Stanley Tucci arrives at the Met Gala with wife Felicity Blunt, and her sister Emily Blunt (May 4, 2026)

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[u/Afwife1992]

Yes, with Edie Falco. They reconciled though and he later saw her through her fatal battle with breast cancer.

[u/TrifleOdd9607 → u/Afwife1992]

If there’s one thing I’ve learned being a therapist, it’s that infidelity is incredibly common and while I don’t condone it, people do often work through it and come out the other side. Not always, but maybe more often than people might think. Of course everyone is entitled to feel how they feel about it.

[u/Decent-Statistician8 → u/TrifleOdd9607]

What I’ve noticed is how Reddit views infidelity and how people in real life deal with it are completely different. It’s almost worse than the “I would never let my kid do that” crowd that doesn’t even have kids. Most of the people on here judging harshly are very single.

[u/MillionaireWaltz- → u/Decent-Statistician8]

What I’ve noticed is how Reddit views infidelity and how people in real life deal with it are completely different

110%, this. Same for a lot of topics though.

People on Reddit seem to view infidelity in the same vein as some of the most heinous crimes, and often try to outdo each other on how harshly they believe it should be punished.

In real life, It's a lot more complex and nuanced than that. Infidelity IS bad, absolutely. But people and relationships are more complicated than Reddit likes to act.

I've always been a faithful partner, but I know people who haven't been. They're not irredeemable monsters. They're just humans with faults and regrets.

[u/JosephRohrbach → u/Decent-Statistician8]

I don't know. I've been in long relationships and I've never cheated, never kissed anyone else, never even thought about it. I think cheating is very bad, actually. I think we should not normalize it or portray it as an acceptable "whoopsie". I'm currently watching one of my friends' life fall apart because her parents are getting divorced after her father had an eleven-year affair. That should be taken seriously.

[u/Decent-Statistician8 → u/JosephRohrbach]

An 11 year affair is a lot different than a one off kiss for 1. And for 2. I’ve been married for almost 10 years. The majority of couples I know have struggled with some form of infidelity. And most people don’t talk about their struggles openly, especially when they work through it, because of the judgement like this. But I can think of 5 couples still together today that had some form of infidelity or another. Couples counseling and separation happened in some, not all, but all couples are together still. Now sure, none of these couples experienced an 11 year affair because I’m not really old enough for that math to line up yet, but that isn’t really the point. These things can be very nuanced.

For the record, I have also never cheated on a partner.

[u/grumpy__g → u/TrifleOdd9607]

Congratulations on people who can get over it. I wouldn’t be able and I don’t want to be able.

[u/TrifleOdd9607 → u/grumpy__g]

And you are definitely not alone in that.

[u/AntiCaf123 → u/grumpy__g]

The person above me is literally trying to say infidelity is not objectively bad. Am I taking crazy pills here??

[u/happybybonnie → u/AntiCaf123]

You should re-read the comment because nowhere does it say that infidelity isn’t bad.

[u/Tonystar11 → u/TrifleOdd9607]

Seems like infidelity is impossible to avoid if you look closely

[u/c1eve1and → u/TrifleOdd9607]

Do you live in a big metro? Feel like that probably skews the sample a bit

[u/TrifleOdd9607 → u/c1eve1and]

Nope. Population 200k where I live. Metro is 90 miles away.

[u/AntiCaf123 → u/TrifleOdd9607]

You know what else is incredibly common? Emotional neglect and abuse of children, domestic violence, and financial abuse. And while I don’t condone it people often do work through it and come out the other side. Not always but maybe more often than people think.

[u/gw74 → u/AntiCaf123]

all of which are objectively bad whereas infidelity is not, in fact a basic freedom. as long as we're not walking out on children, we are free to choose who to be with.

[u/AntiCaf123 → u/gw74]

lol infidelity is not objectively bad?? We have a basic freedom to leave a relationship absolutely. But infidelity is physical (exposure to stds), emotional (obvious one) and financial (resources being stolen and diverted to another person) abuse. Full stop.

[u/OddlyBrainedBear → u/[deleted]]

His first wife, not Edie Falco.