Stan, Unless I've misread you, your forthright defense of the cad who betrayed Polly seems based on these arguments:

1. A man is capable of loving more than one woman. And a woman needs to understand and work around that.

2. Under European custom a successful man is entitled to cheat on his lover or wife.

3. Polly's ex-paramour probably didn't intend to hurt her when he cheated on her. (not withstanding his callow indifference to the pain it would cause when it was discovered.)

4. Most men are cads. Everyone does it.

5. Cheating is ok because a woman will get over it (except, perhaps for your current lover, who's apparently made it clear that she won't put up with it).

It's a remarkable argument, one entirely devoid of any appeal to human decency or morality. I'm not sure the Devil himself could have made a more stirring defense. I congratulate you on your honesty and courage.

But if I were you, I'd duck now.


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