I know of two cases of someone that cheated and they're both working it out.
Case 1: My cousin is working things out. Base on what she told me, her boyfriend came forward the following day and admitted it all. A direct confession indeed.
Case 2: One of my mother's friend was caught cheating on her boyfriend. Supposedly the cheater is remorseful and they're working it out.
If someone still wanted to work things out, then wouldn't case 1 (direct confession) be easier than case 2 where they had to get caught or else it would've kept going on.
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My cousin would've never found out. She's still hurt but that's the first she has ever dealt with a cheater actually confessing.
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I suppose that, if reconciliation is at all possible, then coming clean would be the best approach.
Personally, I wouldn't forgive a cheater under any circumstances, so it wouldn't matter if they decided to come clean.
True. The cheater already messed up badly by cheating. Yet I've seen a couple people more willing to reconcile if they confess (maybe a 20-30% chance) vs if they had to catch them. Then the chances of a reconciliation if a cheater was literally caught in the act diminishes from that 20-30% to a 1-3%.
I would agree with that.
Even though I wouldn't want to reconcile, there's probably a much better chance for those that do, if the cheater confesses.
I think it would be best not to do it at all but I direct confession is good