Cheating Truck Driver
By gadgette82
@gadgette82 (31)
United States
October 18, 2010 9:46am CST
Okay, so I have been with my fiance for 3 years now. He has always treated me extremely well. He is the most wonderful man to me. The only problem is he is a truck driver and is out for months at a time. I have had this feeling for quite some time that he was cheating. I started going through emails and such but didn't quite get the evidence I needed until about a month ago. He says it only happened once. I don't believe him.
I did leave him but I can't help but feeling that he is my family and he should be here. Aside from my best friend, he is the only other person in my life that I can count on for anything.
I have been searching the internet for driving jobs that allow him to be home every night... just kind of thinking that if he was home every night I may be able to get over this.
What would you do? If he quit his job and was home every night, would you take him back?
8 responses
@emarie (5442)
• United States
18 Oct 10
He admitted to you once, and once should be enough. If he's willing to do it once, I always think they're willing to do it again. He's just a fiance at this point, so he's not yet your family. It may seem harsh but it could save you some problems in the future. You can't ask him to change his job, especially in this poor economy, he's lucky to even have a job. But he needs to understand that HE needs to prove to you that you should be together. I would make him beg and plead if he really wanted to be with me. If he didn't fess up until it happened, then it means he's willing to hide things from you and that's not good for a marriage. He'll just hurt you in the end so cut him lose now or he needs to start changing.
People come and go in a persons life and you shouldn't hold onto him just because you have no one else. Unless he's willing to work out this relationship, you should probably end it.
1 person likes this
@gadgette82 (31)
• United States
19 Oct 10
Thank you for your advice. He says he is willing to look for another job at this point. I just want to make sure I am making the right decision before he does quit his job.
@jubalstar (50)
• United States
18 Oct 10
Hello gadgette82, first I want to say I feel your pain; however, I was the one delivering the blow. I was married for six years before, but I was gone alot from home. I was in the service and maybe was home four months out of the year. I cheated on my wife and greatly regretted it. This has been a few years ago but are now divorced. The problem was not loving each other. The problem was I didn't want to leave the service. I never cheated on her again, but because of my refusal to leave the service to be with her, it ate her up.
You see, she eventually forgave me, but in the back of her mind, I was still messing around. She tried going through my emails to find information about who I was talking with. Now, I can't blame her for doing so, but the damage was already done. We still talk often because we have a child together. I am still in the service but my contract ends next year. Maybe we can rekindle after a long layoff.
My advice to you is to let him make his own mind up. He already knows that it will be in the back of your head. He could find a job that brings him home at night, but the question is, will he consider quitting his job of running the roads. Someday he will look back and regret what he has done. Believe me....I have.
@gadgette82 (31)
• United States
18 Oct 10
Wow, okay this helps a lot getting the other view. See, I once cheated on someone I loved as well and deeply regretted it. I would have given my all just to have another chance but I didn't get one. I know that if I had gotten the chance, it would have never happened again. I guess that is why I am even considering another chance. I know he does love me and treats us like no other. Things are always amazing between us except for the trust at this point.
I am not asking him to quit driving.. I am merely asking him to find a driving job that is local. He is afraid of taking a huge pay cut in doing so. Do you think it is fair for me to ask him to do this coming from your perspective? Or do you think he will always regret leaving his high end job?
@gadgette82 (31)
• United States
19 Oct 10
Yes, the new jobs that I have found would pay the bills. They are not as huge of a pay cut as I thought. I agree that if he quits this job it may bring resentment. I've decided to definitely take him back if he does quit. I am still trying to decide if I can deal with this if he doesn't. He does have the opportunity to advance into an office job making more money in a few years. I would hate to take that away from him.
@jubalstar (50)
• United States
18 Oct 10
Well, if he really loves you he would put you first, but will it pay the bills? I would think he would use that against you about leaving his job everytime you and him get into an arguement. That's why I said for you to let him decide. He knows what you want. But maybe he cannot give it up right now. But someday he would....once you are long gone. Fortunately for me, there is that possability to rekindle. You never stop loving someone...but when that someone is gone for a while and they come back, the chances of real and true love can prevail.
@Ravenladyj (22902)
• United States
19 Oct 10
For me personally...it wouldnt be the cheating that would set me off..it would be the deception/lying to me that would have bent out of shape..I could care less if my man sleeps with another woman UNDER TWO KEY CONDITIONS...#1 TELL ME FIRST that you are goin to and #2 WEAR PROTECTION AT ALL TIMES!..as long as those two things are met and of course his out of home fun time doesnt cut into our finaces, personal time etc AND #3 its NEVER brought into OUR home then yea I wouldnt care....
now all that said, the fact that your man DIDNT tell you about it and probably wouldnt have if you'd not busted him, that would make me think twice about takin him back into my bed/home....I think some long talks would be in order first and he'd have some major proving to do to me on several levels...THEN I'd make my decision...
