What will you do if you found out that your husband/wife is having an affair?

Philippines
July 25, 2010 1:06am CST
What if you found out that your husband/wife/or gf/bf was having an affair? What will you do? With whom will you throw your fury to? To your partner or to the other person whom your partner is having an affair with? Can you forgive and still accept your partner after learning about the affair?
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@p3ks626 (6538)
• Philippines
25 Jul 10
I dont think this will ever happen to me but for the sake of answering the question and giving an honest answer, I am going to torture them both. I think in my anger I will be able to do things that are not according to the laws of the land. lol
• Portugal
26 Jul 10
ahah yes p3ks i think people lose a bit the control if saw that in front of their eyes^^
• Philippines
26 Jul 10
Your lucky... you have a faithful partner. Keep the love alive. Good luck.
@PDBME2 (1014)
• United States
25 Jul 10
I would blame my spouse if he cheated on me. At times I worry about all the women who are so aggressive at times when it comes to married men. I used to have a friend who would write sexy notes to coworkers. I used to laugh at them but never told her much. I think it would be a big temptation to a man to get these kind of offers. I've had my husband tell me of all the married men who are involved with women at his job. He had a friend who ended up getting a divorce only to hook up with a female coworker. I asked my husband if he knew about it but he said no before his friend left his wife. Anyhow I would blame him for allowing it to happen. If a child was involved, that he got someone pregnant I don't think I could go on. I have dealt with his stepchildren before we got together and that was hard enough. I wouldn't want to go through that again.
@PDBME2 (1014)
• United States
25 Jul 10
so true about asking yourself if there was something that you lacked in your relationship but there are some people that are just habitual cheaters. They use whoever fills that void they have for the moment. I talked to my ex and he has cheated on his new wife. He mainly used women who were also unhappy in their marriages. He didn't plan on leaving his new wife but used women to get what he wanted. Sad because there are so many diseases out there, things I never even thought about when I was young.
• Philippines
25 Jul 10
When men get into extra marital affairs, it is usually for "physical desire". And when women gets into extra marital affairs, it's usually for "emotional desire". It takes two to tango. Maybe sometimes we also have to look at ourselves. Am I making my husband or wife happy? Am I giving him/her reasons too to look to other people to fill up their desires which were not filled up by their spouses?
• United States
3 Aug 10
If I found out my husband, if I were married, was having an affair, I would be ok with it. He's a husband, not my lover. For me to be married , it wouldn't be based on love so finding out he found love somewhere else would have no effect on me. But if I found out my boyfriend loved someone more than he loves me, I would leave him. Why should he stay if he doesn't want me. I wouldn't be angry, I would be terribly hurt. But if I really love him , then I wnathim to be happy , with or without me.
@ada8may21 (2405)
• Philippines
25 Jul 10
I've been in this situation I caught my beau having an affair with my friend. At first hand its not easy to face and accept the fact that he cheated on you and your friend betrayed you as well. I end up my communication to the both of them. I see to it that our ways would not crossed each other. Until the 6 months passed its my beau who initiate the first step. He dont have ways to contact me because he was all blocked in my email, facebook, ym and I changed my number. The thing is I did not changed or move to another place. So he went to my place and trapped me, I dont have any other choice but to talked to him. Of course I did not make it easy for him. Since our communication is starting to build up. I try to avoid him again for the second time I resigned to my work and went to my hometown. Still he followed me there. From there I can see how sincere he is. In short yes I accepted him for the second time. Its not easy to be in this relationship because we are far from each other. But I have trusted him even if he has already hurt me before. i given him my complete trust. However every now and then I still have doubts but I no longer entertain those doubts because it will just make me cry and hurt again. Instead I keep on motivating myself those happy moments we have. That's how I survived
• Philippines
25 Jul 10
Ouch, that hurts so bad. It would have been less painful if it would have been with another woman whom you do not know. But with your own friend whom you trust... that's a hit below the belt. You must have love him that much to accept him back despite of what he's done with you. I admire you. I hope he won't fall into making the same mistake again. Your right, trust and respect should be the basic foundation of a relationship. And when that one is lost, there's no reason for you to stick with the relationship. Let go and be happy.
@ddaguno (3107)
• Philippines
25 Jul 10
Thankfully, this has not happended to me but if it does, I wouldn't bother talking to the other woman. I would direct all my anger to my partner. He may have been tempted that's why he entered the relationship, but he couldn't say that he doesn't mean it because it was his choice to go that way.
• Philippines
27 Jul 10
Yes your right indeed ddaguno. It's your boyfriend's choice to cheat on you. So we cannot really blame the other woman. If your boyfriend loves you enough, then he should not have cheated right? But anyway, you are one lucky girl. You have a boyfriend who loves you so much and is very loyal and faithful to you. Keep it up.
• Portugal
26 Jul 10
i would blame my bf bcs he was the one cheating on me. maybe the other person didnt know he had a gf. and if she knew it was his fault too bcs she didnt force him to be with her and cheat. if i found out i wouldnt forgive bcs if he wanted to tell me he would had done it already and if i didnt find out he would never tell me. if the person tells me he had an affair and regrets it then maybe i could forgive im not sure. but if i found it out i would break up and blame him sure.
• Philippines
27 Jul 10
You have a point there sweetloveforever. We cannot really entirely blame it on the other girl indeed. She may not know that your boyfriend has a girlfriend.