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(Original Air Date: 03/01/06) What can you do if your spouse has a cheating heart? Rick’s wife, Kandice, cheated on him less than a year ago, and he suspects she's at it again. Is Rick just being paranoid, or is Kandice not telling the whole truth? Find out when Dr. Phil reveals what he caught on camera. Then, Arianna thought she had it all: a wonderful husband, two beautiful kids and a happy marriage ... until recently when the ugly truth came out in a shocking way. How did she find out about her husband's philandering? Can he learn to be faithful? Dr. Phil has strong words to set him straight. With a dark cloud of lies, deceit and infidelity hanging over a relationship, can you ever trust a cheater again? Share your thoughts, join the discussion.

 

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August 15, 2006, 8:39 am PDT

08/08 Cheaters

Once a cheater, always a cheater.  The first time my ex-husband cheated on me, I gave him a second chance.  Unfortunately, he went out and cheated on me again.  I believe in second chances (as long as the cheater is willing to live with intense scrutiny), but anything after that...it's over for good.  Unfortunately, once someone has lied to you, it completely destroys any trust that was there.  So, can you really blame the other person for not trusting the cheater?  Like I say, once a liar, always a liar!

 

To all the cheaters out there and the cheaters on this show....you better wake up and be prepared for the intense scrutinty.  Because the fact of the matter is that you did in fact lie and you did in fact, purposely put yourself and your spouse in that situation.  Like Dr. Phil said, it's not a "whoops, I hate it when I do that" situation.  You in fact created that situation yourself.  If you're not happy enough in your marriage to stay monogamous, then maybe you should get out before something happens.

 
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August 15, 2006, 9:08 am PDT

Only time can tell....

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I was cheated on, through the internet. I found the I love You.  It was Dec.12,2005 and I am still not over it.  Will I ever be? It is driving me crazy.  He says it will never happen again, but ever time I hear the key board clicking I wonder. 
Unfortunately,  only time can tell.  Up till this day, it still hurts. 
 
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August 15, 2006, 12:06 pm PDT

thank you

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I think you should leave her. I was married for 20 years, and was cheated on more than once. It is too hard to get over the pain that a cheater causes, and i do not think the trust is really ever there once it happens. Like Dr.Phil says " if you want to predict the future, look at the past." this is what made me wake up and realize i had to ask him to leave me and my two kids. They saw it all, and were not happy with the behavior he was taking on. As a family now, my children and i are so much happier, and i think there is a feeling of security and trust back in this house, by what i have been able to give them and show them. It was not an easy decision for me to make, but i am so glad i finally took control and made the right choice. He is now engaged to one of my old friends,(yes another one he had cheated on me with) and thank her for taking him away from me, because it would of happened again, just with someone else i am very sure of that!
I want to thank you for giving some insite in this situation as someone who have been hurt too. I really appreciate you response as it is a difficult situation for me since I have a 9 year old son with her in France. I don't want to leave him with a situation because his mom is not making enough money to pay for her place and food. UGH! what a stressful time and decision.
 
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August 15, 2006, 12:12 pm PDT

thank you

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I am so sorry, but in my opinion and it is only my opinion, I think it is time you move on.  She is obviously lying to you. 
What a stressful time, as I have my 9 year old son with my wife in France with her not making enough to keep a roof and food for my son if I cut her off. She told me that she has cancelled her profile as I have not seen it now but I don't trust her. I want to thank you for your comment as I truly appreciate it especially from someone on a neutral base that have probably gone through a cheating situation by the person that you love so much.
 
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August 15, 2006, 1:48 pm PDT

it is a difficult time

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For me it was after 13 years of marriage that my husband had an affair. He was out of the house for two months before we decided to work on getting our marriage back. It has been a year. The pain is still there but it is gradually subsiding. It is a work in progress. When my mind starts to go there, I just tell myself that I wont live in the past. Work on the now. See the good things now. If he ever does it again I will leave with no question. I believe we are human and sometimes we fail, but everyone deserves one chance to redeem themselves. (ONE)
I too was cheated on by my wife of 12 years as you can read my message from "devoted husband". A year ago today, I moved out and thought that I had been divorce as my wife had deceitfully (signed it a year before that so that she could get a house of US with her credit since mind was bad...so I was told) filed in which was vacated by the judge. She was with a kid who could not legally drink and she was 46 and later found out that he is a crystal meth user. Anyway she wanted me back a month later and we started working on our marriage. I moved back to my home i December and we decided to move to France and start a new life...fresh! Anyway, getting over the trust issues and being angry is an individual situation when it comes to length of time for healing and trusting again. I have forgiven my wife but have not forgotten it and when I saw her dating site looking for a 18-35 year old man(just last month and she is in france) I was angry again and really am deciding to just cut her off hard and fast but with my son there with her and she does not have a suitable income source I am in a very stressful decison state. I also really love her and want her to be a wife...MY wife. My self esteem is low as I feel great on how I look as I am probably in better shape then I have ever been (i am 40) and my profession in which I am successful but when it comes to women I sometimes question myself (although my employees that are younger and older woman constantly flirt with me) especially since my wife is a very very attractive woman. I am dealing with this daily with self affirmations and being healthy. If she is not going to help work on our marriage, I will leave her and am not looking back except to take care of my son.
 
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August 16, 2006, 11:27 pm PDT

IS HE CHEATING?

I am worried that my husband of 2 1/2 years is cheating.  He has been spending time with his friends wife while his friend is at work (and he is away from our home at work).  He says it because the kids want to play together....He says I am always welcome to come along with him to work, but I am not that thrilled to just hang out after work and drink and smoke (not my idea of a good time).....

