minti, powered by parents Powered by Parents
First Visit?     Register     Login
 
RSS

flipperkate
flipperkate | August 28th

Should I feel bad???

My "best" friend (of 15yrs) introduced me to a guy she was friends with. After I had gotten to know him she told me that she had, had an affair with im for 3yrs and stopped it once she found out that she was pregnant. She has been with her partner for 10yrs. After she told me about the affair she told me i couldnt do anything with him because he was hers. After a lot of alcohol one night we kissed and he ended up telling her one night when they were just hanging out. Now she wont talk to me and says ive disappointed her, but she still sees him every month. The few friends she did tell about the affair she told about me kissing him and now im the bad guy because i caused her this hurt. My family are good friends with this person to and im really at a loss at what to say to them about why we are no longer friends. Should I feel bad? am I the bad guy?? I feel ive done nothing wrong. It would have been different if she had of told me before i met him.

Write Answer Got an answer... share it now Report

Other answers to this question:


llmunchkin
August 31st | llmunchkin
Re: Should I feel bad???

All of you are displaying immature and silly behaviour Jerry Springer style... This guy is a creep for having an affair with a woman who has a partner; she is pretty disgraceful for cheating on someone over a 3year period and alcohol or not; getting involved in it yourself is just plain silly.  Really, you ought to forget about the whole thing and focus on the more positive aspects of your life and people with decent morals.



Reply Reply Report
flipperkate
August 29th | flipperkate
Re: Should I feel bad???

Thanks everyone. I knew i had no reason to feel bad, but i guess because everyone thinks this woman is so great when the few friends that know take her side its hard not to feel like ive done somehing wrong. Ive decided to start standing up for myself and next time the family ask ill just tell them. The lover knows she has a partner. The baby looks exactly like the partner so she felt there was no need to say she is having the affair. She says i stopped but i know they get together every now and then. She talks to me when we see each other to keep up appearances



Reply Reply Report
      Arna
August 31st | Arna
Re: Should I feel bad???

So, this friend speaks to you just so her partner won't get suspicious?  Um, that is not right hun, and if I were you, I wouldn't be pretending it was right either because you are then hurting her partner by being a part of her deceit.

End the friendship altogether, and don't cover for her!  She will walk over you time and time again if you keep this up.

 



Reply Reply Report
      mystikal
August 29th | mystikal
Re: Should I feel bad???

Good for you!! I know how it feels to have a whole bunch of people sticking together in lame attempts to make you feel guilty. The truth is they do it out of peer pressure. They're so scared about not being accepted by other people that they are scared to have an opinion of their own. If I were you I would sleep well at night with a smile on your face knowing that you're strong enough to question the status quo.



Reply Reply Report
           Arna
August 31st | Arna
Re: Should I feel bad???

I was the same, surrounded by the 'flock' mentality of my peers, and I was losing out all the time.  Not any more! I broke away from the 'flock' and am now more like a 'gypsie', going where I want and doing what I want, not what others expected of me!  And who's the one actually getting on with life?  Not the rest of the flock.



Reply Reply Report
mystikal
August 29th | mystikal
Re: Should I feel bad???

Are you the bad guy? LOL HELL NO!! Stick up for yourself hun, to tell the truth if my best friend ever did that to me, I'd be sure to tell the whole family the real reason why we aren't friends. But then again I'm a bit of a bitch to people who cross the line with me lol



Reply Reply Report
      Anonymous Member
 
This Comment has been deleted
blue-raven
August 29th | blue-raven
Re: Should I feel bad???

Just so I've got the picture, your best friend of 15 yrs has been in a relationship for 10yrs of which the last 3 yrs she's been having an affair? Is that correct?

If so you are not that bad guy! She has cheated in her relationship (lack of fidelity) and is taking her guilt out on you. If I were in your shoes, I'd be telling her partner to get tested for STD's. I also threaten that if she didn't fess up. I'd do it for her. She has no right or claim on him (the affair guy) as she is already in a committed relationship. I'd also ditch the friendship, you don't need friends like her who introduce you single guy's only to have her threaten you for taking an interest. Not to mention the pain she is causing her partner and the heartache when he finds out. What about the child? Is her partner the father or is her lover? The consequences are far reaching, does her partner want to raise the lovers child?

Otherwise I'd walk way from the friendship telling her I can't be friends with someone who lies and cheats in relationships. I have recently terminated a friendship, were she (my friend, lied and cheated in her marriage leaving hubby out of pocket for another woman) Infidelity kills relationships including friendships. I can't trust someone who is cheating and lying in their relationship.

I hope this helps but probably not as there is a child to consider.

Raven



Reply Reply Report
Arna
August 29th | Arna
Re: Should I feel bad???

Um hun, you are not the one with the problem here!  She is!  She is having an affair and thinking it is alright to do so and then turning around and making you out to be a bad friend?  Does this poor guy even know she's already in a relationship?  Is this affair still going on?

The way I see it, you don't need to surround yourself with a narcasistic hypocrite.  It doesn't matter you have been best friends for 15 years, you don't deserve to be treated like that!!!!  Your friend doesn't own anyone, especially not you, and if you lose more friends because of her, then they weren't really friends to begin with either!

Believe what I say, because I have been there and done that.  I woke up one day and told myself I wasn't going to put up with the mental, emotional and physical abuse of my 'friends' and it stopped then and there.  I lost all my friends, but I am happier now because I took control of my life and know what sort of people I consider to be friends.  They are the ones I have here who listen, treat me like I am valid and give me a kick in the pants when I need it.  I've only met one of them, but all of them make me feel like I have friends, true friends.

Don't regret your actions, because you did nothing wrong!  Ignore what they think, because....well, this is a parenting forum and I really don't think it is appropriate for me to finish that comment here! LOL



Reply Reply Report
      blue-raven
August 29th | blue-raven
Re: Should I feel bad???

Well said Arna!!!!! I'd love to finish that sentence but the last time I used the "W" word I got sin binned!!!!! Even though I used the aproppiate word for the meaning not the generic meaning!!!!

As Arna said you are much better friend and deserve to have friends of better quality!

Cheers Raven



Reply Reply Report
           Arna
August 29th | Arna
Re: Should I feel bad???

LOL.  Previous experience says that sometimes sharing what I am really thinking isn't what I should let others know I'm thinking - I can get a bit passionate sometimes! rofl



Reply Reply Report
sandra106
August 28th | sandra106
Re: Should I feel bad???

How are you the bad guy in all this? simple your not and she is no friend to you at all and he sounds like someone you should just stay away from aswell sounds like they deserve each other saves them making someone elsles life miserable. If your family asks and you feel comfortable telling them than do that I think they will see her in a different light. You are to good for these people get some you friends you deserve better.



Reply Reply Report
zoolooau
August 28th | zoolooau
Re: Should I feel bad???

 So you kissed a guy that she had an affair with and your the bad guy???? I think you mite need a new friend lol. I dont get how he could be "hers" since she is with someone else.... who she cheated on O.o i would just rather stay away from people like that lol.

Sounds like a daytime t.v drama lol



Reply Reply Report

Related Content

Add

No related content has been added

Related Tags

Add

None

Bookmarks

No bookmarks found