POSSIBLE TRIGGER WARNING

So this is inspired by a book I’m working on.

If your SO (after about 1 year together) told you that he/she had raped someone? Would it matter if they regretted it? But they were never convicted.

This is semi-inspired by a real life event I went through along with some detail changes.

My event:

We weren’t dating but we had been talking off and on for a year and a half. And then one day he said he needed to tell me something that might change my opinion of him. He said that once when he was sober and a girl was drunk, he had sex with her. They had planned it before the night started, but after learning about consent, he realized that she was way too far gone to consent (as she was barley awake for the event). She never pressed charges but he felt guilty. It did change my viewpoint of him because I was once raped. But it was something else that killed the relationship.

But would you stay with your SO if they openly admitted to raping someone? Even if they felt guilty and know now it was wrong? What if they knew it was wrong at the time but feel guilty in the future?