 

Are there any HUGE signs?  I think I know the usual signs....

 

 

Please help!

 

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August 17, 2006, 12:19 am PDT

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I have been married to a woman who is 7 years older than I am. We both are in our 40's and last year, was a very sad time in my life. My wife had an affair with a 20 year old grocery clerk(who she said that she really loves) and planned it that had me moved out so that we could work on our marriage. She got a roach infested apartment for me and after the first night there, I went back to the house in the morning and tell her I will look for a place on my own. After I came home, I realized that he was over there last night with her but was already gone. I told her about the phone records that I had and told her to leave and she called the police and made false accusations about me. She was with this boy for about a month and a half when she started to have feelings for me to even kiss me outside the house with her boyfriend in the house. She later found out that he is a crystal meth user and even had move him in with my 8 year old son(how confusing is that for a child to have daddy home one day and a few days later another boy who was 12 years older than him moving in and sleeping with his mom) for a week. Anyway we got back together and decided that we need a fresh start and a new place to live. We decided on France and she went there first with my son in March(since I am the bread winner and she sells on Ebay for a little extra money). Things were going great, when I noticed an email from her friend and she telling her to email her on another account because I help her with her ebay business and will see the emails. I reacted and told her that she is on her own in which she wrote back to me that she only told her friend that because her friend hates me. 2 weeks after that she started a yahoo france profile looking for a man 18 to 35 years old and that she is a divorced american woman(also lied about her age being 10 years younger). I caught her in the act and was so mad and told her off. She said that she was afraid that she is in a foreign country and I might abandon her(she has childhood issues about being abandon), so she was looking for a man as a backup..so she said. I do not trust her at all and do not know what to do as part of me wants to be with her and other times cannot put up with this. Lately it feels like she is drifting away but she said that she does not want ot talk to me because I always want to talk about our relationship and accuse her, as she wants action for me to be a husband and take care of her. She said that I am controlling(because I don't want her to see other men) and angry(I wonder why), All my friends said that I should leave her and leave her hard. They said that I should start taking care of myself for once instead of everything for her. I am dealing with a very smart woman who has her masters in psychology and is like Dr Phil in her counseling style. I love her but don't know if she is truly in this marriage or if she is cheating on me in France. I don't know what to do, do I stay and be the hero in this marriage or just leave her for good.
If you leave her and leave her in France what about your son?

She's a bitch, sorry, but she's using you, manipulating you, she doesn't love you...she thinks she has some kind of free pass because she is a female...forget her.

But please, do not forget your son. If she see's her mother acting like a total whore then he will think that that is what women are for.

Get your boy.
 
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August 17, 2006, 8:27 am PDT

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I am worried that my husband of 2 1/2 years is cheating.  He has been spending time with his friends wife while his friend is at work (and he is away from our home at work).  He says it because the kids want to play together....He says I am always welcome to come along with him to work, but I am not that thrilled to just hang out after work and drink and smoke (not my idea of a good time).....

 

Are there any HUGE signs?  I think I know the usual signs....

 

 

Please help!

I myself would be flipping out that my husband would be spending time there without me and wonder what the hell is going on!! But that is just me.
 
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August 21, 2006, 7:10 am PDT

lost and hurt

We have been married almost 5 years tuesday is our anniversary. I recently discovered he has profile on match.com, he has been getting emails from other woman wanting to meet him and one of them has left a message on our answering machine. He claims he is not cheating and he knows nothing about the profile or the emails and has no idea who called our home and caller id is no help she blocked her number. I dont know what to do I feel so lost and hurt we have 3 kids, I want to leave but I unfortunately am still in love with him. I dont know what to do. do i end our marriage over this? our children are very young, I cant stop crying. Nothing has ever hurt so much. Will counseling help or is it just a temporary fix. I think he is a sex addict, he is always watching pornography on the computer he even takes pictures of girls with his camera phone, I found some recently of girls flashing their chests about 15 of them but he says I shouldn't be jealous that its normal for guys to do this. That I am being paranoid and a prude.
 
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August 21, 2006, 12:33 pm PDT

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We have been married almost 5 years tuesday is our anniversary. I recently discovered he has profile on match.com, he has been getting emails from other woman wanting to meet him and one of them has left a message on our answering machine. He claims he is not cheating and he knows nothing about the profile or the emails and has no idea who called our home and caller id is no help she blocked her number. I dont know what to do I feel so lost and hurt we have 3 kids, I want to leave but I unfortunately am still in love with him. I dont know what to do. do i end our marriage over this? our children are very young, I cant stop crying. Nothing has ever hurt so much. Will counseling help or is it just a temporary fix. I think he is a sex addict, he is always watching pornography on the computer he even takes pictures of girls with his camera phone, I found some recently of girls flashing their chests about 15 of them but he says I shouldn't be jealous that its normal for guys to do this. That I am being paranoid and a prude.

You are definitely NOT overreacting! You are not a prude and not paranoid. It sounds to me like your husband wants his cake and eat it too unfortunately! I am a firm believer that marriage counseling can work if BOTH partners are committed to it. With 3 small children, it is worth talking to him about it. But I would NOT settle for being treated this way. If he loves you and the children and is willing to stop this behavior, then give it a shot (if that is what you want). If he is not, then please do not stay for the children. Before it is over with, they will learn from you how to allow people to treat them. You do not want them to grow up thinking that it is acceptable to be treated this way.

 

Good luck. Now dry your tears, and get ready to tell that husband how you will be treated in your life. No negotiations. The other women MUST stop and he MUST respect you. Stay strong and keep us posted. Prayers to you and your children!

 
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