Would you swear on your child's life if it wasn't true?

[noodleaddict]

Say you've been cheating on your partner and have lied about it, mostly to uphold the idea that you're a good person and you also just can't admit to it. They don't believe you however. You're not sure if you want to save the relationship as you're fed up with arguing and being snooped on. However it would be easier to stay together in many ways. Your partner then says they will give you another chance as long as you swear on your child's life that you haven't slept with anyone else (you definitely have). You're not religious or superstitious at all and you don't really believe in that stuff. Would you do it?

I think swearing on someone's life is pretty pathetic and refuse to do it!

I do tend to think it's a phrase used by people who are lying anyway.

I'd say it's a phrase used by people who are overly dramatic.

Someone who is asking another person to "swear on their child's life" is being ridiculous.

No.

Not because I'm superstitious but because it would, in effect, be saying I'd rather my children die than admit that I'd lied.

But cheaters lie. So they don't care about that.

I don't ever swear on my child's life if I know I am lying. But my DH did once, and then I found him out to be lying. That really pissed me off.

I can honestly say I've never had cause to swear on anyone's life over anything. It just seems over dramatic to me and I certainly wouldn't humour anyone who was insisting I did it to test me.

If I was suspicious about someone else's actions and they voluntarily swore on a child's life I think I'd assume they were lying. It's just not the way a usually decent and honest person talks imo.

Nope. But then I wouldn't even if i was telling the truth. Anyone elsE? Sure why not? When i was really young and this was actually a thing,people cottoned on i had(strong) feelings for a guy. So they'd ask for me to swear on his life...which meant i always had a "get out clause" as i had no qualms on doing so. But we were 16-18 ffs!

No, because I'm not 13.

It makes absolutely no difference to anything though....no-one is going to be struck down because someone has 'sworn' a lie on their life. It's nonsense.

No. Not because I'm superstitious but because it would, in effect, be saying I'd rather my children die than admit that I'd lied.

This ^

And it's got nothing to do with only being 13. (as another poster very rudely said!) People have different beliefs and they are entitled to them, without being accused of being 'childish.'

I believe that swearing on someone's life (or asking another person to) is childish. Am I entitled to hold and express that belief?