Would you expose your friend, if you found out terrible things about them?

Anonymous

My (now ex) best friend was a really sweet, kind, and caring person. I found out some things about him that caused me to have a mental breakdown. It was so far from the picture he painted of himself.

I didn’t know what to make of it at first and had severe depression. He only tried to say hi to me once, but once he realized I knew he stopped all communication with me and he even restricted me on insta. We had talked and texted daily before that.

I found out he was following hookers, then found all the escorts he slept with and the comments he made about them. It was disgusting. He’s an adult but I lost respect for him for talking about women that way and for dehumanizing women. He acted like he was a gentlemen so it was shocking. Also he had a girlfriend, so he was cheating on her the whole time while playing the victim. He flat out said she treated him like crap, but I know now they fought because he was cheating.

Then I found out he’s a sex tourist- and all the stories he’d tell me about just hiking and museums alone was bull crap.

Then I found out he was following underage girls 14-17 years old and liking their photos. This is where I started having a breakdown.

I remembered him mentioning lots of underage sex trafficking in the country he constantly visited. He seemed uneasy talking about it. The girls he followed were all from the country he visited and had sensual and flirty phrases. I put 2+2 together.

My brain couldn’t fathom he’d do that and I fell under a severe depression.

He never came to check on me, or talk to me. He continued his life as if I never existed, kept going on his sex trips, adding more hookers, just erasing his bio so no one would know it’s him if I did tell.

I kept quiet for 10 months until writing this.

Am I wrong to want to expose him? It feels like stabbing him in the back but he was pretending to be a good guy the whole time. He also threw me away like our friendship was nothing so quickly.

Would you expose your friend, if you found out terrible things about them?
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