In my opinion the person a guy lies to he love. Wanting to protect the person feelings is a indicator of love but on the other hand leaving the person in the dark is considered abuse in a way. Telling a woman about the status of your relationship is basically letting a person know where y’all stand no love included.
I had a on and off again relationship with a man who told me that he was single we had sex a year in a half later after meeting but after some disagreements and my lack of interest he disappeared again and after traveling to his city he told me that he is in somewhat of a relationship with another woman, he claimed that she wasn’t his cup of tea but she has been nothing but a friend to him so he didn’t want to hurt her. I guess my feelings don’t matter. He told me did I want him to lie to me and at that moment I did want him to lie I wanted him to protect my feelings too. I fell in love with him and while he ignored me for 6 months he did not tell me he was seeing anybody else so telling me means nothing or proves he has love for me in my opinion. We had sex before he told me so I was sad now we are just friends I accepted that he has a girlfriend but I can’t play the side chick role even tho I love him I’m trying to move on but honestly I’m stuck he gave me a incurable STD and didn’t know so my feelings for him won’t go away so for now I’m just trying to deal with the situation and not lose my mind