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Topic: To Rat or not to Rat...
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Sat 07/19/08 06:17 PM
Id mind my own business...

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Sat 07/19/08 06:22 PM

...that is the question...

If you were talking to a friend's husband on messenger...and all of a sudden
the message turned odd..cyber sexual in nature and obviously not a message
meant for you..what would you do? Would you tell your friend what her
husband was up to?

This actually happend to me once. And I was dead silent...then all of a sudden
after a long pause he messaged again and said, "OooooooPS!, PLEASsssssssse dont'
tell " I didn't know what to say, but managed, "HA! , Ok...but I got you by the balls and
you better not let me hear of anything like this again!"

Well, I think I did the right thing. Because that was 10 yrs ago and they are still together
raised their kids and he has thanked me time and time again for not being a rat. We are
very good friends.:smile:

NO OFFENSE, BUT, I THINK YOU MAY OF JUST KEPT HIM FROM GETTING CAUGHT......

livelife68's photo
Sat 07/19/08 06:36 PM

...that is the question...

If you were talking to a friend's husband on messenger...and all of a sudden
the message turned odd..cyber sexual in nature and obviously not a message
meant for you..what would you do? Would you tell your friend what her
husband was up to?

This actually happend to me once. And I was dead silent...then all of a sudden
after a long pause he messaged again and said, "OooooooPS!, PLEASsssssssse dont'
tell " I didn't know what to say, but managed, "HA! , Ok...but I got you by the balls and
you better not let me hear of anything like this again!"

Well, I think I did the right thing. Because that was 10 yrs ago and they are still together
raised their kids and he has thanked me time and time again for not being a rat. We are
very good friends.:smile:


personally I'd want to know if my partner was cheating or talking to others in a sexual nature. So my answer would be yes I probably would have told. Don't know if I could live with the guilt of keeping everything a secret.

lilangel2's photo
Sat 07/19/08 07:49 PM


...that is the question...

If you were talking to a friend's husband on messenger...and all of a sudden
the message turned odd..cyber sexual in nature and obviously not a message
meant for you..what would you do? Would you tell your friend what her
husband was up to?

This actually happend to me once. And I was dead silent...then all of a sudden
after a long pause he messaged again and said, "OooooooPS!, PLEASsssssssse dont'
tell " I didn't know what to say, but managed, "HA! , Ok...but I got you by the balls and
you better not let me hear of anything like this again!"

Well, I think I did the right thing. Because that was 10 yrs ago and they are still together
raised their kids and he has thanked me time and time again for not being a rat. We are
very good friends.:smile:


personally I'd want to know if my partner was cheating or talking to others in a sexual nature. So my answer would be yes I probably would have told. Don't know if I could live with the guilt of keeping everything a secret.


how about the guilt of telling and them breaking up and kids being without their dad? Im not saying what he did was right. I am saying that should I have interjected myself into it? No, I don't think it was my place. Keep in mind they are both my friends..not just her but him as well...so, who do you choose? Best choice was to stay out of it.

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Sat 07/19/08 08:27 PM



...that is the question...

If you were talking to a friend's husband on messenger...and all of a sudden
the message turned odd..cyber sexual in nature and obviously not a message
meant for you..what would you do? Would you tell your friend what her
husband was up to?

This actually happend to me once. And I was dead silent...then all of a sudden
after a long pause he messaged again and said, "OooooooPS!, PLEASsssssssse dont'
tell " I didn't know what to say, but managed, "HA! , Ok...but I got you by the balls and
you better not let me hear of anything like this again!"

Well, I think I did the right thing. Because that was 10 yrs ago and they are still together
raised their kids and he has thanked me time and time again for not being a rat. We are
very good friends.:smile:


personally I'd want to know if my partner was cheating or talking to others in a sexual nature. So my answer would be yes I probably would have told. Don't know if I could live with the guilt of keeping everything a secret.


how about the guilt of telling and them breaking up and kids being without their dad? Im not saying what he did was right. I am saying that should I have interjected myself into it? No, I don't think it was my place. Keep in mind they are both my friends..not just her but him as well...so, who do you choose? Best choice was to stay out of it.

Better to lose a bad friend and keep a good one, in my opinion......

lemondropkid2008's photo
Sat 07/19/08 08:39 PM
You did the right thing....

That is the problem with everyone now days...they want to get involved with everyone elses life.....why can't people mind their own business....I think there is an old saying Let he who has not sinned cast the first stone....

livelife68's photo
Sat 07/19/08 08:52 PM



...that is the question...

If you were talking to a friend's husband on messenger...and all of a sudden
the message turned odd..cyber sexual in nature and obviously not a message
meant for you..what would you do? Would you tell your friend what her
husband was up to?

This actually happend to me once. And I was dead silent...then all of a sudden
after a long pause he messaged again and said, "OooooooPS!, PLEASsssssssse dont'
tell " I didn't know what to say, but managed, "HA! , Ok...but I got you by the balls and
you better not let me hear of anything like this again!"

Well, I think I did the right thing. Because that was 10 yrs ago and they are still together
raised their kids and he has thanked me time and time again for not being a rat. We are
very good friends.:smile:


personally I'd want to know if my partner was cheating or talking to others in a sexual nature. So my answer would be yes I probably would have told. Don't know if I could live with the guilt of keeping everything a secret.


how about the guilt of telling and them breaking up and kids being without their dad? Im not saying what he did was right. I am saying that should I have interjected myself into it? No, I don't think it was my place. Keep in mind they are both my friends..not just her but him as well...so, who do you choose? Best choice was to stay out of it.


Glad your decision has worked out for you and them.flowerforyou

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Sun 07/20/08 12:29 AM
I'd love to see the look on people's faces that are saying "it's the right thing" if their spouse was cheating on them and they found out later that a friend knew all along.

How can you call the wife your friend? You got involved the day you received that message whether you want to accept it or not and you've basically lied to her all these years. I wouldn't want a friend like that, and I don't know anyone who would.

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Sun 07/20/08 08:37 AM
Edited by buttons on Sun 07/20/08 08:41 AM
boy, i would want to be told myself....if my friend didnt tell me id sure feel betrayed if i found out that they knew this all along and would also wonder what esle they were hiding.....sorry to say id lose trust for that friend too and also wonder if somehow she was also involved with my hubby..... not saying that you were but one would wonder... jmo

buttons's photo
Sun 07/20/08 08:42 AM
im curious if the situation was different say you despised the hubby anyway.... would you tell your friend then?

mcattygarnett's photo
Sun 07/20/08 08:44 AM
you did the right thing

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