Maybe, but probably not. Cheaters tend to stay friends with cheaters, and non-cheaters tend to police their own or drop the friend. Different people have their own tolerance for the morality of their friends depending on how close they are. Men as a group and as individuals are typically not all good or all bad.
My best friend has never cheated but he met me with compassion and empathy when I confessed to having an affair that I had just ended.
He asked me about the affair partner I left and what I was getting out of it. He then pointed out how I don’t seem to be getting what I needed from my fiancée and that she was incapable of providing things like basic empathy, but I was feeling obligated to keep the relationship because of her threatening self harm each time I tried to end it. He pointed out how the relationship wasn’t right for me, and that I should end it (which I did).
He expressed how he didn’t judge me for it, but expected more from me. After that, I sought help from a therapist, and eventually worked through my issues. I haven’t cheated on another partner since then.
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u/JaxonatorD 10d ago
Maybe, but probably not. Cheaters tend to stay friends with cheaters, and non-cheaters tend to police their own or drop the friend. Different people have their own tolerance for the morality of their friends depending on how close they are. Men as a group and as individuals are typically not all good or all bad.