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changing values

As I "grow up" and face the world as it really is, my values have begun a slight twist...or have they?
An example of this is a friend who has recently cheated on her boyfriend. Some time ago, I would have immediately said that anyone who cheated on their significant other was a terrible person and doesnt deserve to be in a relationship. Yet, this is not at all how I feel about this situation. For one, this person is extremely important to me, so I could never think truly ill of her. For another, she is 22 and living on the other side of the country from her boyfriend who she has not seen since August. Are these excuses? No, not necessarily; but they are reasons. I was talking to her today about the situation, and she feels bad, but she doesnt know who to break it off with. She does not want to hurt the person she has been dating for over a year who she even lived with for a time, but she doesnt want lose what could possibly be a better thing as well- freedom while young. What to do? What is right and what is wrong in this situation? I think it depends on who is answering.
Ugh, changing thoughts, feelings, and values. And my mom wonders why I get more cynical every time I come home from school. Knowledge, knowledge has changed me.

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