Search Results: Ever been cheated on

I ruined a good opportunity several years ago with a woman who could of been my wife. I didn’t cheat but I didn’t appreciate and reciprocate the love/respect she gave me. It was a complicated situation but I failed to communicate effectively. I owned up to being in the wrong when she broke up with me.

But it’s almost been 10 years now and I have had other gfs and flings. Nothing has come close to what I once had with this woman. No one understood me like she did.

However I’ve seen plenty of other shitty women I’ve past known manage to successfully get married and have kids. Who knows if their husbands are their dream men but something must of worked for them to settle down. But it doesn’t seem like men get as many second chances as women do when we screw up a good opportunity.

It was the only time in my entire life I made a mistake like that. She actually did something to deeply hurt me after ever split. That’s a whole another story but bad karma does exist I already got it back seven fold and got it back hard.

But why I do feel like I have had bad lingering karma ever since? Or is it that men in general have fewer options?

Many users post questions asking "why is it so difficult to find a partner who is loyal?" I think that most people are loyal and cheaters are a minority, but maybe I'm wrong. (I've never cheated but I don't think that makes me an exceptional person.)

So I'm asking a simple question: Have you ever cheated on a partner by engaging in some form of sexual behavior (like fondling, passionate kissing, or something more) with someone other than your partner? This question assumes that you either had an explicit agreement to be monogamous or you knew that your partner expected you to be monogamous. I'm not asking if they cheated on you; I'm asking if you cheated.

Sometimes I end up wondering what if I would've cheated back on that worthless slut that had a 2 month-old affair with my then best friend. I didn't cheat back. I dumped her but what if I had cheated back?

Honestly, is revenge cheating ever acceptable? Does the cheater deserves to get cheated back?