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GirlinContempt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-11-06 11:51 AM Original message |
Poll question: If you knew someone was cheating |
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_testify_ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-11-06 11:54 AM Response to Original message |
1. Yes, without a doubt. |
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datasuspect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-11-06 12:05 PM Response to Original message |
2. that's called "busting game" |
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buddhamama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-11-06 12:08 PM Response to Original message |
3. if i was good friends with the person, yes. |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-11-06 12:31 PM Response to Original message |
4. No |
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zanne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-11-06 05:39 PM Response to Reply #4 |
48. Yup. Most people probably know already. |
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Callalily (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-11-06 12:33 PM Response to Original message |
5. Definitely yes . . . |
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CaliforniaPeggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-11-06 12:35 PM Response to Original message |
6. No, I would not, my dear GirlinContempt......... |
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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-11-06 12:35 PM Response to Original message |
7. No, it's not your place. |
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ikojo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-11-06 12:37 PM Response to Original message |
8. I have a friend who is cheating with someone |
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Book Lover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-11-06 12:45 PM Response to Original message |
9. I would *never* tell the innocent party, but I would wail on the cheater's ass (nm) |
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marlakay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-11-06 01:04 PM Response to Original message |
10. No and yes and I will say why |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-11-06 01:05 PM Response to Original message |
11. Technically, it's not in your place to tell... |
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skygazer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-11-06 01:07 PM Response to Original message |
12. That's a double edged sword |
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City Lights (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-11-06 01:11 PM Response to Original message |
13. I wish someone told me. |
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petronius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-11-06 01:14 PM Response to Original message |
14. If the person being being cheated on was someone I owed loyalty to |
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bleedingheart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-11-06 01:15 PM Response to Original message |
15. It is better to stay out of it.. |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-11-06 01:19 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. Some problems require intervention. Not a comfy blanket and a pacifier. |
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bleedingheart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-11-06 01:40 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. it is just really complicated |
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idgiehkt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-11-06 01:49 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. thats kind of the thing I'm worried about |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-11-06 01:54 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. Bingo... |
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bleedingheart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-11-06 02:19 PM Response to Reply #18 |
24. I once interfered in a relationship (trying to help) and it just gave me |
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idgiehkt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-12-06 12:46 AM Response to Reply #24 |
66. this |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-11-06 01:57 PM Response to Original message |
20. Usually the reporting party gets more scorn than the cheater in the long run. |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-11-06 02:07 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. True. The bearer of bad news gets punished, a lot of the time. |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-11-06 02:10 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. A lot of the time they know everything they need to add it all up |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-11-06 02:10 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. True. |
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William Bloode (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-11-06 02:33 PM Response to Original message |
25. I won't do it. |
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lizziegrace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-11-06 02:35 PM Response to Original message |
26. As someone who was the last one to know |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-11-06 02:37 PM Response to Original message |
27. absolutely not. |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-11-06 02:49 PM Response to Original message |
28. I would tell, only if they had just started dating. |
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Lyric (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-11-06 03:20 PM Response to Original message |
29. I'd find a way to "anonymously" tell. |
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mac56 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-11-06 03:24 PM Response to Original message |
30. I did that once. |
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judaspriestess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-11-06 03:29 PM Response to Original message |
31. every relationship is different |
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bertha katzenengel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-11-06 03:36 PM Response to Original message |
32. One of my best friends has been "the other woman" twice. |
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Alexander (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-11-06 04:33 PM Response to Original message |
33. Absolutely. Think about the risk of STDs. |
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lizziegrace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-11-06 04:56 PM Response to Reply #33 |
38. Yep |
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Beausoir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-11-06 05:11 PM Response to Reply #38 |
40. Yep again. Happened to someone I love dearly. |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-11-06 06:06 PM Response to Reply #40 |
52. *ding* *ding* *ding* we have a winner |
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jmm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-11-06 04:36 PM Response to Original message |
34. If I knew their partner then yes. |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-11-06 06:07 PM Response to Reply #34 |
53. Who knows anybody, these days? |
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Xipe Totec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-11-06 04:37 PM Response to Original message |
35. No - I did that once. |
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SKKY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-11-06 04:40 PM Response to Original message |
36. This seems like such a no-brainer to me, but I guess I'm wrong... |
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Fleshdancer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-11-06 04:55 PM Response to Original message |
37. honestly, it depends on who's being cheated on. |
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baby_mouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-11-06 05:00 PM Response to Original message |
39. I got cheated on and the Other person told me... |
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SOteric (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-11-06 05:15 PM Response to Original message |
41. Under what circumstances? |
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caty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-11-06 05:17 PM Response to Original message |
42. I have a work acquaintance |
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GirlinContempt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-11-06 05:21 PM Response to Reply #42 |
43. I've done things |
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caty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-11-06 06:05 PM Response to Reply #43 |
50. There are some things |
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lildreamer316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-11-06 05:23 PM Response to Original message |
44. I knew the man and told the woman. |
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mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-11-06 05:28 PM Response to Original message |
45. I need to clarify a point before answering.... |
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GirlinContempt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-11-06 05:29 PM Response to Reply #45 |
46. You could hit it |
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mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-11-06 05:33 PM Response to Reply #46 |
47. in that case telling would surely spare worse pain in the future.... |
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aspencer (38 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-11-06 05:46 PM Response to Original message |
49. Most already know... and they don't want to hear about it |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-11-06 06:06 PM Response to Original message |
51. depends on who they are |
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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-11-06 07:52 PM Response to Original message |
54. You never know the full extent of the back story.... |
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GirlinContempt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-11-06 08:42 PM Response to Reply #54 |
57. Often, the other person isn't aware of the extenuating circumstances either |
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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-11-06 09:15 PM Response to Reply #57 |
58. That is true.... |
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DawgHouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-11-06 07:54 PM Response to Original message |
55. That depends. Are they cheating with me? |
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YellowRubberDuckie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-11-06 08:03 PM Response to Original message |
56. Yep... |
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ScreamingMeemie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-11-06 09:17 PM Response to Original message |
59. Gosh...I don't know... It would depend on a bunch of things. |
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GirlinContempt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-11-06 09:18 PM Response to Reply #59 |
60. Yeah for sure |
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ScreamingMeemie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-11-06 09:20 PM Response to Reply #60 |
62. I would say that if it was a very good friend of mine, I'd do it in a heartbeat. |
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Mutley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-11-06 09:19 PM Response to Original message |
61. Only if the person being cheated on and I |
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GirlinContempt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-12-06 12:40 AM Response to Reply #61 |
65. that seems to be the consensus |
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last_texas_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-11-06 09:31 PM Response to Original message |
63. It would depend on how well I knew both of them |
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siouxsiecreamcheese (534 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-11-06 11:29 PM Response to Original message |
64. I had 3 people who knew my bf was cheating.. |
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Omphaloskepsis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-12-06 12:50 AM Response to Original message |
67. I lost my best friend for telling... |
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Generic Brad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-12-06 12:53 AM Response to Original message |
68. People tend to shoot the messenger |
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