Can you steal someone else's significant other?

[Anonymous]

Here's my take on it. The term "he/she stole my boy/girlfriend" is one generally used by jealous people who are upset that their SO left them for someone else. After all you can't steal someone that doesn't belong to you. You don't own them And it was the SO's choice to leave. Ye s it hurts your ego when they leave for someone else, but did they technically steal them from you?

Can really steal someone from someone

Is it the thief's fault he/she left

Its was the boy/girlfriend who walked out and thus his fault

[Esplorare]

Yes. Your theory sounds like a delusion used to relieve guilt.
I don't understand how homewreckers try to remove themselves from being guilty with the "It was the significant other's responsibility to be loyal and act right; not mine" card. Knowingly, willingly being a catalyst to someone's heartache and heartbreak is wrong. Point blank period. If you are well aware that someone is in a relationship and you try to manipulate, meddle, and snatch away their significant other's heart (along with his penis and future) then you are wrong. No, you are not alone in being wrong but yes, you have acted selfishly, inconsiderately, and done something very sleazy and nasty that got someone else hurt.

It's not about ego or jealousy: it's about the fact that a homewrecker abandoned any sense of integrity, honor, and respect for their own desires. That's ugly and very wrong.

[bubble_tea]

Can I? I don't want to try...

The way I see it, there are two kinds of men in relationships.

1 There are the ones who aren't happy in the relationship, but don't have the balls to leave until someone else shows serious interest in him. In other words, he'd rather be in a so-so relationship than be single.

2 There are the ones who are happy in the relationship.

Guess which type of men you can 'steal'?

[xxxHolicxxx]

True. I agree. There are people who can sabotage a relationship or manipulate people, though. But I know myself well enough to know that I wouldn't let myself get manipulated, so I would hope my SO would be someone equally intuitive/smart who can stand up for himself.

[sobg71124]

From your wording, it would sounds as though you are the one that has done the "stealing" but is struggling with her conscience about it.

[Esplorare]

Exactly. It appears that @Asker is desperately trying to convince herself that it was perfectly acceptable to be a devious, sneaky, deceitful, self-absorbed, scheming, manipulative homerecker. Women like this don't get far and they never get golden men...

[sobg71124]

One can't "steal" someone from someone else, but he can certainly show great disrespect to it by invading it or otherwise circumventing it, at the cost of another, for his own gain.

[Esplorare]

Hmmm I guess it depends on how you look at it. Of course an individual can't be stolen like cattle lol It's not like you have the paperwork stating your ownership of the person ;P
but I think that phrase derived more from the fact that someone's future with another is being stolen; someone probably feels like they have been robbed of their happiness, intimacy, and presence of their significant other so they say 'stolen'. It's all really the same thing with different verbiage

[sobg71124]

Yes, I agree. I was only trying to describe to her that it means the same thing even without using the word, "steal".

[Esplorare]

ohhh whoops! thought the comment was for me. my bad!

[BobbyBrown23]

Not true, I run up to couples on the street all the time, throw the girl over my shoulders and run away.

[BobbyBrown23]

and then I shout "FINDERS KEEPERS"

[Esplorare]

roflmfao!

[nimbus24]

Yes it's stealing when you ruined someone's relationship by being in between them trying pull one of them out for yourself.

[ObviouslyBored]

You can't steal a person who willingly went over there.

[pr3ttybr0wn]

you can't "steal" a guy from a woman he really wants to be with.

[BertMacklinFBI]

the way you described it sounds correct.

[BertMacklinFBI]

I do, however, believe that either boy or girl can be a conniving fucking devious deceitful little bitch ass snake with the sole intention to get that SO to desire them over the other that would lead a person to say "they stole them from me".

[Asker]

What if they had no intention of being a deceitful lying bitch ass or to get attention? What if they where friends and flirted and he/she left and started dating said friend?

[BertMacklinFBI]

okay so they had no intentions of being deceitful, but were they attracted to the person and desired that person?

[Ihav2fart]

Did you steal someones SO and got tired of being called a homewrecker?

[Anonymous]

You can't steal someone. If they leave you for someone else, it's their choice and nobody else's

[JayGarrick]

No, but they can certainly manipulate them to leave you.

[Pingju]

Can someone else steal your significant other? :)