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* In ''ComicBook/{{Empowered}}'', Emp has a rivalry with Sistah Spooky. She later finds out her boyfriend, Thugboy, once slept with her. She asks Thugboy who is better in bed. Thugboy thinks if he says Sistah Spooky, he's in big trouble, and he better not say they're interchangeable in bed either. He said Emp was better. Emp refuses to talk to him for about a third of the volume.

* Used for drama in ''{{Literature/Wulfrik}}'', when Wulfrik returns alone from a disastrous expedition and has to sneak ashore. He goes to see Hjordis, but finds her having sex with his rival Sveinbjorn. It turns out it was six months since he was last seen, and her father (who always intended to marry her off to Sveinbjorn anyway) kept worrying away at her about the necessity of cementing an alliance with Sveinbjorn's tribe. While Wulfrik throws Sveinbjorn out with broken hands and nose, he doesn't sleep with Hjordis because he can still smell him on her.

* In ''ComicBook/{{Empowered}}'', Emp has a rivalry with Sistah Spookah. She later finds out her boyfriend, Thug Boy, once slept with her. She asks Thug Boy who is better in bed. Thug Boy thinks if he says Sistah Spookah, he's in big trouble, and he better not say they're interchangeable in bed either. He said Emp was better. Emp refuses to talk to him for about a third of the volume.

* In the Literature/{{Ramayana}}, Sita is kidnapped by Ravana, and held in his palace for an entire year, until her husband Rama comes to rescue her. He is angry with her, because he assumes that she slept with Ravana (she didn't). [[TrialByOrdeal In order to prove that she was faithful to Rama, she walks over flames]], which don't burn her. In some versions, the flames turn into flowers or flower petals.) In some versions, this is enough to convince him, and they live HappilyEverAfter, but in other versions, even this isn't enough to convince him, and he wants no more to do with her.

* Subverted in ''Series/TedLasso'', when Roy has a brief struggle after getting together with Keeley over the knowledge that she used to be with Jamie, who he at the time varies between hating and being entirely dissmissive of, only to be decisively told by Ted and the Diamond Dogs to get over himself.

* This trope is used several times in Franchise/{{Buffyverse}}. Angel never liked Buffy having new boyfriends but was particularly bothered by her sleeping with his long-time rival Spike. Harmony, Spike's still-soulless ex-girlfriend, likewise expresses disgust at the same for the opposite reason, as she'd declared herself Buffy's nemesis a while back. A flashback in the ''Series/{{Angel}}'' episode "[[Recap/AngelS05E20TheGirlInQuestion The Girl in Question]]" revealed that The Immortal, a nemesis of both Angelus and Spike, had sex with both their girlfriends ''at the same time''. "[[Recap/AngelS04E12Calvary Calvary]]" had Fred react with disgust upon finding out that Wesley had sexual relationship with Lilah Morgan (who was working for OccultLawFirm [[BigBad Wolfram & Hart]]).
** Xander is disgusted when he sees his [[spoiler: ex-fiancee Anya sleeping with then-soulless Spike]], declaring that all he'll see when he looks at her after that point is that she'd let "that soulless [[ItIsDehumanizing thing]] touch her". He later recounts this however, realizing that she'd been [[spoiler: heartbroken by being left at the altar by him and simply sought SexForSolace]].

* This trope is used several times in Franchise/{{Buffyverse}}. Angel never liked Buffy having new boyfriends but was particularly bothered by her sleeping with his long-time rival Spike. A flashback in the ''Series/{{Angel}}'' episode "[[Recap/AngelS05E20TheGirlInQuestion The Girl in Question]]" revealed that The Immortal, a nemesis of both Angelus and Spike, had sex with both their girlfriends ''at the same time''. "[[Recap/AngelS04E12Calvary Calvary]]" had Fred react with disgust upon finding out that Wesley had sexual relationship with Lilah Morgan (who was working for OccultLawFirm [[BigBad Wolfram & Hart]]).

* This trope is used several times in Franchise/{{Buffyverse}}. Angel never liked Buffy having new boyfriends but was particularly bothered by her sleeping with his long-time rival Spike. A flashback in the ''Series/{{Angel}}'' series revealed that The Immortal, a nemesis of both Angelus and Spike, had sex with both their girlfriends ''at the same time''. Another episode of ''Angel'' had Fred react with disgust upon finding out that Wesley had sexual relationship with Lilah Morgan (who was working for OccultLawFirm [[BigBad Wolfram & Hart]]).

