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[quote=Anonymous]^^I think a closer analogy would be if a parent abused you. Insofar as one of the responsibilities of a parent is to care for and not hurt a child, for many people that would be a reason to not maintain a normal child-parent relationship with the obligations it entails (like caring for a parent in old age). For others it’s framed differently, maybe for cultural or religious reasons or just the nature of the relationship — abuse mixed with love.

I would personally find cheating to be very hard to overcome as the main role this person has in relationship to me is not defined by them feeding me and helping me survive but simply being faithful and loving me. I can’t square either of those with the selfishness and betrayal involved in infidelity — I’d feel like maybe I could pity and forgive them, in an impersonal way, but I could no longer respect or have true affection for them. Those feelings would be blocked by their huge character failing and not much could bring them back.[/quote]

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