LogFAQs > #955105401

Alright. I've been playing on Xbox for probably close to 15 years. I've meet a ton of good friends. Many of them I've met in real life several times and hanged out with. We have had group ups where we all get together and everything. One guy that I was cool with I cut off 5 years ago. There was a rumor going around that he went to jail for... messing with his daughter in some way sexually. I think it was something about pictures but I can't remember.

The rumor was that his baby mama hated him and how the kids favored him (he has 2 kids) so she lied to the police about him and got him arrested. There was no way to confirm this for me so I sat back and waited to see what happened. He ended up going to jail and stayed in jail for 5 years. So I assumed that whatever he did, he was guilty of.

Now then... He has reached out to me 5 years later after getting out of jail. He said he made some stupid mistakes, I guess confirming it was true, and he hated himself for doing what he did. He is trying to get his life back together and start over. I mean... going to jail is about reforming oneself and being a better person. This is next level though. I don't know if I can look past THIS or I even should. Should I reach back and try to help him get his life back on track by actually just being his friend or should I cut him out my life? Cutting him out my life is the easy thing to do and probably makes the most sense but if everyone cuts out people that go to jail/prison then how hard will it be for that person to reform?

I feel like I'm having a clash in my ethical values here. He did something disgusting so I shouldn't associate with him. Yet, helping him recover and become a productive member of society is also something that should be done.

I don't know CE. Help me out here. I told y'all this was some real shit.

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