I’ve had horrible experience with counselors. I think it’s one of those professions where so many people who have their own issues are attracted to the field that it results in a lot of wacky practitioners.

I live in a city, and I’ve never even heard of Taco Bell Cantina. 

Dang, I should have read the comments before I posted. 

Stop worrying about influencers. 

Best of luck to you, I hope you can find your way out in a healthy way.
(I’ve been there)

Well, hopefully if they get good treatment they may be able to get out of that mindset.
Stranger things have happened!

I took a class in peer counseling while I was unemployed and going through vocational rehab.
Connection was absolutely the thing that was key in treating addiction/mental health. It was quite enlightening!

That stood out to me as a woman who has breastfed, and drove home the point of what a true asshole this guy was for calling the cops on the mother of his child.
(WARNING - if you thought that was TMI, you may want to quit reading here!)

You know what else is emotionally traumatic? Birthing a baby and then having your partner cheat on you.

FAFO.

Yeah, getting the law involved in a minor domestic dispute is a brilliant idea. God knows, cops and the law are always arbiters of the right. 

He could have removed himself from the situation. Calling the cops is not a necessary go-to in all situations. (I personally think it is always a bad option, but it means nothing to me if you disagree)

First of all, I think he should not have cheated on his wife. (and I’m not even going to go into the vulnerable state she was in having just DELIVERED HIS CHILD MONTHS BEFORE!)

He was hardly “slapped around.” It sounds like he got one or two to the face for shitty behavior.
The hyperbole around this situation is getting out of hand. 

He manipulated the situation by calling the cops. It was unnecessary and I’m sure he was aware of that. He knew he did wrong, but decided to make her the bad guy.
Ugly, manipulative behavior.

This sums it up for me quite well. The inability to think critically and look at situations at their face value instead of conflating them with the worst possible scenario here is alarming.
I hope some of these folks never get jury duty. 

Yes, I believe we’ve even disagreed, and yet here we are, still able to chat like normal people!

Please reread my comment and stop misrepresenting me. It doesn’t make either of us look good. 

No, I never said it was cool. You are misreading (at best) and misrepresenting my comment.
Do people really not understand shades of gray here? 

Did you cheat on her when you had a newborn? Or was she just a piece of shit?