Would you go this far in keeping your relationship?

[Caitlin2009]

Call me weird, but unless they raped someone, I'd date them. Yeah I'd date a killer, the act doesn't define the person. Like Zephii said, people make mistakes. If my SO went to prison, regardless of why I would wait for them. At least then there's conjugal visits and calling/letters so it's not too different. You know where they are, at least.

Oddly enough my SO and I had this conversation once as his past is not exactly clean and frankly I couldn't give a rat's ass. People do dumb things, serve time, and come out either still dumb or better. If they don't come out, chances are they deserve not to. Doesn't mean they're not people and don't deserve love or at least a friend who can make them feel human when the monotony of prison can make you feel otherwise.

what if the person was like Jefferey Dahmer(however you spell his last name) you would still go out with them???


alright making mistakes are a part of life it happens, sometimes with felons thats also the case some get rehabilitated in prison some dont about 97% dont and most of them are very very smart and have high IQ's which to me is really sad because they couldnt use those smarts for good. It really depends on what they did i mean if they are busted for having drugs or alcohol and the judge wants them to serve time for a lesson then maybe i would wait and help them get into rehab, anything else mistake or not is a no no for me

[Elissa]

No way. LDRs are stressful enough. I couldn't imagine being with an inmate.

[Luisina]

I've got mixed feelings about this one.. Yes..... and no.
I'd NEVER take contact to a felon, much less date him.. but if a guy I was already seriously involved with got arrested we'd be entering a bit of a grey area...

I agree that everybody makes mistakes, but whether he'd still have a chance depends on the nature of that mistake..
Rape, murder, paedophilia, aspiring/assisting to murder, raw violence - stuff like that - NO WAY in h..... I'd stay with a guy like that.. I'd be terrified of him!!

In cases of self-defence, violence as in physically defending someone else (e.g. a friend, family member, child, me) or being wrongly accused - then probably yes..

But, hopefully I'll never have to face that choice

[CheapThrills]

Definitely its a big NO

[OhioJim]

Did you see that this thread is 10 years old? I doubt that the poster is still on here.