mr monkey, you make an excellent point, "what if...?"
i'm not pushing things, just take it easy and see what happens, after all, she came after me, and she waited a while before telling me about the boyfriend, maybe that's gonna end anyway?
interesting that so many others are or have been in the same position, glad i'm not the only one that sees it as a moral dilemma.
i've seen lots of my friends cheat and be cheated on, and it's been done to me, but i've never cheated on anyone. a lot of them seem to treat it all as the normal way of doing things. bewilders me! my favourites are the guys that have no problem cheating on the girlfriend, but go mad if she even looks at someone else!