Boriska likely got cheated on, or living in a miserable relationship and doing a great job of playing the martyr. That’s the only explanation for the black and white view of people who, in their mind, lack morals, courage, and thus become all around bad people. It’s rather rich to be so mighty when we only have one side of the story written by an author clearly using her former friend’s tragedy to make a few pennies. Is my perception wrong? Good, I genuinely hope so, but my hasty assumptions are a prime example of why the judgmental attitude needs to go.

Boriska is wrong for being a zealot, and Victoria is wrong for valuing her self-respect over her friend’s well-being. Fun fact: Only you can damage your self-respect. You could have preserved it, been an honest and empathetic friend, and skipped this multipart series to capitalize off someone else’s missteps. The only disrespectful thing here is your decision to make a little money from a platform that won’t even pay enough to recover the suspicion that now taints your image as someone who can’t be trusted.

And Michael? Wow, too many women in the “me first movement?” The only thing that makes me question is your view of all women. Bonus fun fact: People generally don’t cheat if things are good at home. I’m not condoning it, but am pointing out that maybe folks need to get off the high horse, because if you ever fell off for doing something equally immoral, you would want someone to give you a hand back up using the same values you’re now using to condemn.