What kind of guy leaves his girlfriend for an older married woman?

@Adstar I agree, if someone is not happy, it's better to leave the relationship. But there's a difference between leaving because you're unhappy and leaving someone for another person.

The latter is cheating, even if you didn't sleep with the person, it's emotional cheating.

@basilfawlty89 Well yes it is noble to leave a relationship before starting a new one.. Unfortunately a LOT of people ( men and woman ) will cultivate a relationship with a person they think is of higher status and will not make the transfer to that person until such time as they are confident of securing the new ""[b]Higher status[/b]"" person. In common speak it is called " [b]Monkey branching[/b] " As a Monkey will climb up a tree to get the best fruit at the top of the tree people will keep on climbing up that figurative tree to get the higher value partner..

@Adstar yeah, which is completely scummy in my opinion and mirrors the patterns narcissists and psychopaths have with dating.

@basilfawlty89 Well psychopaths are born but narcissists are made by our current twisted society.. There are a lot of Narcissists out there in this world,, Especially in the western world..

@Adstar I dunno about that. Psychopaths have overlapping narcissistic personality disorder, sadism and antisocial personality disorder. Malignant narcissists and psychopaths are similar. There is a genetic component in all those disorders.

@basilfawlty89 I don't think they are all genetically based.. They are similar disorders but of different origin..

For instance a solider can be trained into becoming a heartless killer without feelings akin to a psychopath.. In that case it was their hothouse training environment that produced the end result..