@gadgette82 (31)
• United States
19 Oct 10
Yes, that is what I am most upset about is the dishonesty, the constant accusations, and everything else that his guilt has put into our relationship. I could honestly handle an open relationship if there was honesty. I would not necessarily leap on someone else but honestly he would last longer in bed when he came home lol. Thank you so much for your input. It's nice to have some open minded people on here.
@jubalstar (50)
• United States
19 Oct 10
In my opinion, there are two types of people. You have people who want honesty, but cannot handle the truth, and you have people who can handle it. Can you be honest with yourself and say you would accept him if he was to tell you up front what he is about to do? I just want to make sure you are honest with yourself first before I would say I could handle it.
@Youreyes4Today (2356)
• United States
19 Oct 10
I am sorry that you had to find that he was cheating. Not all of the truck drivers are like this. I have family that are sooo married it is nice to see.
Problem is I was also engaged with a truck driver and he also admitted to cheating. Thing is after he was caught our relationship changed, I felt I couldn't trust him out there on the road. So he agreed he would get out of the truck. Well, a month went by, a year went by and another, still in the truck. He says he doesn't feel he could do any other work. To me that was his excuse not to commit to what I thought we had. No we are no longer together.
I forgave him but he didn't come back to middle ground of our agreement. We didn't make it to the alter.
@gadgette82 (31)
• United States
19 Oct 10
I'm so sorry to hear that. Do you ever wonder what could have been?
@Youreyes4Today (2356)
• United States
19 Oct 10
Well, we were together for 8 years but over half of that was waiting for him to come home to be home. He is still driving truck and is with someone else. It didn't take him long to find another.
So looking to see what could of been is only going to be a waste of time. I have enough problems now that I can't do that. I have a huge lack of trust in most people in my life and it is hard sometimes to believe in others. There is more to this that I will not post in here.
I hope you look with an opened eyes wide. Look at all that you have or could have if you see you don't have to be treated this way. If he truly loves you and is making good on what he says he will give up the over the road to be with you. No matter what it takes.
@trisha27 (3494)
• United States
18 Oct 10
My motto is once a cheat always a cheat and every guy that cheated on me, I always left them and never returned. No matter how they begged and pleaded for me to take them back and no matter how much they claimed that they would change. I just would not take them back. This is a decision that you will have to make on your own. Are you willing to give him another chance and see if he will remain faithful or do you want to go through the rest of your life wondering if he is cheating on you. Yes he can change jobs or whatever, but if a guy has an opportunity to cheat, whether he's a truck driver or not, he's gonna cheat.
My advice is, don't take him back. He was supposed to be your fiance right, and I'm guessing he loved you right? Well then, if you love someone then you aren't going to go and find some other person and cheat on the person you love.
Good luck and whatever decision you make I hope it works out.
Trisha
@gadgette82 (31)
• United States
19 Oct 10
Thank you trisha27 but is it possible that he regrets it enough to remain faithful? My friends dad cheated on her mom years ago. He redeemed himself and never did it again. He is this awesome Christian guy now. So, some people can change. Right?
@trisha27 (3494)
• United States
19 Oct 10
It is true that some people can change and yes some people can change. If you think that you can trust him again, then I say give him another chance, but if you don't think you can, then what type of relationship will you have if you have no trust. You don't want to put yourself through wondering every day if he's cheating is all I'm saying.
Good luck though
Trisha
@faithloveire (69)
• Oman
18 Oct 10
Love is a complicated matter, and anyone who has ever experienced it knows that. But as people say, men will always be men. They all have weak points and temptations that strike them when they aren't careful.
You say your fiance said he did it only once, but what's to stop him from doing it again? And you have always had this feeling that he's been cheating longer than he confessed, so what's going to stop him from breaking the pattern? It all just comes down to love. And trust and commitment to each other.
If your fiance loves you as much as he says, he'll make changes for you, like transfer to a job where he stays in one place just to please you.
As for your other alternative (quitting his job and being home everynight), it's not really a man's option. Guys are fulfilled and secured when they have a job, so they won't settle with not having one.
I guess the best solution is to talk things over, know each other's priorities and just talk about your future, if you both are keen to continue this sort of relationship.
@gadgette82 (31)
• United States
18 Oct 10
Thanks so much for your input. Love IS complicated. I completely agree with you. I think I would feel more secure if he was home every night. I am not asking him to quit his job and do nothing. I of coarse would want him to find another job before hand!