1. I’ve invested 19 years in a military career so I have definitely stuck with that for almost half of my life now. In my first and now my second marriage, I’ve stuck with both of those persons exclusively and not wandered outside of those relationships.
2. No, I have never betrayed a trust that I can remember and will never do so. It’s not in my nature to do that.
3. Yes, I have harmlessly flirted with someone from the opposite sex while in a relationship. Both that person and I knew it was completely innocuous because both of us were in relationships and we have been friends for more than 10 years and always joke around with each other.
4. I think infidelity is cruel, mean spirited, injurious to relationships, and sad. My first wife cheated on me and it was one of the catalysts to us getting divorced. When I found out she was cheating on me, it felt like I got kicked in the stomach about a dozen times in a row. I have not and will not ever cheat on someone because I know what it feels like to be a victim of it and I wouldn’t put someone else through that, ever. If I was in a relationship that was going sour or had lost it’s spark or energy or intimacy or whatever, I would choose to end it rather than look for what I needed in someone else while still in a relationship with another person.
5. It would probably depend on how serious it was and whether or not I could seperate truth from fiction or rumor. It was slanderous or offensive rumor mongering, I would most likely address the issue with the person directly and straighten that situation out right away. If it was petty, unharmful, and inane blathering, I would probably chalk it up to the person being immature and stupid and just wash my hands of them altogether because I don’t need to associate with or be around people like that.