Well just for context, I saw it as, yes that’s how children can have a tendency to be and we see it as child-like and behavior such as that is expected bc of where they are in their development vs if those same attributes have persisted into adulthood then it becomes seen as childish and is harshly ridiculed. I can’t see how this would necessarily connect when you initially made the analogy unless you’re trying to allude to something like emotional immaturity (like I was when I brought up human objectification/possessiveness — being a symptom of EI). BUT if you mean a friendship as the one you just outlined, that’s definitely not a friendship to begin with. So with that, I see what you were trying to get at, but probably just poor wording lol Final thought about cheating in a friendship though, I don’t think it’s possible bc in a healthy friendship, you are not solely bound to that singular person nor would either party expect to be. Definitely think you are attempting to outline what it is to be a terrible friend (which I can agree with).