When a spouse is more concerned about the feelings of a “friend” than the feelings of their spouse, you know they have crossed the line emotionally with this “friend.”
Such a response is very telling and revealing. When a “friend” takes priority over a spouse, you know something is seriously out of whack. That is NOT healthy.
Maybe you experienced this?
Maybe you even called out your spouse at the time?
I bet you only got contempt from them if you did call them out on such skewed priorities. Unrepentant cheaters hate accountability. They do not reminders that they are doing something wrong.
But the reality remains: