeling that they would. And then they do. Which kinda makes us feel stupid. Or they don't. Which makes us feel guilty of doubting. Hard to glue somthing that's been broken a thousand times over. But I commend you for moving forward. Best of luck!
• Philippines
4 Sep 08
well as for me i have experience the same too, i was cheated when i was in college, and definitely it hurts coz it's my first love,but to think that i can live alive and kicking the worst that i do is not allowing him to befriends with my relatives which in turn sacrifices his self because he was comfortable making friends with my relatives.and i did not give a damn chance to him even if he cries 100 times, he could never go back to me, coz my motto in love life is one is enough for a wise man and two is too much for a fool man.
• Philippines
5 Sep 08
I agree. You are wise then. ^^