History Main / CheaterGetsCheatedOn

* ''Film/{{Unfaithful}}'': In the middle of her torrid affair with Paul, Connie happens to be at a library one day and catches him with another woman on his arm, which she flies into a snarling fury at. Near the end of the movie, [[spoiler: the police investigation into Paul's AccidentalMurder also reveals he was a married man all along, with his wife having been looking for him for a long time.]]

-> If they'll cheat '''with''' you, they'll cheat '''on''' you.

* Music/BrooksAndDunn's "She's Not the Cheatin' Kind," in which a woman who finds out she's being cheating on--repeatedly, the song implies--decides to head to the nearest bar, "dressed to kill/in a dress he bought her," [[DrowningMySorrows get drunk]], and cheat on him back.

* Music/BrooksAndDunn's "She's Not the Cheating Kind," about a woman who finds out she's being cheated on and decides to go out, "dressed to kill/in a dress he bought her," [[DrowningMySorrows get hammered]], and cheat on him back.

* ''Series/OneThousandWaysToDie'': "Kill Bill and Billie" is about a married couple who both suspect that their partner is cheating on the other. Both of them are correct in their assumption, as the man is seeing prostitutes, and the wife is a prostitute. They discover each other's infidelity when the prostitute that the husband hires turns out to be his own wife. Both of them are then shot dead by a hitman the man had sent to kill his wife.

** ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7SnKx_4lQg Gold Digger Dumps Broke Boyfriend, Then Regrets Her Decision | Dhar Mann]]'': Bella is frustrated at her boyfriend, John, for being poor, so she carries out an affair with a rich man Estephan as he spoils her with fancy gifts. John is heartbroken when she reveals this while rejecting his marriage proposal. Bella believes that her and Estephan are meant to be, but months later, she catches him cheating on her with another girl.

** ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5yrBfhuCOKk Husband Gets Side Chick Pregnant, What Wife Does Will Shock You | Dhar Mann]]'': Brandon and his wife, Jamie, are unable to have children. Jamie frequently blames herself for it and laments that she will never be a mother. Brandon then admits to getting another woman, Liza, pregnant, saying that he can't be with someone who is infertile. When Brandon and Liza's baby is born, a DNA test confirms that he isn't Brandon's child -- which means all along, it was Brandon who was infertile, not Jamie. Months later, Brandon happens to run into Jamie, who has since moved on and is pregnant by her new partner.

SubTrope of SexualKarma. Often overlaps with MoralMyopia. Compare OpenRelationshipFailure, which can involve similar circumstances and NoHonorAmongThieves, which involves criminals rather than adulterers. A SympatheticAdulterer might inflict this on their cheating partner. Overlaps with ATasteOfTheirOwnMedicine if a person cheats on their partner as revenge for being cheated on or OriginalPositionFallacy when someone involved in an affair is surprised when their affair partner cheats on them. See also GoodAdulteryBadAdultery, for when cheating is given different moral judgments depending on circumstances.

** [[https://youtu.be/cGgwS58aTtQ?feature=shared Hiiragi and Akane]] cheated on their respective spouses with each other and had a baby. When Hiiragi's father suggests that the baby might be her ex-husband Kuroki's, they decide to get a [[DaddyDNATest DNA test]] to see who's the father. However, neither Kuroki nor Hiiragi is the father, with the real father being a guy Akane met at a club. [[{{Hypocrite}} Hiiragi]] has the audacity to get mad at Akane for cheating on him.

* CheaterGetsCheatedOn: In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zb95sS3kqFM "Drunk Groom's Swap Joke Clears Wedding Hall!"]] After Lisa cancels her wedding in response to Wendell's affair with Selma, she still gloats about the deed and blames Lisa for it. However, Noah reveals that the would-be groom has had a second affair with a junior at his company. When Selma chews him out for it, Wendell tries to justify it by saying that's how a man is, but his parents reprimand him for such a sexist excuse.

SubTrope of SexualKarma. Often overlaps with MoralMyopia. Compare OpenRelationshipFailure, which can involve similar circumstances. A SympatheticAdulterer might inflict this on their cheating partner. Overlaps with ATasteOfTheirOwnMedicine if a person cheats on their partner as revenge for being cheated on or OriginalPositionFallacy when someone involved in an affair is surprised when their affair partner cheats on them. See also GoodAdulteryBadAdultery, for when cheating is given different moral judgments depending on circumstances.

