Topic: once cheater always a cheater?
toastedoranges's photo
Fri 03/14/08 10:32 PM
I will agree with that one. I would never condone habitual mistakes. I know people who have cheated on everyone they have ever gone out with - it seems like they can't help themselves or they don't care.


i would never buy that someone can't help themselves. it's always your life and your choice.

if you feel compelled to cheat, either work out your current relationship or ditch it and go off to have your fun. it's selfish to cheat.

WAM's photo
Fri 03/14/08 10:34 PM
Thanks for your opinions! After reading through it brings to mind another question:

Does it make a difference if the cheater was a male or female?

Are women more/less likely to be repeat offenders? (and vice versa?)

hikerchick's photo
Fri 03/14/08 10:34 PM

I will agree with that one. I would never condone habitual mistakes. I know people who have cheated on everyone they have ever gone out with - it seems like they can't help themselves or they don't care.


i would never buy that someone can't help themselves. it's always your life and your choice.

if you feel compelled to cheat, either work out your current relationship or ditch it and go off to have your fun. it's selfish to cheat.


I was thinking about one guy in particular, a friend's boyfriend, it seemed like he was a compulsive cheater. No matter what was at risk or how many times he got caught he kept doing it. That seems almost like a sickness to me. He pretty much lost everything, and for what?

hikerchick's photo
Fri 03/14/08 10:36 PM

Thanks for your opinions! After reading through it brings to mind another question:

Does it make a difference if the cheater was a male or female?

Are women more/less likely to be repeat offenders? (and vice versa?)


oh, let's not go there. The men will say one thing, the women another, we will all fight- it's not worth it.

The answer is "no difference"

toastedoranges's photo
Fri 03/14/08 10:36 PM

Thanks for your opinions! After reading through it brings to mind another question:

Does it make a difference if the cheater was a male or female?

Are women more/less likely to be repeat offenders? (and vice versa?)


i'm not sure... but i do know that males often use the cop out that it's their nature.

i've known cheaters on either side. honestly, in my experience most females have done it out of spite. while a male is doing it for conquest or to fulfill his sex "needs".


again...just my experience and things i've witnessed

ClarkKalElKent's photo
Fri 03/14/08 10:38 PM
huh .....If I'm talking with someone new, and I tell you (the truth), "No, never have, never would.", do you believe it? It's almost wasted effort to even worry about it. Who's really gonna be so up front as to even imply, "Yeah, I was the cheater", to someone they're interested in, anyway? I think I'd rather not even know............

hikerchick's photo
Fri 03/14/08 10:38 PM


Thanks for your opinions! After reading through it brings to mind another question:

Does it make a difference if the cheater was a male or female?

Are women more/less likely to be repeat offenders? (and vice versa?)


i'm not sure... but i do know that males often use the cop out that it's their nature.

i've known cheaters on either side. honestly, in my experience most females have done it out of spite. while a male is doing it for conquest or to fulfill his sex "needs".


again...just my experience and things i've witnessed


you need to start watching different movies dude!laugh laugh laugh

toastedoranges's photo
Fri 03/14/08 10:39 PM
you need to start watching different movies dude!laugh laugh laugh


sadly, not movies. i've known people who are just walking stereotypes.

hikerchick's photo
Fri 03/14/08 10:39 PM

huh .....If I'm talking with someone new, and I tell you (the truth), "No, never have, never would.", do you believe it? It's almost wasted effort to even worry about it. Who's really gonna be so up front as to even imply, "Yeah, I was the cheater", to someone they're interested in, anyway? I think I'd rather not even know............


such a wonderful point. Same as "no game players"..like the game players are gonna say - darn, she doesn't want game players. No one self-identifies as a lout.

hikerchick's photo
Fri 03/14/08 10:40 PM

you need to start watching different movies dude!laugh laugh laugh


sadly, not movies. i've known people who are just walking stereotypes.


I know, just funning you.

I have seen both - the stereotypes and the unique situations. This is why I hate to generalize about anyone.

toastedoranges's photo
Fri 03/14/08 10:45 PM
i've also known more males to cheat..

WAM's photo
Fri 03/14/08 10:46 PM
So what I'm hearing is "If you cheated don't say anything" and "If they say they didn't cheat, don't believe them?"

So it's basically a pointless topic.

If you ever cheated and you were talking to someone and getting to really like them, would you ever answer a question like that honestly? would you ever feel compelled to tell them before they asked?

toastedoranges's photo
Fri 03/14/08 10:48 PM

So what I'm hearing is "If you cheated don't say anything" and "If they say they didn't cheat, don't believe them?"

So it's basically a pointless topic.

If you ever cheated and you were talking to someone and getting to really like them, would you ever answer a question like that honestly? would you ever feel compelled to tell them before they asked?


what it sounds like to me is that honesty is best, but you might have to deal with negativity due to your actions. it's all part of the experience, all part of your reward for being so faithful..


i dunno...

