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I've read this infidelity story before. I'll refer the names as Jane and Tom.

Jane was 19 and Tom was 20 at the time. They've been dating for 8 months or so when she got caught cheating. She cheated with Tom's good friend. Both got caught falling alseep in Tom's house, on his couch in a compromised position with the TV still running, an empty bottle of rum and empty snack bags. They had already finished the deed when Tom arrived. His friend was only in boxers and she dressed up with jeans but only had bra. Alcohol was involved and the cheating went on for nearly 3 months.

Tom somehow forgives that, reconciles and still marries her 5 years later. Jane changed for the better though, by her own admission never cheated again. Then 15 years into their marriage (and 20 years since her cheating took place) and with 3 kids, Tom begins coming home drunk and cheats for other reasons; midlife crisis. Tom briefly fell in love with the other woman, stole some of his wife's money to spend it on his affair, secretly gave his wife's meals to the other woman and was thinking about setting up a trip to France just to be with her for a bit, away from responsiblities, away from the kids, out of reality. Their ages by then are 39 and 40.

My husband and I maxed out his life insurance policy, but no amount it gets up to makes me feel like it would ever be worth what he's worth...

If he were a stranger or if we didn't love each other I might feel differently. On paper he's probably worth $5-10 million.

No amount of money would console me if my son died. Since he's a student, he likely would be valued low by someone else.

Wrongful death lawsuits also have to put a dollar amount on what a person's life was worth to compensate the family.

Plus, I can't tell you how many true crime documentaries involved people killing for life insurance policies!

Clearly, some people can place a dollar amount on lives.

Do you feel like there's a dollar amount that men are worth?

How would you value yourself as a man or other men?

How would you value your male family, friends, partners, or even the worst men you know?