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If you know that someone isn't being faithful to his or her boyfriend or girlfriend, how can the person being cheated on be informed about it and ...

believe it's true? It's not fair that the person who's doing things behind his or her boyfriend's or girlfriend's back is getting away with it.
TexChik · F
Unless it’s your sister or BFF, it would be much better for you to stay out of other people’s concerns .
TexChik · F
@joahola98wj Are you prepared to lose a friendship over it and feel the venom
Of the accused ... everyone kills the messenger
joahola98wj · 31-35, F
@TexChik I wish there was a way for the person to be found out without me spilling the beans. I won't tell on that person.
TexChik · F
@joahola98wj thats best, I have yet to see that work out in the favor off the person with good intentions
indyjoe · 56-60, M
I would be sensitive and tactful, but I feel like they should know...I was appalled when I learned how many people knew my ex wife was cheating (including my own father) and never said a word about it. No, they may not believe you (at first anyway) and they might even get angry with you, but the seed is planted in their mind and they will be more alert and observant as to what is going on.
joahola98wj · 31-35, F
@indyjoe Would you be able to tolerate being seen in a bad light if they spread rumors about you because you chose to reveal the truth?

If I was being cheated on, I would like to know the truth.
indyjoe · 56-60, M
@joahola98wj Like I said, they might get angry. They might cut me off and/or retaliate in some way...but I am one who has dealt with rumors all my life of one type or another. I know the truth and so do other people I know, so I'd just blow them off as I always have.
My mother always said "what's done in the dark shall come to light". The cheated-on person will only believe it if they see for themselves. It will be revealed eventually.
joahola98wj · 31-35, F
@DreamyCrush Hopefully.
4meAndyou · F
One very strange thing that happens when you inform on a cheater is that your friend...(the person who is being cheated upon)...will usually hate you afterward. It's not logical, but it happens. Denial, followed by the wish to kill the messenger is a normal reaction. And never discount the possibility that they already know, and love the S.O. anyway.
joahola98wj · 31-35, F
@4meAndyou Did you tell your friend why you weren't going to be friends anymore or you stopped hanging out with her without saying why?
4meAndyou · F
@joahola98wj I just ghosted her and her handsy husband. I would rather she just thought I was a bad person than explain...anything.
joahola98wj · 31-35, F
@4meAndyou That's a selfless thing to do. :)
ScarletWitch · 26-30, F
I'm a person who is blunt and will tell u straight up.
joahola98wj · 31-35, F
@ScarletWitch And if he or she doesn't believe you're telling the truth?
ScarletWitch · 26-30, F
@joahola98wj that's on them to.find out. It will.always be in the back.of their.mind.
Nomad7 · 22-25, M
It depends on if the cheater or the cheated is my friend. It also depends on whether the cheated is also cheating. I don't interfere in others' lives unless their behaviour causes harm to a lot of people or myself. And also the frequency of the adultery. If it's a one time thing, then it's not so serious

As for the telling part, you tell them how you think the person's cheating. Most people pick up on indicators that their partners are already cheating; like a lack of interest in their partners, sudden changed behaviour, which most people with basic intelligence can pick up on
joahola98wj · 31-35, F
@Nomad7 He or she continually cheats on him or her.
Nomad7 · 22-25, M
@joahola98wj If it's just their family and the person they're cheating with, that's still a small group of people. This is where the closeness factor comes in
joahola98wj · 31-35, F
@Nomad7 It's the multiple people he or she is cheating with, him or her, and his or her boyfriend or girlfriend that are involved.
Phrig · 41-45, M
If they know, it’s up to them what they do with the information. Maybe they don’t believe. Maybe they do but they’re saying they don’t because they don’t want you involved. Either way it’s out of your hands.

It’s someone else's relationship and you shouldn’t interfere.
joahola98wj · 31-35, F
@Phrig He or she doesn't know that I know he or she is being cheated on. It sucks that they'll continue being together even though one of them is being disloyal repeatedly.
Starcrossed · 41-45, F
Mind your own business not other peoples.
Carissimi · 70-79, F
It’s their choice whether they believe it, or not. You can’t force someone to believe something. Now you are crossing boundaries into interference.
Ksmile14 · F
unless its like my best friend I don't say anything. my life has enough drama without having someone else drama!
Keepitsimple · 51-55, F
They always mess up. Whether they are sloppy or a psycho informs the other person. It always comes out.
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joahola98wj · 31-35, F
@PainfulTruth You're okay that the person is cheating, but isn't getting caught?
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joahola98wj · 31-35, F
@PainfulTruth You mean the ones that the person is cheating with, will tell on that person?
HeteroDox · 36-40, F
No issue ratting out a cheater
They will pick up on it soon enough.
indyjoe · 56-60, M
@Gingerbreadspice This is true, but they will always wonder and resent that people like friends and relatives may have known and didn't care enough to let them know
@indyjoe Maybe but would they believe it if they hadn’t seen with their own eyes?
indyjoe · 56-60, M
@Gingerbreadspice I would still inform them...whether they believed it or not is up to them. End of discussion.

 
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