Cuckold or Adulterer
Would you rather be cheated on or catch your partner cheating on you?
Considerations:
- Assume a long-term committed relationship.
- Aforementioned cheating would be continuous (mistress/[is the male version a mister? master?) rather than a one time ordeal (oops).
- If you opt to be cheated on, you would discover the indiscretions of your partner.
- Cuckolds can retain the "moral high ground" and garner sympathy ("poor guy, his wife cheated on him").
- If you were the cheater, assume a 50% chance that you would be discovered by your partner, and if discovered about a 50% chance that it would precipitate the end of the relationship.
- Cheatee could probably coax/guilt the cheater into staying.
- Cheatee has a sympathy advantage in the event of the disolution of the relationship in terms of legal proceedings.
posted by Hypotheticon @ Tuesday, December 25, 2007
4 Comments:
Be cheated on. It would hurt, I'm sure, but I could never do that to someone else.
Be cheated on. I would eventually get over it, and not have to live with the guilt.
- Pat
Er, aren't these both the same thing? Ie, being cheated on?
The hypothetical is phrased wrong. It should be "would you rather be cheated on or would you rather be the cheater?"
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