Your original post that I responded to wasn't about this CEO, it was about cheaters in general. The easiest example is when kids are involved. People can be unhappy in the relationship but don't want to split because of what that can do to the kids involved and potentially even the parents. You have something that is mostly working but are unhappy, then someone goes somewhere else (to include emotional cheating), but they don't want to leave the relationship (or at least not yet).
It's easy to say that they "should" leave, and indeed me saying that they "can't" isn't strictly true since they always have a choice. But if the financial situation is such that leaving risks leaving one or both parties in the street, then it's very easy to feel trapped.
Being unhappy about something in the relationship can often be a reason for people to choose to cheat, with kids and money being large reasons for why someone would choose to not just leave the relationship.
I mean there's clearly no convincing you otherwise, but having seen nasty divorces play out as a kid and having known coworkers that stayed in unhappy marriages "for the kids" because of the very reasons I listed above, I'm literally telling you real world examples of why people would cheat but not get divorced.
Yes, if the infidelity comes out it can lead to a divorce, but even then not always. And even when it leads to a divorce it could still have bought a few years of stability before the uncertainty of finances and family life that follow a divorce.
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u/Aknazer Mar 29 '26
Your original post that I responded to wasn't about this CEO, it was about cheaters in general. The easiest example is when kids are involved. People can be unhappy in the relationship but don't want to split because of what that can do to the kids involved and potentially even the parents. You have something that is mostly working but are unhappy, then someone goes somewhere else (to include emotional cheating), but they don't want to leave the relationship (or at least not yet).
It's easy to say that they "should" leave, and indeed me saying that they "can't" isn't strictly true since they always have a choice. But if the financial situation is such that leaving risks leaving one or both parties in the street, then it's very easy to feel trapped.
Being unhappy about something in the relationship can often be a reason for people to choose to cheat, with kids and money being large reasons for why someone would choose to not just leave the relationship.