So I’ve been in a kinda similar situation as Mia, Erin and space radar but luckily there’s no kids involved. Looking at my situation we’re a lad was cheating on his girlfriend with me (I grassed him up when I found out) she stayed with him both times.
I maybe overthinking in this but to me they stay with these men because they think they’ve won because the guy has stay and isn’t the one breaking the relationship. I think it’s as much as an ego boost for the girl staying as much as the toxic guy. Some people just think they have more value with the status of being in a relationship no matter who it is with as well as that fairytale malakai of we’ve been rough the tough times and managed to ride it out.
With Erin she’s been humiliated once already on national tv but I think the thought of it happened again I think it’s put her in the corner of do I really want to go through this again? Just sometimes it takes a while for that switch to click for some people and maybe she felt like if she left then that’s Mia being able to gloat, laugh at her or the potential of Manley going back.
I don’t know this is the only way I can understand and have some empathy two both girls in this
when I was the Mia in that situation