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Readers Respond: How People Feel After Breaking Promises

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Promise to a girl

My friends and I recently watched a horror movies with scary phone calls. I've recently met this girl but Im interested in her and wants the best for her. Anyways I made a promise that we would never lie to each other and one night I decided to prank call everyone. Everyone was freaked out and the girl came and asked if I did it. I said no and I don't have the guts to own up because If I said yes it would break her heart (she a very soft girl). I feel really guilty right now...and I really this event to pass.
—Guest Guest dl

on cheating

My boyfriend cheated on me for 3 weeks recently, and when I found out I was furious. He was sorry, and has been trying to make it up to me for weeks, but nothing seemed to help. So I went out with another guy to do what he did to me. i confessed, and I promised him it won't happen again. Now we're trying to rebuild, but I still itch to check my online dating profile. i still receive a lot of messages. I want to reply so badly. but I have not yet crossed the line. While I feel *some* guilt, I am able to rationalize what I'm doing with the fact that he cheated on me first, for a longer period of time, and I don't know if he'll do it to me again. so why not be the first to do it this time? He deserves it. The reason I don't cross the line is because I know it's not me and because I don't want him to hurt like he hurt me.
—Guest anonymous

Always follow your heart

I loved this girl more than anything in the world. She was my heart. Tip: Never listen to your friends :P (with some things at least) A friend kept telling me she was a B**** and I should break up with her. At the begining, I didn't listen. But one night, I did and broke up with her. The girl of my dreams ! I regreted it deeply, even now I look back. Biggest bummers of my life.
—Guest Travis M.

Phones

I promised my friend that we would go to the phone store to get a new phone together because we were not allowed to get BlackBerrys. I asked my dad again and we went ahead and bought one anyway. I really want one but now I feel bad about my friend. Well, I got what I wanted. A BlackBerry. But now I am risking an important friendship.
—Guest Anonymous

Broke a promise two nights ago

I promised my boyfriend I wouldn't drink at all ever and then it changed to I promise I won't drink when he wasn't there. But I did!! I felt horrible. It was really the first time I'd drank and got like more than tipsy. I flirted with a guy and stuff. I don't know why I did that. The alcohol was speaking, not me. It's hard because I wanted to drink but I obviously care about my boyfriend more. I just feel SO guilty, even though I told him everything. It's hard not to give into peer pressure sometimes. He forgave me, though, but when he thinks about it he gets so upset. I regret it although I did have fun. It's not like I cheated on him. But I promised I would never drink again. It's hard. Don't make promises you can't keep.
—Guest Hannah

I broke a promise to my girl

I broke a promise to my girl saying I would never hurt her... but I did... it was done unintentionally... but this caused our relationship to end and she doesn't love me anymore. I want her back so bad but she says no it will never be US again. Now, I think she found another girl and it hurts me so much inside.
—Guest maria

I broke a promise to never hurt her

The past 6 months I've helped this girl with problems of all sorts, family, ex's, new relationships. I was there for her when she needed someone the most, I was her guide, her light, she trusted me. Then I fell in love with her, I promised never to hurt her. She believed me and thought that I would be the last person on earth to hurt her. And I believed the same. When she finally was in my arms somehow everything I did hurt her. I unintentionally hurt her many times over days time. Just little fights that evolved into bigger ones. Jealousy, understanding, and stubbornness. The cause of all the fights. Those fights hurt her and now she can no longer trust me. She is afraid I will hurt her again even though the only thing I want to do in the entire world is make her happy. I know that I can be hard and stubborn sometimes, but in the end all I want is for her to be happy, I want to protect her, be there for her, be the reason she smiles, show her that there is light in this world.
—Guest Johnny

Ii hurt him

I broke a promise to my boyfriend twice. I promised not to smoke or drink. I drank, he forgave me. I smoked, and he needed me that day so he came over and smelled it in my breath. He was so hurt and left. He forgave me but is very scared I'm going to hurt him again. I don't know what to do, I don't know why I keep hurting him. I don't do it intentionally. I want to make it up but I don't know how.
—Guest anonymous

Hubby breaking promises

I feel betrayed and can not trust him anymore. He is porn addict, why he always lies and promises. He will stop and this is going on and on for years. Now I lost trust in him and I do not even trust him in other matters. Why promise??? Tell me the truth." I cannot stop. I do it for 20 years now and I can`t promise. "That will be easier for me instead lie. Hypocrite. Going to church and before you go you watch porn, after church, porn. Every time he has a chance he goes for Jery Springer, cheaters etc... all that garbage. Is that a good person? What is wrong with some people today?
—BetrayedAAA

I regret hurting him

I broke a promise to tell him everything, at the time it happened and I didnt. He broke up with me and will not give me another chance. It was the 2nd time. I shouldnt have procrastinated and been honest, had I done it we'd still be together. I regret hurting him sooo badly. I still love him and always will. I hate myself for losing the most wonderful man I will ever have. I don't want anyone else, just him back. He says he will never change his mind... to ever take me back. That I was lucky to get the 2nd chance I did get. Now I have lost him forever!
—Guest amanda

My dad broke a promise

My dad said we would go walking and he promised. I got my hopes up and was really good and didn't argue but then he said he didn't promise that it was a joke and that I was okay.
—Guest sherry

Broken Promises

Ii broke a promise three times to my boyfriend. What do I do :( the 1...smoking ...still did it....2. drinking still did it...3 smoking again did it again :'( idk what to do.
—Guest melanie

Broken Promise

My friend and I pinky swore that she would stop smoking after she was done with a pack she recently bought. She texted me asking if she can buy another pack but smoke only when she gets stressed. I even told her that we pinky swore that she would quit smoking. She even said she wanted to quit smoking. I don't know what to do. I just want to give her a piece of my mind about this.
—Guest Anonymous

I broke her trust

I have been in a relationship for 7 months. I made a promise never to leave my companion. I said I could never do it. We got in a fight and she said that she no longer loved me the same, and wanted our relationship to be different. This hurt me beyond words. She could not even tell me she loved me straight forward. This filled me with negative emotion and I ended the relationship. Shortly after, of course I wanted her back, even if she didn't love me the same, I still needed her. At first she wouldn't take me back, but now I've finally convinced her. Now I'm stuck in a very complicated situation. She doesn't know if she can ever fully trust me even though she wants to stay with me for now. I hate myself for what I've done. I feel like a monster. She had trust issues and I broke her trust impulsively. Now I don't even know where exactly I stand. All I can hope for is that one day soon, she can trust me again. That is really all I want, I want her to trust me more than anything.
—Guest -carpet

Broke a Best Friends' Promise

My best friend told me a big secret that she had sex with her ex boyfriend who her sister did not like at all. Her sister always said that she is not stupid enough to have sex early in age and especially with that type of boy. She asked me to promise not to tell anybody and I ended up telling another close friend of mine who ended up telling her sister. I felt so bad I even started crying, and I think she will never forgive me. This is the 2nd time that I broke a promise to her.
—Guest D

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