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1XTRA NEWS: THE REAL TALK OF THE STREETS
Caught them on Facebook?
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Sites like MySpace, Facebook and Bebo have become the new way to cheat or get caught cheating on your partner.
1Xtra's been speaking to users who hacked into their other half's account after getting suspicious.

Sarah watched her boyfriend log-in to Facebook: "I clocked what his password was, logged onto his account and found messages in his inbox from her."

Others are going to the extremes using key logger programmes which record what someone types into their computer. Is it just paranoia?
Do you look at your other half's profile? Has it caused problems in your relationship? Have you ever met anyone on a networking site?
 
Thank you for your comments. This debate is now closed. A selection of your emails is published below.


anonymus
Sites like Myspace & facebook have ruined my relationship. These sites advertise people and people fall for it. I know my boyfriend had myspace & regularly chatted to girls. The way i found it out was, one day I hacked into his account & found that he had been emailing all different types of girls, saying how nice nice they looked & to me I felt so insecure about myself and felt so angry. yet he still denied it, I think if your man cant handle you for who you are then bin him. Hes not worth it.....

Retorikal
Facebook knows everything about you if you let it! If you do get caught cheating however then shame! & no it's not facebook ruining your relationship it's YOU coz YOU'RE the one who decided to cheat in the 1st place!God bless & all the rest

Luke Williams
I think they do spoil relationships & cause alot of arguments. My g/f has facebook (i do 2) and she seems 2 add more bois thn gals n the otha day i was lookin at hers n thers a new boi on ther n it sez thy hooked up n she sed she dnt kno who it is, i dnt kno wot 2 think? We also argue bare bout it...so i think it does cause problems.

ajay
are u really thinkin that these sites are messing up relationships......dont be silly the truth is its the week minded people who cant settle for what they got and mess around. if u ask me these people would have cheated anyways if given the chance. What these sites do is give every one more of a oppourtunity.its like saying people are getting fat cos there are too many food shops around.

Hayley Bradshaw
I have a bebo site and I was being told that my other half was seeing someone else so I decided to find out for myself, I went on his bebo and I left him a comment and when I went on his bebo an hour later he had deleted it and there was another girl he was chatting up and talking dirty to. A friend of mine rang me and told me that he was going to finish me so I rang him and he just said he had gone off me but when I went on his bebo the next day he was planning to meet her and I was just in bits. But now my motto is Mates are forever and boys are WHATEVER!!!

Speedy
Would you walk into your local pub and speak to people of the opposite sex the way you do on sites like facebook? How would you feel sat in the bar overhearing your partner telling someone how sexy they look etc? It comes down to peoples morals and the fact that people feel they can get away with things they would never do in the 'real world'. If you are in a relationship then cheating is the same whether you stood next to the girl/boy or you are 'doing it' online. If you just being friends and messing about then why not be open about it with your partner and keep the in appropriate behaviour out of it. In my opinion, these sites are just increasing the problems of this nature which started with mobile phones and email which are now seriously impacting on our relationships and the lives of not only our partners but the kids as well. Its all too easy these days (for men and women) and like they say, if you give someone enough rope (or secret access to social networking) they will hang themselves... Or maybe they wont...

Darren
If some one wants to cheat they run the risk of getting caught, you cant blame these sites for wrecking relationships its the people doing the cheating that are doing it.

Andrea
These sites can be an excellent resource, but they are dangerous 'cause you don't know who you're speaking to and who you're letting into your world. I am an attention seeker also, so I have been surpassing boundaries, to the detriment of my relationship. There are a lot of vulnerable, lonely people out there, so you just gotta know who you're talking to.

Dechlan
In reply to Nat....there's absolutely no need for it though. If you're with somebody, what is the possible need/explaination for flirting with others? Whether online or in person. How would you feel if he was doing the same? Texting other girls etc? I never do it around my girlfriend because at the end of the day its all about respect, tact and not causing needless conflict in a relationship

Nat
I always get caught leaving comments on other mens pages but it's harmless flirting, I'm not going to meet up with them. My boyfriend goes mad and then he forgets about it later because I seriously am not interested in them, I just like attention. Is this bad? I'm an attention seeker. Myspace is for showing off and getting attention, and I do both. It's harmless, most the time the comments left by the opposite sex is just an attention thing, everyone likes someone saying how nice they are, it don't meant ur cheating.

Emanuel Fahngon
If theres a lack of trust in a relationship, then this should be spoken about or the relationship should be ended, trust is one of the foundations of a relationship and without trust there can't be much love!! if that makes any sense..

Paul James
good idea about the key logger. Im going to look into it. If you are a man and you are dumb enough to cheat on facebook than you deserve to get caught. If you are smart you will have another profile with a fake name. Or just don't bate yourself up on facebook.You got to be careful with these things.How can anyone be so stupid? This is why women are better than men at cheating


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