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Melissa
A couple weeks ago, I cheated on my husband. If it wasn’t bad enough, it was his best friend. We only got married a year ago and we’re both very young. I feel maybe that is the reason I did this. Because we rushed into things and I didn’t get to just enjoy being single. I do love him though, which is why I’m confused. Do I tell him? I’m scared it will ruin us and he will never forgive me. I feel some things are better left unsaid. Any advice is appreciated. My guilt is killing me. However, I still want his best friend..again. How do I stop these feelings and focus on my marriage? Sorry for all the questions but I truly feel helpless in this situation. I feel like I’m a whore who’s ruined everything.
JillYou made ONE mistake. This is your cross to bear. Shut up and deal with it. Go talk to him and tell him you absolutely cannot repeat this mistake ever and you two need to stay away from each other as much as possible for a while.
But you’d better get yourself in check because if you do it again, it’s a bigger problem and since it’s his best friend he WILL find out at some stage.
Why are you doing this? For the thrill?
Are you SURE you love your husband enough to stay married the rest of your life??
You are anything but helpless. You are the only one who can control your behavior. Taking responsibility for what you did is the first step. I think you should go to a counselor to get some support or you are heading for disaster and divorce.
JillI mean, go talk to the best friend and tell him…
JillAnd one more thing – calling yourself names and beating on yourself isn’t going to help. You made a bad mistake. That doesn’t make you a bad person forever. You have to get this under control. You do it again and it will probably cost you your marriage.
RavenOf all the people to cheet with, why his best friend?
NewbieThis is the maximum amount of betrayal you can do with your husband. Wife with best friend. If he finds out, he will be devastated. And still you want to do it again. If you think youre having a single moment because you got married so young, thats no excuse at all. Something drove you to the cheating. Its either you who doesnt want to be committed or the husband who isnt what you thought he would be. I think you should get divorced
Undine spraggFirst, don’t ever breathe a word of it. Ever.
Second, be a woman and buck up. Stay away from the friend. Any weakling can cheat.
It take character and strength to be faithful.
Undine spraggYou are considering telling your husband because you want the best friend, and you know your husband will leave you immediately.
You want to destroy your husband and reveal the true person you are to everyone? All those people who came to your wedding?
Melissa@everyone saying I shouldn’t tell him
I feel like not telling him would be even more of a betrayal. Seeing him being buddy buddy with his best friend will break my heart because I know he doesn’t have his best interests at heart.
Undine spraggOh God, you are a piece of work.
Telling him would destroy him. Tell the buddy to stay away. Then do not ever speak to the buddy again. Don’t call him, don’t text him, remove his number from your phone.
NewbieYou dont have his best interest at heart either. Even less than the friend who didnt promiss your husband wedding vows.
I think undine is right: you want to end your marriage and elope with the best friend. Getting divorced would be the most generous solution here. He can pick a woman who doesnt cheat on him and gets spared the fact his wife slept with hos best friendToniOk Melissa – since you’re so smart, go tell him and see what happens. Neither his wife nor his best friend have his best interests at heart. That’s the truth today. It doesn’t have to be the truth tomorrow. The truth can be, his wife made a mistake and recovered from it, learned and loves him so much she would never do it again.
He’s the innocent party here. He doesn’t deserve to have his world crushed and his heart broken. The best punishment for you is to have to keep this secret the rest of your life. You f***ed up, badly. Nothing to do with him. So leave him out of it and woman up and stay the hell away from his friend. You were young and foolish. Guess what – you just grew up overnight.
If you’re really sorry and really love him, you will never do this again. If you really don’t belong with him, then this is it. Time to get an annulment and let him go find someone can give him the love and loyalty he deserves.
LaneMy ex husband’s first wife did this to him while he was away for training (military) and lets just say it was unforgivable for him, immediately filed for divorce, and never spoke to his best friend again….this will be you and your best friend if you not only tell but continue to cheat. This is the worst betrayal a wife/husband could commit IMO.
