Tuesday, May 3, 2011

Is Cheating Ever Justified?, Jun 23, 2007, 12:12 AM

I have a friend at work, who told me a story about her boyfriend of three years who she was no longer with.  She broke up with him because he had cheated on her.  However, he told her the reason for his straying was due to in a small part to drunkeness, but mainly that they hadn't been sleeping with each other as much as he needed for satisfaction. 
He felt that he was always being turned down for sex in the last year, leaving him feeling rejected, and was forced to masturbate all the time which lacked in the emotional connection with her. Eventually, he got tired of the porn and craved real sex. Then, there was one particular day that he caught her using her vibrator to  jazz music late on a night he had been practically begging for some intimacy during the day. This tore at his soul for a while and he was left in a deeper hole of frustration. He felt there were many nights where his girlfriend was probably satisfied with her own occasional masturbating and thus, didn't need sex; which in turn made him even more frustrated. He also felt that the rare times she was willing to sleep with him, she seemed disinterested and as if she was doing a chore. He needed passion.
She admits to not ever wanting as much sex as he did.  She was a busy girl; working, school and extra-curricular activities. She just didn't have the time. She was climbing the corporate ladder and was the couple's bread and butter for a while. She he excelled in all other areas as a girlfriend: cooking for him when she knew he didn't have time to make food for himself, she would help him with the chores so he could relax, she took him out on dates to places he would enjoy so they could feel connected, and she did everything she knew to let him know she loved him. At the same time, in all other areas, she told me that her ex was a great boyfriend too.  In fact,they had plans to get married, until he suffered his moment of weakness.
So, they broke up.
Should she have forgiven him instead? Or, is it better that they are not together? Why?

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