->-- ''Film/OfficeSpace''

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[[AliceAndBob Alice]] refuses to date [[AliceAndBob Bob]] after learning that he once slept with Alice's enemy. It's usually portrayed as a visceral revulsion, whether or not it's justified by other factors such as infidelity. Sometimes exploited in cases of RapePillageAndBurn, or AndNowYouMustMarryMe.

[[AliceAndBob Alice]] refuses to date [[AliceAndBob Bob]] after learning that he once slept with Alice's enemy. It's usually portrayed as a visceral revulsion, whether or not it's justified by other factors such as infidelity.

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* Chris Tate in ''{{Emmerdale}}'' married his girlfriend despite knowing she had cheated on him with his ''sister''. He was much less forgiving however when he discovered she was cheating on him again with a man he despised (who happened to be her cousin) and got his revenge by committing suicide, having just discovered he was terminally ill, and framing her for murder.

* ''Series/VeronicaMars'': Veronica can barely ''look'' at Logan on learning he slept with [[AlphaBitch Madison Sinclair]] when they were briefly seperated, let alone date him. Not only was Madison one of the most vicious enemies towards Veronica after her fall from grace, but inadvertently responsible for Veronica's rape at a party.

%% No context * Invoked in ''SomethingPositive,'' although he eventually gets over it.

* In ComicBook/{{Empowered}}, Emp has a rivalry with Sistah Spookah. She later finds out her boyfriend, Thug Boy, once slept with her. She asks Thug Boy who is better in bed. Thug Boy thinks if he says Sistah Spookah, he's in big trouble, and he better not say they're interchangeable in bed either. He said Emp was better. Emp refuses to talk to him for about a third of the volume.

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* In case 2-4 of ''PhoenixWrightAceAttorney'', [[spoiler: Juan Corrida breaks off his marriage with Celeste Inpax because she used to date his rival, Matt Engarde, before they had even met. This causes a worse outcome than most of the other examples on this page, as it caused Celeste to be DrivenToSuicide.]]

->'''Joanna:''' How dare you judge me? I mean what are you? You think you're some kind of, like, angel here? No, you're just this [[BuffySpeak penny-stealing... wanna-be criminal... man]].

* ''Series/VeronicaMars'' can barely ''look'' at Logan on learning he slept with [[AlphaBitch Madison Sinclair]], let alone date him.

* ''Film/OfficeSpace''. Peter can't even remotely deal with the fact that Joanna once slept with his banally evil boss Lumbergh.

->-- ''OfficeSpace''

* ''GangsOfNewYork''. "I'm not interested in The Butcher's leavings."
* ''{{Chopper}}''. The eponymous character suspects his hooker girlfriend of having had an affair with one of his enemies while he was in prison
* ''OfficeSpace''. Peter can't even remotely deal with the fact that Joanna once slept with his banally evil boss Lumbergh.
* ''Could'' apply to Bud's reaction when he learns that his hooker girlfriend Lynn slept with his enemy Ed in ''LAConfidential''. It's ambiguous whether he's mad at Lynn for "cheating" on him, or for "cheating" on him with Ed

* In ''{{Smallville}}'', [[spoiler:Clark gets a mild case of this when Lana gets together with Lex, but he is more like crazily jealous.]]

* ''VeronicaMars'' can barely ''look'' at Logan on learning he slept with [[AlphaBitch Madison Sinclair]], let alone date him.

* This trope is used several times in {{Buffyverse}}. Angel never liked Buffy having new boyfriends but was particularly bothered by her sleeping with his long-time rival Spike. A flashback in the ''Series/{{Angel}}'' series revealed that The Immortal, a nemesis of both Angelus and Spike, had sex with both their girlfriends ''at the same time''. Another episode of ''Angel'' had Fred react with disgust upon finding out that Wesley had sexual relationship with Lilah Morgan (who was working for OccultLawFirm [[BigBad Wolfram & Hart]]).
* In ''GossipGirl'', Blair breaks up with Chuck after only being back together a few hours when she finds out he slept with her enemy Jenny Humphrey right before their reconciliation. As in, ''minutes'' before their reconciliation. She's unable to forgive this for a long time.