Would you ever take someone back if they cheated on you?
By smooch091784
@smooch091784 (973)
Philippines
April 24, 2009 10:54am CST
I guess it would be hard especially for those people who are patience and kind enough, and also to those who are so in love.. I've been cheated too many times with just 1 guy, and I know how dumb and stupid I was during those days. But if ever I get cheated again (which hopefully wouldn't want to experience again!), then, you know as the saying goes, "There's always a second chance" So, everyone deserves second chance, and that's only it. But you know, the trust and the faith you have for your partner won't be the same again if ever that happens..
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24 responses
@CanadaGal (4304)
• Canada
24 Apr 09
Most people would answer that they would never take someone back if they cheated on them, but the fact is that I think the majority of people do take them back.
I know I did, with my now ex-husband. In my case, it didn't work out, but it's all good in the end for me and my sons. However, if given the situation again in a new relationship? I'm not sure if I would have the strength to fight for it again. It really took a lot out of me in my marriage.
@jkatmaou (195)
• Philippines
25 Apr 09
i am currently still in a relationship where my guy is cheating on me, has cheated on me, and will probably cheat on me again. weird as it may seem, i love this guy very much...and though i know he will always be a cheater, i can't leave him, not yet.
@363950719 (9)
• China
25 Apr 09
I won't trust him longer if I found he cheated me.I can't stand anyone who isn't honest and I most hate the sense of cheated.So I won't give him a second chance to the person cheated me.
@dave_cmc (7)
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25 Apr 09
I was cheated on by my now ex girlfriend. I was so angry and upset, and the time and for a long time after i thought it was my fault! and i actually tried everything to forget and ultimately beg to get her back! now time has passed, although i say i wouldnt go back there now. no matter what she did i guess id take her back if she turned up on my doorstep. Mind over matter more than anything.
@berrys (864)
• Singapore
25 Apr 09
once a cheater ALWAYS a cheater. i have cheated on my partners, and my partners have cheated on me. and from my experience if you cheat, or if your partner cheats dump them immediately. you can still remain friends if you want. but never take them back. second chances were invented by cheaters. in the case of cheating they do not deserve a second chance cause it was their fault in the first place, you gave them a chance, and they blew it in a very hurtful way. in no way are you being heartless here, they're the ones who was so heartless to cheat, if you're dumb enough to cheat you're dumb enough to get caught.
i know it will be hard if you still love him but its for the best. people do change but rarely that quickly it takes years. so if you still love him after a few years and you both are single than you can take him back. but the best is still not to. cheers love.
@modstar (9605)
• Philippines
25 Apr 09
No, i won't. Like you said, it's pretty hard. I don't think it'll be doubly hard to trust her in a sense that i can't go on with the relationship with a sound mind. I have to put my guard up all the time and i think this is not healthy anymore because relationship should have trust as one of it's foundation. The last line on your discussion is very true. The relationship will never be the same.
@kmilfabic (45)
• Philippines
25 Apr 09
HELL NO! If someone cheated on me it would be very hard to earn my trust again. TRUST has a big role in making a relationship/marriage work and last forever. It would be hard to start all over if 1/4 or 1/2 of your trust to your partner is lost. Him being a cheater would hunt you everyday and that wouldn't be healthy for you or your partner.
@cobra1368 (702)
• United States
25 Apr 09
I am a believer in the saying, "Once a cheater, always a cheater." If they are willing to cheat once, they are more than likely willing to do it again at some point. The thinking here is that if they don't get caught, what's the harm?
If my husband ever cheated on me, that would be a deal-breaker. No second chances with that. Fortunately, he knows that about me. Furthermore, I really don't think he'd ever do it. Of course, many people have thought that and been wrong, but he just isn't the type of person that would do it. One thing that is very apparent about him is how much he loves me.
I have never cheated on anyone, so I find it hard to forgive a cheater. If I can keep my pants on, so can he!!
