Live and let live (and this should be applied also to MCs, including Steph, may she rest in peace, with any partner of her choice
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not sure it fits here, cause we are stuck with Steph and are forced to play along and tolerate whatever bullshit she does. It would be the case if we could tell her to fuck off, move on and like you said - "live and let live", but we can't.
MC is not much better btw, but he is a saint comparing to his wifey (only my opinion of course)
I also read discussion here, I played the game a while ago and started playing it thinking it is a netorase/swinging game (at least this is how Dev presented it) where both characters are equal and honest with each other, they want to spice things up and are looking for some new experiences, but at the same time they DO respect each other and act accordingly, this is how swinging works, at least for me.
At some moment though this game just started leaning towards cuck direction instead, whether you are on a so-called "high confidence" path or not.
So I perfectly understand the backlash, it was bound to happen. Even though I never shit on Developer and his game, I think in the end of the day - it's well deserved, this is what happens when you promise one thing and deliver smth entirely different.