All I have to say is if you want to cheat do your husband a favor and divorce him so he can find a wife who doesn’t cheat or betray him in the worst way like you and his best friend have done…he didn’t and doesn’t deserve this.
Undine spraggToni, great advice
AnonAgree with everyone else. Do NOT tell your husband. You will break him – possibly permanently. You don’t understand how deeply men feel these sorts of betrayal. You will most likely end your marriage and also possibly end his ability to trust any other woman in the future.
Also, do NOT give into your urges with the friend. This will get very messy, very quickly.
Go see a counselor. Get your mind right. Figure out what you want to do without further hurting yourself and others. Forgive yourself.
Sweet angel 80Isn’t marriage all about honesty and trust and if he’s a person who believes in the vows taken and loves you,he will still love you ,only it will take time to recover, there will be rage n anger n bitterness,yes it will break him once he knows about it and it will take a very long time to trust you again, but look at all the marriages that have been through these situations n the couples that r still together,that’s what marriage is to be together through to the end. Not something that can be ended or thrown out.Best ask some older generation couples what they would have done,that’s where you can learn a thing or two from.
Sweet angel 80PLS, learn from your mistake, and focus on ur marriage.Make God your priority e erything else will fall through@melissa
JustaguyI find funny how people are telling her not to tell anything to her husband.
If I was typing here that I cheated on my wife with her best friend women would go phyco on me, and you know that’s true. You women are way less harsh when is another woman talking.
She didn’t cheat with a random guy, she cheated with his best friend, it makes a whole difference, and there are lots of chances the other guy is going to feel guilty and talk to him.
Second and very important, she STILL wants the other guy. And her guilt is killing her yet most women here are telling her to shup it.
My advice to the OP is first, think what you want, do you really really want to stay with your husband?? If the answer is yes, talk to him, there are many chances he will leave you, yes, but like I said probably he is going to know about this eventually, I don’t think it will be good for you to have that preasure of what is going on. If he forgives you, try to learn from this.
If you are into that other guy and really are not happy with your husband, divorce is not the end of the world, you are young and you don’t have kids, things can be much more complicated in the future.
Think well what you want.
HoneypieI agree with a lot of what justaguy has said there.
OP- you took marriage vowels that you have now broken. Can you live your whole life with this significant secret? You don’t have your husbands best interests at heart and how dare you imply you do with statements of his best friend not having these for him. Neither of you did or do.
The fact you’d do it again- and everyone can see you would- continues to make this situation an unresolvable one without telling your husband.
Actually more than that- how dare you treat the man you married like this. He has every right to know you broke your promises to him. You’ve no real choice but to tell him or you do not care about him as you should. It’s his choice to make as weather you stay together or not and if he is able to work through this- NOT yours. You’ve been damaging and selfish enough. Time to do the right thing.
NarcSweet Angel 80-
You talk about his love and trust having taken marriage vows, what about hers?!
One year in she bangs his best friend, with the cop out of I’m young? Then adds she wants his best friend again.
But he’s the one who’s going to get over it in time? Guess again girl.
Please do tell your husband so he can dump both you and his “best” friend.
That’s how to make it right.
Sweetangel80@narc, I’m talking about the vows they both took, not just him but her, yes she made a mistake,but only she can do something about it,common guys, we should look back at our older generations n get inspired, not come into marriage and get out as though it were nothing n meant nothing,marriage is about forgiveness, reconciliation, love trust,mutual understanding, communication, and keeping secrets in marriage is the last thing one should do.
NarcGuess she missed the part about forsaking all others.
NarcObviously her marriage meant nothing as she was banging his best friend.
Shellie@Toni gave the best advice of all.
cmI think this was never a mistake, it was a deliberate decision since u want to do it again. my sister tell your husband to find a wife material since you are not ready to be one. fake girls all over. Broken trust. be real
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