roseofsharonmanchester, Hampshire, England UK8,699 posts
No, if one is in a committed relationship of any kind, its truly cruel. At least have the decency to end one relationship before embarking upon a liaison with someone else...??!!
I am a one-man woman, if he's special enough to be with, he's special enough to remain faithfuly to, surely??!!
princessadelemurray bridge, South Australia Australia127 posts
did once a long time ago i felt so guilty about it that i confessed to my boyfriend the next day and yeah at the time was only a teenager havent since and would neva would again cause later on i learnt how much it hurts someone.
roseofsharon: No, if one is in a committed relationship of any kind, its truly cruel. At least have the decency to end one relationship before embarking upon a liaison with someone else...??!!
I am a one-man woman, if he's special enough to be with, he's special enough to remain faithfuly to, surely??!!
Hi you.
It is cruel, yes, but it happens...
It does not enter my head to do it, I do not think about it and I never question whether my 'he' will.
princessadele: did once a long time ago i felt so guilty about it that i confessed to my boyfriend the next day and yeah at the time was only a teenager havent since and would neva would again cause later on i learnt how much it hurts someone.
Yes, guilt is a terrible emotion, a large burden for us to carry.
Although I know a man that did fall foul to that, he came to me and told me, I was friend's with his wife and him. He had a one night stand and I watched him almost destroy himself over it...
I told him not to tell his wife, learn from it and go home and be with her.
She would not find out from me.
Does not make it right, certainly not, but I was not prepared to see that family destroyed over something that was best left to lie.
nurcnurc: Bravo you. How hard it must have been, that journey through self ananlysis. Very insightful and certainly a difficult to face, accept then make the adjustments in your life to make you whole in the way you wish to be.
Thank you for sharing this. I applaud you.
Hi nurcnurc
Oh, I need no applaud, but thank you.
It is something that I see alot, especially on forums, that people have been a victim of this.
People meet and fall in love, which is what happened to my ex husband with his lady, it was not easy for them, it was eaiser for me, because I had no idea, she was his assistant and they spent alot of time together.
I know the guilt she suffered, we have talked about it, when I found it, it was awful, I will never forget that pain, I found out from his boss. Her boss too.
We went for coffee, three months after, just her and I, and I know she was nervous, she was shaking, I looked at her and asked her ' Did you ever feel guilty when I walked in with my children to see him, knowing what was going on?'
'yes, she said, but I love him' I remember looking at her, thinking 'I actually liked you, and for the soul in me, I still did.
They are very happy, with their new child, and she is agreat stepmother to our children.
I loved him too, so I knew where she was coming from.
He did not leave me because she was better, in bed, or she was better looking, he left me, because he fell in love.
We were never in love, we got married young and had our children very quickly, I thought we were, but we were not.
Now, I am in love, for the first time, properly.
And now, I know what it feels like.
And if this all falls apart, I am much better tooled this time, to be able to deal with it.
Yes, people should not do that, should he have left me, when he realised he was in love with her? That would not have made it any easier.
The fact we had our co star involved in the play that was my marriage, was really irrelevant, what it taught us both that we should always be honest with our partners.
Prevention is always better than cure, but I see it like this now, I gained far more than I lost, not to mention the wonderful bonuses I gained from that marriage.
Yes I did but I did it only with revenge to my partner as she cheated on me and now we are not ogether anymore so it was a new experiance. I still did not find it nice. I will not do it again cos I felt awful after.
HJFinAZ: Last year while doing a a Tech Inspection on a visiting race car, I found the guy had built an NOS system into his role cage, THAT IS CHEATING!!
I disqualified him for the night and he came all the way from Northern California, made the trip for nothing..
nurcnurc: Insightful, yet this statement makes me wonder if the other persn involved is on the same page? Was it discussed or the issue skirted and assumed to be understood by both parties?
I have grown up with the blessed trait of not mincing words.
With anybody nor to anybody.
If it is somebody who interests me enough to have a relationship with I say so.....
similarly if somebody happens at a time when i am not interested in commitment or relationships I say so too....
Cards on the table......always.
However.....having said that, I don't think it is a very good idea to discuss your private life in detail with all and sundry either.
nurcnurc: Directness and openess are always welcome qualities in friends or lovers.
Absolutely, I am direct, open in what I want from any relationship.
I have to be, because it leads to frustrations within me, that I cannot deal with and then it all goes horribly wrong, I say things that I often regret and that is never good.
Luckily, people who share my life, know this. And luckily, those very people are very direct and open with me too.
Cheating is described as a bad word, it is, but when a person sleeps with another behind a person's back, then there are many reasons for it and it does not mean that the person comitting the offence, is a bad person, or will always do it.
I would not accept it, I would simply leave the relationship, because I would find it unacceptable.
If both are agreed that they are committed to the relationship, then there should be no cheating.
If a man says to me, 'I like you, I want to spend time with you, but I not interested in anything long term' then it is up to me how I deal with that, if I choose to enter that arrangement then I am entering that with my eyes open.
I am not on that page, I am one the page where I want a committed relationship, therefore, I expect that if he is too, that he will be with me and only me. I offer that and so should he, if we have both agreed to that.
If, not and he wants a shug buddy, and he has told me that, then that is it, I can no longer blame him.
If he chooses to have other 'buddies'
That is not for me, it never has been.
But I know people that do it.
And that is up to them, friends that do it, but that is their life and not the way I choose to lead mine, but they are still people I love and care about.
Tater: Hey man this is a dating site .. do you beleive everyone is going to tell the truth.. no it might hurt their chances of finding someone..... I honestly don't believe in cheating but everyone will say the same thing..
Well just to prove Tater wrong, I have cheated on someone. Everyone can say whatever they want about it and I don't care. So what, I beat her in Scrabble.
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well never do it because it will come back home to you. if you cheat on the person you with it will come home to you and you will get cheated on