Saw this on another site, threw up a lot of interesting issues...
If your friend was being cheated on by a partner , would you tell them?
Difficult question that one. In these sort of situations whatever you do is never the right thing. It depends on how well you know the other person, whether you think they'd want to know etc etc
Personally I would tell the person, because if I was being cheated on I'd be devastated if a friend knew and never told me. Not only is it betrayal by your partner, but your friend too.
In the past 1 of my best friends cheated regularly on her husband, I never told him because he treated her like rubbish, and that's what drove her to it. He did however find out in the end when he caught her kissing his best friend. In a way it was a good thing as he finally copped on, and changed his attitude from that point onwards.
Ah, this is a toughie........i;ve been in the situation where people were telling me that my ex was cheating on me, but i choose to believe him when he said that other people had it in for him and that he would never cheat on me, that people were jealous and just didnt want him to be happy.
I won't be making that mistake again!
If your friend was being cheated on by a partner , would you tell them?
Ultimately Yes.
However you better be sure you have your facts right. Because if you are only going on hearsay or just spotted the partner talking to the other one in private and presumed..... well your opening a whole can of worms that may not need opening.
a comment i have made before " if you are going to cheat then is there point in continuing in a false relationship"
If i had seen for my own eyes a friend cheating on their partner then i would have no problem in risking loosing a friendship over the truth.
For me depends on the level of friendship..
If it was a long time friend, yes I would tell them, as I doubt it would effect our friendship..
Aquaintances..No would say nothing, simply support them if they wished afterwards..
People choose who and what they believe, what they want to hear, and very often the person trying to help gets hurt, now I would choose to leave well alone.
Thats a tough situation when you know someone is cheating. It gets more complicated if theres kids involved . What happens and you tell them and they don't believe you. You could end up loosing a friend. On the other hand if you don't tell them and they found out afterwards you knew you could end up in the same position. Also you need to be really really sure they are cheating.
It may not sound PC but I've known people to have a brief fling and get back to their marriage. The partner in the end he was better off not knowing as they are still happy together. maybe I'm a coward but I'm not sure if I want to be the person who lets the genie out of the bottle.
This is a swing site you are going to come across people for whatever reason want/engage in extra marital sex with or without their partner or their consent. What happens if you recognize some one from this site . It can get very messy.
In a nut shell Yes. I know when i was in that situation i would have wanted to be told but sadly i had to find out the hard way. i think too much of my friends not to tell them but only if i caught the person at it myself..or was doing it with them lol