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To ask if you 100% believe your partner has never cheated?

535 replies

zaraaraz · 15/07/2021 22:57

I think cheating is very common. I was with someone I loved, would have done anything for and he left me and was declaring his love for someone else the next day. Obviously he was seeing her behind my back. My boyfriend before him was going through a divorce because his wife had cheated.

My sister met her husband when they were both with other people. My fathers first wife cheated on him.

I’ve seen a particular colleague cheat twice on his girlfriend.

It’s just very common in my opinion. I’m currently single but whosever I date next then I wouldn’t be shocked if I found out if they were a cheater.

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OneTC · 20/07/2021 10:37

I think that the people saying they can't know 100% are of the "all being well I'll see you in the morning" mentality and it's not much deeper than that. It's not that they have different expectations they just acknowledge different possibilities

Some people think like that and some don't

lynsey91 · 20/07/2021 11:45

@OneTC

So lynsey91 you've never done anything contrary to your morals, I'm not talking about cheating but in other aspects of your life. You've never done anything, ever, that on reflection you weren't happy with?
No I haven't ever done anything that I am not happy with.

I have never done any drugs, not even taken 1 puff of a cigarette. I have never been really drunk, maybe a bit giggly but nothing more. I barely drink now as alcohol is likely to give me a migraine. I have never had a one night stand. Never shoplifted

I guess a lot of people would think I am boring but I am happy with myself and so is DH.

OneTC · 20/07/2021 11:46

I wouldn't say you're boring but someone with zero regrets is pretty unusual I reckon

Frittataz · 20/07/2021 12:07

Yes i 100% believe that my dh has never cheated. Call me naive if you like but I trust my husband completely. The fact that he knows i could forgive a lot but cheating isn’t one of them and the fact that when he’s not working he’s usually at home is also a factor. He goes out with friends probably once a month but usually it’s a gathering of blokes at one his friends houses usually sat in one of their outdoor summer houses/man caves watching football drinking beer and listening to music. So although you could say he doesn’t really get many opportunities to cheat I still trust that he wouldn’t if the opportunity to do so presented itself.

TragicKingdom · 30/07/2021 14:59

I can't say why I did. I honestly thought I would never do anything like it. No excuses whatsoever, but there has been a lack of intimacy, not just sex, hugging, kissing etc, for a number of years. We were living more as best friends. He is also the most laidback person ever so if we went anywhere or did anything 99% of the time I organised everything. It used to frustrate me. Like I say, definitely no excuses, none of this excuses what I did, but I was unhappy and felt like there was just no spark and it felt like that would never come back.

He found out a while ago and we've separated Sad.

Hairbrush123 · 30/07/2021 17:24

I 100% believe my partner has never cheated on me. It is common but not all men are like that.

Flipflopfoodle · 30/07/2021 18:45

I would have bet money on him never cheating, until he did, oddly I think he believed he would never cheat either, until he met her. However I've managed to negotiate several relationships without cheating, can't imagine I would either.

Guavafish · 30/07/2021 20:34

99.9% sure

89redballoons · 30/07/2021 20:55

I totally believe my DH has never cheated on me. I have never cheated on him, so it's obviously not impossible to not cheat!

My mum cheated on my dad and it caused all kinds of terrible fallout for our whole family for years. Also, I love my DH and I value our relationship and our little family more than anything.

I've been with DH for 12 years and I have definitely had the opportunity to cheat and have also had crushes on other people but I will not act on it. So I believe he wouldn't either and I've never had cause to doubt that at all.

MasterBeth · 30/07/2021 21:08

Yes, I 100% believe my partner has never cheated.

And I know 100% I have never cheated.

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