cheating partner

Philippines
November 9, 2008 11:09am CST
would you forgive your partner if they cheated on you and it's not the first time your partner has done that. how much are you willing to take to make the relationship work?
9 responses
• India
11 Nov 08
If I am financially independent, I will walk out on the guy with the kids. If not, I shall try taking up a new job. I will really take the kids away and start a new life after five years of working and saving. Till then, I will really pretend that we are together for the sake of children but all the ties otherwise would be cut.. Five years are enough to plan out the future.
@YoungInLove (1254)
• Canada
10 Nov 08
I would never forgive a cheating partner even if I wanted to. After theyd do that to me Id know that id keep thinking about it. Everytime they left,everytime they saaid they had to work or go do this and that, Id always wonder if they were lying, and that would just be too stressful to live with on a daily basis.
• Philippines
10 Nov 08
I will let go of the relationship and I will also forgive. Cheating stain trust in a relationship and its hard to stay in a relationship that is full of doubts and mistrust. Forgiveness is actually not only for the benefit of the person who cheated,but for the person who has been cheated. Living a life that is full of hatred and unforgiveness in one's heart is worst than living a life with a partner who is cheating you every single day of your relationship. One must not destroy his/her life by not forgiving an unworthy person.. Yes, I agree, its easy said than done, but that's what a mature person should do, i guess....
@zalilame (880)
• Malaysia
10 Nov 08
I would definitely throw him out. I only give my spouse one chance. We have discussed about this thing and he agrees with me. He understood if don't have the feeling to each other anymore we will be living separately with my child living with me. If he cheated on me I'll leave him for sure.
• United States
10 Nov 08
As i expect my partner to respect our vows and take them to heart. I would forgive him once if he did so happen to cheat on me. I always tend to forgive everyone atleast once. However i would inform him that if it ever happened again that he would loose me and his children forever and that he would not be able to find us. it would be hard to do but if he cheats then i dont want to be around him and my kids to grow up thinking that its okay to do so
• United States
10 Nov 08
I cheated on my partner twice and he forgave me. I was naive and angry when we fought and resorted to cheating. I quickly realized that that was no way to deal with a problem. I told my partner about it and at first we broke up for several weeks, but I kept in contact with him reminding him how sorry I was and how willing I was to try and make things work again. Eventually he forgave me, but he doesn't necessarily trust me anymore. We are working on that again and so far things are going okay. i have had to sacrifice a few things, since we are long distance, such as going out on the weekends. He wants to know that I am home and being good, but of course if I do go out he just asks that I let him know where I am and what I'm doing, and to call him before I go to bed. Those changes are not too much to ask, and i am thankful that he has forgiven me and we are making our relationship work.
@lisa0502 (1724)
• Canada
9 Nov 08
I am not so forgiving. I do not think that I would still be with my partner if he had cheated. We made vows to be married and I expect him to follow those vows. We have been through alot but cheating is one thing I could not handle him doing.
@mumtaz1 (16)
• India
9 Nov 08
yes i forget my partner has cheated with me but they are realized that mistake has he done than i forgive my life partner because our parents is has crashed to our life we are having too understand in each other than our lifes going too good and we are having very love with eachother
• India
9 Nov 08
Very difficult topic.I have gone through this pain for a period of more than 10 years.Tried to forgive her numerous acts.ultimately after 10 years she dumped me and got married to somebody else.And i decided not to go into any relation anymore,and then the saga of life went on.But forgiving is the best way to heal your wounds and unidirectional time takes care of the rest...perhaps.