Dear Prudence: Once a Cheater, Always a Cheater?

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Dear Prudence Once a Cheater, Always a Cheater? In a live chat, Dear Prudence offers advice on whether an unfaithful spouse can be an honest businessman. By Emily Yoffe Posted Monday, Jan 23, 2012, at 08:08 PM ET Emily Yoffe, aka Dear Prudence, is on Washingtonpost.com weekly to chat live with readers. An edited transcript of this week's chat is below. (Sign up here to get Dear Prudence delivered to your inbox each week. Read Prudie's Slate columns here. Send questions to Prudence at prudence@slate.com.) Emily Yoffe: Good afternoon. Let's get to it. Q. Cheating Partner: A co-worker and I have recently begun to discuss leaving our company and setting up our own business. We've worked together for several years and he has good knowledge in our field, so I was all ready to go ahead. Then I discovered that he is going through a divorce because he cheated on his wife. This gives me serious alarm bells over his trustworthiness, integrity, and character. If he's willing to cheat on the one person he swore to love and stay faithful to for life, how do I know he's not going to cheat me? What is your take on this? A: This would be a good question to put to the candidates in the Republican debate tonight! If this guy were just a co-worker, this would be none of your business. But as you're about to put your financial future into each other's hands, any concerns you have about his character are legitimate. Do keep in mind that whatever happens, your co-worker won't cheat on you in quite the same way as he cheated on his wife ... To continue reading, click here. Join the Fray: our reader discussion forum What did you think of this article? POST A MESSAGE | READ MESSAGES Also In Slate Romney Feels Floridians' Foreclosure Pain: It's Not Their Fault! The King's Comeuppance: How the Hottest Ad Agency of the Aughts Fell From Grace Ravens Kicker After Botched Attempt: "Don't Worry About Me Jumping off a Ledge"	Advertisement
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