Problem/Goal:
My guy friend is being accused of being an emotional third party/homewrecker and now our friend group is divided because of it. He genuinely believes he was just trying to be there for a friend, but other people think he crossed a line. I wanted outside opinions if this would already count as emotional cheating or if naipit lang talaga siya sa situation.
Context:
Part kami ng same friend group, tapos one of the girls opened up to him about problems sa relationship nila ng boyfriend niya. According to my friend, nakinig lang talaga siya and gave advice while trying to stay neutral kasi alam naman niyang hindi niya alam buong side ng relationship nila.
Eventually nalaman nung boyfriend na naguusap sila privately and he immediately assumed na may something sakanila. Since then, convinced na siya na may cheating involved even though both of them denied anything romantic/physical happening.
The couple eventually broke up, and now hati yung friend group. Some people think my friend got too emotionally involved habang may relationship pa yung girl, while others think he was just trying to help someone vent.
Previous Attempts:
My friend already explained multiple times na he was only acting as a friend and would’ve done the same thing regardless of gender. He also tried reassuring the boyfriend that nothing happened between them, but the accusations still continued.