
why don’t you ask your gf her opinions on this bc i guarantee you might be surprised on her response… also no, because often times when someone cheats they don’t want to be caught or they wouldn’t do it in the first place… ofc i wouldn’t straight up go to the person i would be like hey maybe like tell your partner but if they don’t? then hell ya i’m telling the partner because no human being deserves to be treated like that
i’m sorry but if i know if my friend is being cheated on, they deserve to know. obv the cheater isn’t gonna say they’re cheating, so the person in question is either gonna be kept in the dark for a long time or find out themselves (who knows when that’ll happen). i wouldn’t have a good conscience even keeping that from them. it’s similar to staying quiet when you know someones being bullied. and idc i will never be a bystander when i can help someone out
when you explain it like that, i see what you mean. and i respect it! but there’s no guarantee that with confronting, they’ll stop. sure, you could say something to the cheater/bully (whatever situation), but who’s to say they’ll actually listen? they could even double down on the secrecy now that they know someone knows, but still continue cheating. what then? i’d rather just tell the person being wronged. and i personally have no sympathy for cheaters, so whatever happens is on them
like i see what you’re saying but what would you do if your confrontation didn’t work? and i mean “work” as in getting them to either stop cheating or fess up the truth. because to me, confronting the source in this case is just hoping they’ll listen to you when they most likely KNOW theyre in the wrong
respectfully, your boyfriends response has fuck all to do with my gf’s reaction. yeah i’m probably in the minority of people that have actually been in situations with friends cheating on friends so I can actually approach the topic with empathy— things aren’t always so black in white when you care deeply about both sides
i get your point, but it’s… really optimistic. 1) there’s still no guarantee they’ll spill. what’ll you do if they don’t? and 2) that might work in a setting where the cheater only cheats once and feels remorse, but there are people who continuously take advantage of secrecy and choose to keep offending. THATS who i’m talking about. why give them a chance to “right” a wrong that has no real justification and should never have happened period? ESPECIALLY if it’s happened on multiple occasions?
At least I am in a committed relationship and am pulling my opinions from lived experience rather than the way you think the world should work. You actually said “waking read flag” before because you are a dufus. An opinion you’ve formed due to one disagreement on how to handle a friend cheating which means you have shit judgement which is an actual red flag. Still I hope you make your own friends and maybe even get to be in a relationship one day
i also see your point on being empathetic with friends, but that’s where i think i diverge the most. while i care about my friends, im also really vocal with my opinions on cheaters/liars. it’s a very personal ick of mine so my stance doesn’t change when it comes to friends—i’m the same way if a friend cheats. at the end of the day, we’re all adults and they KNOW what they’re doing. i’m not gonna baby them. and if they know me, they know not to let me catch them LOL
In both cases I would provide the cheater with an ultimatum- A set date and time for them to come clean by and let them know that regardless I’m going to be following up with both them and their partner. For the habitual cheaters I would also probably encourage them to end the relationship rather than make empty promises but i’ve only ever had a friend be cheated on my one never was friends/teammates with one habitually cheating to my knowledge.
are you dumb? i’m in a relationship that is a lot healthier than yours obviously because i can speak to my boyfriend about literally anything without “insecurities” you’re just arguing to argue at this point, if someone is being cheated on that’s not fair to them and they deserve to know so if my friend confides in me and doesn’t tell their partner im telling them simple as that