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Quantess Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-11-06 01:07 PM
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21. True. The bearer of bad news gets punished, a lot of the time.
Maybe the one who is getting cheated on already knows. They don't want to hear about it from you.
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  -If you knew someone was cheating GirlinContempt  Nov-11-06 10:51 AM   #0 
  - Yes, without a doubt.  _testify_   Nov-11-06 10:54 AM   #1 
  - that's called "busting game"  datasuspect   Nov-11-06 11:05 AM   #2 
  - if i was good friends with the person, yes.  buddhamama   Nov-11-06 11:08 AM   #3 
  - No  proud2Blib   Nov-11-06 11:31 AM   #4 
  - Yup. Most people probably know already.  zanne   Nov-11-06 04:39 PM   #48 
  - Definitely yes . . .  Simply Fugue   Nov-11-06 11:33 AM   #5 
  - No, I would not, my dear GirlinContempt.........  CaliforniaPeggy   Nov-11-06 11:35 AM   #6 
  - No, it's not your place.  haruka3_2000   Nov-11-06 11:35 AM   #7 
  - I have a friend who is cheating with someone  ikojo   Nov-11-06 11:37 AM   #8 
  - I would *never* tell the innocent party, but I would wail on the cheater's ass (nm)  Book Lover   Nov-11-06 11:45 AM   #9 
  - No and yes and I will say why  marlakay   Nov-11-06 12:04 PM   #10 
  - Technically, it's not in your place to tell...  HypnoToad   Nov-11-06 12:05 PM   #11 
  - That's a double edged sword  skygazer   Nov-11-06 12:07 PM   #12 
  - I wish someone told me.  No Surrender   Nov-11-06 12:11 PM   #13 
  - If the person being being cheated on was someone I owed loyalty to  petronius   Nov-11-06 12:14 PM   #14 
  - It is better to stay out of it..  bleedingheart   Nov-11-06 12:15 PM   #15 
  - Some problems require intervention. Not a comfy blanket and a pacifier.  HypnoToad   Nov-11-06 12:19 PM   #16 
     - it is just really complicated  bleedingheart   Nov-11-06 12:40 PM   #17 
        - thats kind of the thing I'm worried about  idgiehkt   Nov-11-06 12:49 PM   #18 
           - Bingo...  HypnoToad   Nov-11-06 12:54 PM   #19 
           - I once interfered in a relationship (trying to help) and it just gave me  bleedingheart   Nov-11-06 01:19 PM   #24 
              - this  idgiehkt   Nov-11-06 11:46 PM   #66 
  - Usually the reporting party gets more scorn than the cheater in the long run.  LeftyMom   Nov-11-06 12:57 PM   #20 
  - True. The bearer of bad news gets punished, a lot of the time.  quantessd   Nov-11-06 01:07 PM   #21 
  - A lot of the time they know everything they need to add it all up  LeftyMom   Nov-11-06 01:10 PM   #23 
  - True.  HypnoToad   Nov-11-06 01:10 PM   #22 
  - I won't do it.  William Bloode   Nov-11-06 01:33 PM   #25 
  - As someone who was the last one to know  lizziegrace   Nov-11-06 01:35 PM   #26 
  - absolutely not.  xchrom   Nov-11-06 01:37 PM   #27 
  - I would tell, only if they had just started dating.  quantessd   Nov-11-06 01:49 PM   #28 
  - I'd find a way to "anonymously" tell.  oktoberain   Nov-11-06 02:20 PM   #29 
  - I did that once.  mac56   Nov-11-06 02:24 PM   #30 
  - every relationship is different  judaspriestess   Nov-11-06 02:29 PM   #31 
  - One of my best friends has been "the other woman" twice.  bertha katzenengel   Nov-11-06 02:36 PM   #32 
  - Absolutely. Think about the risk of STDs.  Alexander   Nov-11-06 03:33 PM   #33 
  - Yep  lizziegrace   Nov-11-06 03:56 PM   #38 
     - Yep again. Happened to someone I love dearly.  Beausoir   Nov-11-06 04:11 PM   #40 
        - *ding* *ding* *ding* we have a winner  HypnoToad   Nov-11-06 05:06 PM   #52 
  - If I knew their partner then yes.  jmm   Nov-11-06 03:36 PM   #34 
  - Who knows anybody, these days?  HypnoToad   Nov-11-06 05:07 PM   #53 
  - No - I did that once.  Xipe Totec   Nov-11-06 03:37 PM   #35 
  - This seems like such a no-brainer to me, but I guess I'm wrong...  ALiberalSailor   Nov-11-06 03:40 PM   #36 
  - honestly, it depends on who's being cheated on.  GloriaSmith   Nov-11-06 03:55 PM   #37 
  - I got cheated on and the Other person told me...  baby_mouse   Nov-11-06 04:00 PM   #39 
  - Under what circumstances?  SOteric   Nov-11-06 04:15 PM   #41 
  - I have a work acquaintance  caty   Nov-11-06 04:17 PM   #42 
  - I've done things  GirlinContempt   Nov-11-06 04:21 PM   #43 
     - There are some things  caty   Nov-11-06 05:05 PM   #50 
  - I knew the man and told the woman.  lildreamer316   Nov-11-06 04:23 PM   #44 
  - I need to clarify a point before answering....  mike_c   Nov-11-06 04:28 PM   #45 
  - You could hit it  GirlinContempt   Nov-11-06 04:29 PM   #46 
     - in that case telling would surely spare worse pain in the future....  mike_c   Nov-11-06 04:33 PM   #47 
  - Most already know... and they don't want to hear about it  aspencer   Nov-11-06 04:46 PM   #49 
  - depends on who they are  leftofthedial   Nov-11-06 05:06 PM   #51 
  - You never know the full extent of the back story....  WCGreen   Nov-11-06 06:52 PM   #54 
  - Often, the other person isn't aware of the extenuating circumstances either  GirlinContempt   Nov-11-06 07:42 PM   #57 
     - That is true....  WCGreen   Nov-11-06 08:15 PM   #58 
  - That depends. Are they cheating with me?  DawgHouse   Nov-11-06 06:54 PM   #55 
  - Yep...  YellowRubberDuckie   Nov-11-06 07:03 PM   #56 
  - Gosh...I don't know... It would depend on a bunch of things.  MrsGrumpy   Nov-11-06 08:17 PM   #59 
  - Yeah for sure  GirlinContempt   Nov-11-06 08:18 PM   #60 
     - I would say that if it was a very good friend of mine, I'd do it in a heartbeat.  MrsGrumpy   Nov-11-06 08:20 PM   #62 
  - Only if the person being cheated on and I  mutley_r_us   Nov-11-06 08:19 PM   #61 
  - that seems to be the consensus  GirlinContempt   Nov-11-06 11:40 PM   #65 
  - It would depend on how well I knew both of them  last_texas_dem   Nov-11-06 08:31 PM   #63 
  - I had 3 people who knew my bf was cheating..  siouxsiecreamcheese   Nov-11-06 10:29 PM   #64 
  - I lost my best friend for telling...  Omphaloskepsis   Nov-11-06 11:50 PM   #67 
  - People tend to shoot the messenger  Generic Brad   Nov-11-06 11:53 PM   #68 
 

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