When desire and loyalty collide: the high cost of yielding to temptation [WEEK 153]
All our actions have consequences, when we want to preserve a good friend in our life I think it is important not to pass some limits, for example, having a sexual encounter with the partner of your best friend brings with it a great probability that the relationship you had with that friend suffers irreparable damage, even in the case that he does not find out what happened, I think something would be fragmented.
Although the idea of a sexual encounter with an attractive person, who flirts with us and makes advances, may seem irresistible, I think it is important to consider it with a cool head and evaluate the pros and cons, especially when it is the partner of our best friend.
In this sense, I only see a positive aspect, if you can call it that way, the satisfaction of a carnal desire and the enjoyment of a moment that is supposed to remain in the memory, since we are considering that it will only be once.
While the idea of a one-time encounter may seem harmless, it is important to remember that emotions are complex and can often lead to attachment and other complications. It would not be worth risking the stability and trust of my relationship with my friend for a moment of fleeting pleasure.
Now, as for bad consequences, the list is longer:
Having a sexual encounter with my best friend's partner is a violation of trust. He or she is supposed to be my best friend and I want the best for him or her, so I would be risking the happiness of their relationship.
I would not have the face to see my friend after having enjoyed sexually with his partner, it is not that we own people, but it is about loyalty, to see the other with a sincere look.
I would have a very difficult emotional burden to bear, I would not feel good about myself, I would feel hypocritical.
It is likely that my friend's partner also felt bad after having satisfied his desire and we would already be 2 people ashamed, feeling bad about ourselves, plus one person deceived and betrayed. Three people affected, nothing good here.
It can happen that both unfaithful partners are left wanting more, more temptation, fall into a vicious circle and the three parties involved can be intensely affected and separated. Everything could end up in no one with no one.
Between heaven and earth there is nothing hidden, everything can be exposed and the damage in these cases is generally irreversible.
If our best friend's partner starts flirting with us and proposes a sexual encounter, if this person seems totally attractive to us and we irresistibly want to be with her, I think it is better to take a little distance and not play along, not to answer her calls or messages, if we want to maintain a good relationship with our friend.
If she throws seductive glances at us, then we should respond with a cold look of power and tell ourselves inside that we are in control while we respond to her glance with a no.
We have more control over ourselves than we sometimes think.
I have never been in a situation like this, however, if it were to happen to me I hope I have enough sanity to say no and put into practice what I have expressed through this writing and what I believe in at this moment of my life.
Friends are important and very valuable presences in our lives and it feels great to stand before them with honesty and to be able to look at them with sincerity..
Thanks for reading
This writing is inspired by @galenkp's proposal for this weekend.
The images belong to me and were edited in Canva.