Is She Cheating?

I suspect that my girlfriend is cheating on me with my best friend. Awful, I know, but I've gotten hyper-paranoid recently and want to find out if it's true. But I don't want to ask her because (a) she might deny it even if it's true and (b) I'm not sure I can handle it if she is. What to do?

Panicking in the West Village


Breathe. What you've got here is a tough situation, no doubt, and you have to handle it carefully; your goal should be to get to the root of the issue while keeping yourself in tact whatever you might discover. It's better to know than to be kept in the dark, because it could hurt more later if you're right in your suspicions and you delay. You must approach your girlfriend on the subject. There's a reason she's your girlfriend, and the relationship that you have should provide for openness and honesty. If it doesn't, as you may learn, then it's not the relationship for you, ultimately. First think about why you might think this about her. Has she cheated on anyone in the past? Has she ever, to your knowledge, lied to you about anything? Are there other aspects of her life that she doesn't discuss with you? And ask yourself: am I the type of partner who provides her with a loving, honest forum in which to discuss whatever might be on her mind? Then bring it up with her. You don't need to throw out unfounded accusations that might, indeed, be rooted in the paranoia that can come on from overthinking a difficult issue like this one; you might instead approach her with something like "I always hope you can come to me with anything going on for you..." and, if she doesn't provide you any information, then say something like "I notice that you and [name of your friend] have been spending some time together. Are you attracted to her?" and see where it goes. Try and prevent her from becoming defensive by being calm and collected...certainly if you get information that makes you upset, then you'll have to honor that feeling but can hopefully do so in privacy later.

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Hide a nanny cam someplace near her bed and then leave town for a few days. When you get back, you'll know.

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Okay, I have a long distance relationship with this girl named kendra I have seen pictures of her and she has seen mine. We talk on the phone. When we first started the relationship we talked to eachother alot on the phone and online the relationship started in may of 2003 now we talk but not as much as we use to we would usually talk at 4,5,6,7,8 in the afternoon and we would talk for a long time. Now whenever I call her her cell phone is off or she doesn't answer. She calls me in the morning or very late at night like 1:00 a.m and we talk but, I'm very tired at the time. When we are online we use to talk alot but, it's slowly stopping we talk but not as much, I asked her if she wanted to break up because of what was happening and she said no. But I'm feeling a different vibe, she looks very tempting and she told me guys hit on her. I don't know what to do about this because seeing that it's a long distance relationship what can I do? She says she would never cheat on me that she loves me but, I just don't know for sure. Whenever we catch eachother online she doesn't say a word to me after we say "hi" or "what are you doing", whenever I ask her that she says talking to my friend or chatting. I know she is but, I don't know to whom or what is the topic so I feel like I'm just to much into the relationship and should trust her and I ask myself what could she be talking about but then, I say to myself I'm thinking nonsense just leave it alone. Please I need some kind of way to find out if she is cheating on me. Anything something to catch her remember she's long distance. Please help me. I do not want to be hurt by her, I love her too much.

Anyone know what I can do?

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Okay, I have a long distance relationship with this girl named kendra I have seen pictures of her and she has seen mine. We talk on the phone. When we first started the relationship we talked to eachother alot on the phone and online the relationship started in may of 2003 now we talk but not as much as we use to we would usually talk at 4,5,6,7,8 in the afternoon and we would talk for a long time. Now whenever I call her her cell phone is off or she doesn't answer. She calls me in the morning or very late at night like 1:00 a.m and we talk but, I'm very tired at the time. When we are online we use to talk alot but, it's slowly stopping we talk but not as much, I asked her if she wanted to break up because of what was happening and she said no. But I'm feeling a different vibe, she looks very tempting and she told me guys hit on her. I don't know what to do about this because seeing that it's a long distance relationship what can I do? She says she would never cheat on me that she loves me but, I just don't know for sure. Whenever we catch eachother online she doesn't say a word to me after we say "hi" or "what are you doing", whenever I ask her that she says talking to my friend or chatting. I know she is but, I don't know to whom or what is the topic so I feel like I'm just to much into the relationship and should trust her and I ask myself what could she be talking about but then, I say to myself I'm thinking nonsense just leave it alone. Please I need some kind of way to find out if she is cheating on me. Anything something to catch her remember she's long distance. Please help me. I do not want to be hurt by her, I love her too much.

Anyone know what I can do?

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