@zzyw87 (1254)
• Philippines
25 Apr 09
People say you are foolish for taking someone back after he cheated. But sometimes they do not really understand the depth of your feelings for that person. Anyway, sometimes, a girl needs to be foolish for love even just once. Just think of it and consider it as a different kind of experience in love :) If my guy cheated on me, yes, I would take him back but only once. I would definitely give him a second chance. Hey, nobody is perfect. But if he did it again after that second chance, I would definitely break up with him and not give him the time of day anymore. I am definitely not going to be a fool in love twice or more. It just means that he did not learn from that experience. Sometimes, love is also about learning.
@angelbabyliz (68)
• United States
25 Apr 09
I couldn't do it. It'd always be in the back of my mind and I'd always be looking for clues.
@yerocnuz (4)
• Singapore
25 Apr 09
I honestly can say I would not take some one back after cheating on me, because once a cheater always a cheater and it is most likely it will be done again.
Now if you are cheating as well it is a complete different story, "Do Onto Others As You Wish Done Onto Yourself!"
@danishcanadian (28955)
• Canada
25 Apr 09
No way in hell would I take someone back after they cheated on m,e. I am lucky enough never to have been cheated on, but my husband wasn't so lucky. We both agree that cheating is a complete dealbreaker in any relationship. I would never cheat on him, and he would never cheat on me.
@ProudMommy22 (705)
• United States
24 Apr 09
Ive been cheated on a few times...However 1 guy that i was with for 2 years he cheated on my a few times alone but he never knew i knew about it because i never said anything for the simple reason he already knew i had known about it. But what he failed to reason is after i had enough i left one day he was at work and moved somewhere else. He called for days on end to my mother looking but after a while he called and i answered and he always used the same excuses over and over but after a while you have to stop and look at it like this...Is it really worth the stress,pain,heartache to go back?
@wisan_jaya (127)
• Indonesia
24 Apr 09
It is really depend on the reason why he is or she is cheating on me. Sometimes, i think the other cheating on me because they are really depressed and feel shame to ask for help. So the only way from them cheating. But whatever could the reason the cheater has, i think we should think twice to accept them back. This no selfish to take care of ourself.
@Archie0 (5652)
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24 Apr 09
well i dont know hw to react on this, because its very breaking to get cheated by someone. i have got it and i was left broken and thoughtless on my way to bleed alone.i know how it feels to be left alone...you cant actually react even when you say you will.
happy mylotting.
@nrn2003 (661)
• United States
24 Apr 09
If I was married and my husband cheated on me, that would be the end of our relationship. I think there is a HUGE difference between dating and being married. Being married symbolizes eternal life together. That is a huge step to take, so if he/she cheats on the other person in the marriage they have ovbiously changed their mind about eternal togetherness. Dating is a different story. You havent made the eternal committment. Those are the days yuo are supposed to be stupid and make mistakes. Then you learn from those things and make things better for yourself. Im not saying cheating is every OKAY...Because if you want to be with other people then have the decency to split up with the one you are with and let them have that chance as well. But in my dating relationship I have been cheated on, and when I was in high school I cheated alot as well and learned my lessons. I hope that people do that in their early years so they dont screw up marriages. Marriage is becoming more of an obligation than a gift...people give up too easy, but if my husband were to cheat, that would be the end because he ovbiously took extreme measures to try to ruin faith and love and trust in one another.
@skeeter_fleet (24)
• United States
24 Apr 09
I hate to say it, but I think if you tell someone that everyone deserves a second chance, that what that person hears is going to be, Hey, I get one for free. It almost encourages cheating. Well, at least once. And you have to remember that what it really means is that the person can only get CAUGHT once. They can do it as much as they want if they don't get caught. The simple truth is, I think, not everyone deserves a second chance. It depends very much on the person and the circumstances, taken together. Which means you really can't say in advance whether they're going to deserve it or not. And I think that not knowing is a better way to make something think twice about cheating.