ClarkKalElKent's photo
Fri 03/14/08 10:49 PM
But it's everywhere. Men cheat, and it's just "sowing their oats" or some B.S. conquest to their friends. We see a woman do the same thing, and immediately want to believe she's a "tramp", or worse. man or woman, it's all the same!!
:angry: Cheaters suck!:angry:

ClarkKalElKent's photo
Fri 03/14/08 10:51 PM

So what I'm hearing is "If you cheated don't say anything" and "If they say they didn't cheat, don't believe them?"

So it's basically a pointless topic.

If you ever cheated and you were talking to someone and getting to really like them, would you ever answer a question like that honestly? would you ever feel compelled to tell them before they asked?

I tell you, "No, I never have", I'm being honest, but do you believe me?

hikerchick's photo
Fri 03/14/08 10:57 PM
the last time I was in love - it would never have occurred to me to cheat..never in a million years..he was pretty much my world..

of course, he was married to someone else.

no photo
Fri 03/14/08 11:08 PM



So when you start talking to someone online, do you ever ask or tell about how their previous relationship ended? do you ask if they were unfaithful? do you tell them if you were? does it matter? what if it was once? does that make a difference?

Give me your opinions! I want to know. :)


The last thing I would ever do in a relationship is cheat, as is simply inconsiderate to the other party. After all, why get into a serious relationship in the first place if you'll only go out and 'dip the wick' into something else.

And I always try to ask about the other party's previous relationships, as I don't want to be cheated on.

With that said, the saying is correct- once a cheater, always a cheater.



moof, does that mean that you will continue to repeat every mistake you have ever made in your past? Or that it is impossible to redeem yourself once you have made a tragic mistake? I don't know.


I'm saying that some people out there are inherently wired to not be faithful to one mate. They feel an overwhelming need to attain human contact (sex) in any way possible, even if it means NOT having it with said mate. And yes- they're probably doomed to repeat themselves at a later date.

I'm also saying that it probably is more-than-difficult to regain any trust or redemption after making such a mistake, especially if one is a habitual adulterer. The only exception would be if that

- the cheating really was a one-time thing, and
- the person being cheated on is so tolerant as to overlook such a transgression.

Unfortunately, cheating on a mate is pretty serious business, no matter how you look at it.

As a person who witnessed and experienced what adultery can do to a family as a child (my father did so early in my childhood in several occasions), it's not something that can simply be brushed under a table or sofa.

It's a main reason for why I'm so adamant against cheating and adultery in a relationship. It probably also explains why I'm still single at 35, as well.

davidben1's photo
Fri 03/14/08 11:09 PM

the last time I was in love - it would never have occurred to me to cheat..never in a million years..he was pretty much my world..

of course, he was married to someone else.


an honest women of courage that speak the truth happiness cannot resist......smiles

hikerchick's photo
Fri 03/14/08 11:14 PM


the last time I was in love - it would never have occurred to me to cheat..never in a million years..he was pretty much my world..

of course, he was married to someone else.


an honest women of courage that speak the truth happiness cannot resist......smiles


what he said.drinker

hikerchick's photo
Fri 03/14/08 11:15 PM




So when you start talking to someone online, do you ever ask or tell about how their previous relationship ended? do you ask if they were unfaithful? do you tell them if you were? does it matter? what if it was once? does that make a difference?

Give me your opinions! I want to know. :)


The last thing I would ever do in a relationship is cheat, as is simply inconsiderate to the other party. After all, why get into a serious relationship in the first place if you'll only go out and 'dip the wick' into something else.

And I always try to ask about the other party's previous relationships, as I don't want to be cheated on.

With that said, the saying is correct- once a cheater, always a cheater.



moof, does that mean that you will continue to repeat every mistake you have ever made in your past? Or that it is impossible to redeem yourself once you have made a tragic mistake? I don't know.


I'm saying that some people out there are inherently wired to not be faithful to one mate. They feel an overwhelming need to attain human contact (sex) in any way possible, even if it means NOT having it with said mate. And yes- they're probably doomed to repeat themselves at a later date.

I'm also saying that it probably is more-than-difficult to regain any trust or redemption after making such a mistake, especially if one is a habitual adulterer. The only exception would be if that

- the cheating really was a one-time thing, and
- the person being cheated on is so tolerant as to overlook such a transgression.

Unfortunately, cheating on a mate is pretty serious business, no matter how you look at it.

As a person who witnessed and experienced what adultery can do to a family as a child (my father did so early in my childhood in several occasions), it's not something that can simply be brushed under a table or sofa.

It's a main reason for why I'm so adamant against cheating and adultery in a relationship. It probably also explains why I'm still single at 35, as well.


Ok fair enough. I have no sympathy for the habitual cheater. Just the poor idiot who makes that tragic mistake and regrets it.

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