* ''[[https://m.youtube.com/@AoHaru-Manga-Library AoHaru Manga Library]]'': [[https://youtu.be/7_eiIAoDAjc?feature=shared Keiichi's]] girlfriend of two years dumped him for a more handsome guy. ''The very next day'', she wants to get back with Keiichi because the handsome guy was a [[TheCasanova playboy]] who messed with other girls.

** [[https://youtu.be/L1E-rawTJdA?feature=shared Hiroshi's wife Terumi and her friend Misaki]] combine this trope with ReallyGetsAround and TwoTimingWithTheBestie; they are best friends who enjoy sleeping around with different men, some of who are married. During Hiroshi's friend Yodobashi's wedding, both of them plan to sleep with Yodobashi along with his rich friends. During Hiroshi's wedding speech, Hiroshi makes several comments that make Terumi believe that Misaki snitched on her, which causes her to reveal both her infidelity along with Misaki's. Terumi's lovers, some of who are married, aren't happy to learn that other guys had been with her.

* ''WebAnimation/RefreshingStories'': [[https://youtu.be/hnzYxTP4ln8?feature=shared Hiroshi's wife Kurumi]] cheated on him with her dance instructor Atsushi and assumed that he had an affair with her because he was genuinely in love with her. She later finds out from Hiroshi that Atsushi is a manipulative [[TheCasanova playboy]] who seduces women to get money out of them and that he saw Kurumi as just another ATM.

** Gaby Solis has an affair with John Rowland, their gardener. In Season 2, Carlos starts cheating on her with their maid-turned-surrogate, Xiao-Mei.

* ''Series/TheSopranos'': Tony Soprano has a revolving door of goomahs that he secretly visits on the side. Whether or not Carmela knows is left vague, but it seems she's functioning on IgnoranceIsBliss. This is until one of Tony's ex-goomahs spitefully calls Carmela to tell her Tony had sex with her ''and'' her sister, who Carmela knows. In the midst of the following arguments, Carmela admits to an emotional affair with one of Tony's soldiers, Furio Giunta. Tony is enraged, but [[IgnoredEpiphany he still doesn't stop having affairs]] after they patch things up (although he promises Carmela she'll never ''hear'' from his mistresses again).

* ''Series/BreakingBad'': When Walt takes advantage of the fact Skyler can't turn him into the police or risk losing the house to continue living in the house after she's kicked him out, Skyler takes petty revenge by starting an affair with her boss Ted. Walt is infuriated when she tells him, so he tries to get her back by starting an affair with ''his'' boss, Principal Carmen. [[SubvertedTrope It fails miserably]] because, unlike Ted and Skyler, there was never even the slightest hint of sexual tension between the two, and he is fired for trying it.

** Karl is a cheater to the extreme. He cheats on Susan with Edie, and then goes back to Susan and cheats on Edie with ''her''. In addition, Carlos cheats on Edie with Gaby (who is also cheating on Victor) in Season 4.
** Bree starts a relationship with George while still married to Rex due to Rex cheating on her with Maisy Gibbons (to indulge in his taste for BDSM) in Season 2. Their relationship is on the rocks, but as Bree and Rex are (in theory...) devoutly religious, they still regard each other as husband and wife.
** Gaby has an affair with John Rowland, their gardener. In Season 2, her husband, Carlos, starts cheating on him with their maid-turned-surrogate, Xiao-Mei.
** Lynette has an emotional affair with Rick in Season 4. In Season 7, it's revealed that her husband, Tom, cheated on her with her best friend, Renee.

* ''Series/TheSopranos'': Tony has a revolving door of goomahs that he secretly visits on the side. Whether or not Carmela knows is left vague, but it seems she's functioning on IgnoranceIsBliss. This is until one of Tony's ex-goomahs spitefully calls Carmela to tell her Tony had sex with her ''and'' her sister, who Carmela knows. In the midst of the following arguments, Carmela admits to an emotional affair with one of Tony's soldiers, Furio. Tony is enraged, but [[IgnoredEpiphany he still doesn't stop having affairs]] after they patch things up (although he promises Carmela she'll never ''hear'' from his mistresses again).