Question of the Day--Please Answer Honestly
- By Tracy Ames
- Published May 25, 2010
Tracy Ames
Mrs. Ames is an international bestselling author of interracial erotic fiction and a former columnist for several newsletters and magazines.
A native of the San Francisco Bay Area, Tracy currently split time between CT & New York City with her husband, children and a host of pets.
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I've been slipping for the last few days. I haven't been resting or eating properly and I'm beginning to feel it. Greg was right, I can't be trusted to take care of myself so I'm bowing to his greatness and putting myself back in his capable hands.
Anyway, back on topic.
I was chatting with a girlfriend/fellow author/webguru about the new novel I'm writing which involves infidelity. I raised the question: Would you cheat if you knew you wouldn't be caught?
I'd like to hear what you have to say. If you'd like to answer anonymously that's fine. I want honest answers. Most people immediately say no they wouldn't cheat however my friend brought up a point:
"What about the one that got away? Would they cheat or have dinner with that person knowing what it could lead to?"
So there's your question:
Would you cheat if you knew you wouldn't be caught?
I've been slipping for the last few days. I haven't been resting or eating properly and I'm beginning to feel it. Greg was right, I can't be trusted to take care of myself so I'm bowing to his greatness and putting myself back in his capable hands.
Anyway, back on topic.
I was chatting with a girlfriend/fellow author/webguru about the new novel I'm writing which involves infidelity. I raised the question: Would you cheat if you knew you wouldn't be caught?
I'd like to hear what you have to say. If you'd like to answer anonymously that's fine. I want honest answers. Most people immediately say no they wouldn't cheat however my friend brought up a point:
"What about the one that got away? Would they cheat or have dinner with that person knowing what it could lead to?"
So there's your question:
Would you cheat if you knew you wouldn't be caught?
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16 Responses to "Question of the Day--Please Answer Honestly" 
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said this on 25 May 2010 11:50:30 PM CDT
That's a tricky question. "The one who got away" is very tricky especially if you know deep down that was the one somehow you should have been with. It's like thirsting for something that you know will not bring you closure, but it will make you happy in the moment. I don't know about afterwards though. It depends on what you think you have with that person who is at home waiting on you. I had a cousin that told me her reasoning once. If you know what you have at home, then you will not have to worry about being caught up in a "heat of the moment".
My grandma used to say you don't know unless it happens to you. I guess that's why she left her second husband and went back to her first husband. (LOL) I guess it's true you can fall in and out love with one person for the rest of your life. Listen to a new artist by the name of Diane Birch. She has a wonderful song called "Nothing But A Miracle" in which she talks about what she has at home and how it is time to get out and meet some new people. Funny, but real!!! |
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said this on 25 May 2010 11:57:01 PM CDT
Yes I would. Once with my best friend(a guy) and once with my first boyfriend.
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said this on 26 May 2010 12:05:26 AM CDT
You must listen to the song "The Way It Is" by artist Nicole Atkins. The girl is bad. I love it. Gives you great insight on the choices you make when it comes to cheating. My cousin put me on to this.
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said this on 26 May 2010 12:20:45 AM CDT
Yes I would cheat with the one that got away. He was my first love. We were too young at the time but I’d take a chance with him now. We haven’t gotten over each other.
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said this on 26 May 2010 11:07:21 AM CDT
Honestly, Hell to the no to me cheating is a sign if disrespect not only to your significant other but to myself. I don't like stress or unanswered questions left at the end of a relationship case in point, the last man I dated before James was one I thought got away and he was my one. When I came across James as a potential lover, mate I was honest with him on this relationship, the feelings I have/had for him during this time because that felt like lying to me. When we realized we could have "it" all I sought out this man put it all on the table fortunately for me he did the same, I realized that the sexual attraction was there but not the emotional attraction. He noted when I spoke about James while sitting with him the difference in my demeanor that I never had that looked way about him we realized he "never got away" he just was not my "one"
Sometimes others cheat "because they can", so can I but the difference to me is "Am I willing to pay the price" of cheating, is this opportunity more important than the relationship with James. After my meeting with said ex we spoke honestly, our conclusion we are the half of the other but if either wants to leave we will let the person go with a heavy heart. |
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said this on 26 May 2010 2:25:43 PM CDT
Not tricky at all. I wouldn't. See, sex is the fucking greatest thing evah! and if I'm physically attracted to someone else while in a relationship, then I'm thinking something's wrong and I would so get the heck out of Dodge faster than a NY minute. My ex, the one that I let go, probably would have, simply because I caught him having dinner with one of his female managers, that he neglected to tell me about, explaining that it was all business. Like, her skirt was shorter than a pair of batty riders, killer heels, plus when I saw them from afar, she was doing that twirling her hair around her fingers, looking at him from under her long lashes coy look thingie.
By the way Tracy, since you always share so much with us: I FINALLY HAD SEX AFTER 7YEARS!!!. He's 22yrs (yeah, I know, but LAWDDDDDD), and such a freak. And, goodness a bloody fantastic kisser. Had to take a couple of days off work as my muscles protested, plus I would have surely wobbled in my heels...... |
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said this on 26 May 2010 8:16:15 PM CDT
Woot Whoo! And then there was light! I'm so happy you finally got some and he's young. Bless your horny heart. There's nothing like a good snog.
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said this on 26 May 2010 4:49:42 PM CDT
I would not cheat. I do not have one that got away. The ones that did get away , good riddance to them. One cheated on me and the other one started acting obsessive after 2 years of dating. I haven't met anyone that has made me do a double take, well maybe I have done a double take but I have never thought about stepping out on my husband. Today is our 20 year wedding anniversary!!
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said this on 26 May 2010 8:11:51 PM CDT
Happy Anniversary Wanda!!!
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said this on 26 May 2010 5:15:49 PM CDT
No I couldn't cheat cheat regardless if I thought I would get caught or not. The reason being I would not want my boyfriend /husband to cheat on me. Plus, I will have the upperhand to be able to say I never cheated on him, just in case he ever cheated on me. Also, I would tell my boyfriend/husband that I was interested in someone else or brake p with him before persuing another man. Plus, I would be no good at trying to keep a secret like that.
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said this on 26 May 2010 7:42:19 PM CDT
No I wouldn't cheat. If I were seriously starting to find myself that attracted physically or emotionally by another man old flame or otherwise. Then it clear my current relationhip needsto change. Either we start talking and trying workout our relationship or we move on and go our seperate ways. But I won't disrepct them or what we shared by screwing aonther man behind his back. Ask Tiger Wood and Jesse James that shit will ALWAYS come back to bite you in the ass. So I'll just it act like a grown ass woman show them the respect they deserve and be honest about it. That way we can end things and move on without all the hate and negativity that come with cheating. I don't need it in my life.
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said this on 26 May 2010 8:14:30 PM CDT
No. Do unto others as you would like done unto you.
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said this on 26 May 2010 8:25:00 PM CDT
I’d do it. My wife doesn’t like trying new things. I’m bored.
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said this on 26 May 2010 8:39:01 PM CDT
Thanks folks for your honest answers.
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said this on 27 May 2010 1:40:49 AM CDT
No, I wouldn't do it. I wouldn't risk my good thang our a coulda been. We romanticize things in the past sometimes and forget why we broke up with that person in the first place, that don't change. And I wouldn't get away with it, because I'd always know and feel the guilt and shame of it.
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said this on 30 May 2010 5:30:10 PM CDT
Tracy, no I wouldn't. At the end of the day I have to look myself in the mirror, live with myself and it would eat at ME! Me! If I did that. Also, karma is a bitch! What goes around comes around and I wouldn't want that to be done to me.
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