cryin4days
Well-Known Member
The thing with Will cheating on Sonny is it's obvious not very much thought went into this other than Will needed to sleep with Paul, regardless of the route taken to get there.
Before he went to California, Will lamented to Sonny that he felt like he got married too young and too much happened too soon with them - he's now married with a kid at 21. Will feeling like he didn't get to experience life and dating after coming out is a realistic concern and it would have been more plausible for Will to have used this reason to try to explain to Sonny what led him to sleep with Paul. He was caught up in the moment, it was exciting, and he'd already expressed his feelings to Sonny months ago about feeling trapped (my words), so to speak, in their marriage.
However, instead of building on the underlying issues they'd already created, the writers go the route of having Will say he felt there was a bigger story with Paul. He needed a way to get Paul to admit he was gay and they needed the money the article would provide. That first kiss Paul laid on Will should have been proof enough that Paul wasn't as straight as he appeared to be and opened the door to Will questioning his sexuality. He didn't have to sleep with him to get concrete evidence lol. Secondly, Will and Sonny are far from destitute. Sonny owns a club that brings in daily receipts. Not to mention they have family in town that have shown they are more than willing to help financially (other than Victor LOL).
I think Sonny, after some time, would be more apt to forgive Will's cheating if it actually revolved around Will's underlying feelings about their marriage and not around Will chasing a story to make a quick dollar. The latter would make it very difficult to trust that this sort of thing wouldn't happen again if Will had his eyes on a cover story.
Before he went to California, Will lamented to Sonny that he felt like he got married too young and too much happened too soon with them - he's now married with a kid at 21. Will feeling like he didn't get to experience life and dating after coming out is a realistic concern and it would have been more plausible for Will to have used this reason to try to explain to Sonny what led him to sleep with Paul. He was caught up in the moment, it was exciting, and he'd already expressed his feelings to Sonny months ago about feeling trapped (my words), so to speak, in their marriage.
However, instead of building on the underlying issues they'd already created, the writers go the route of having Will say he felt there was a bigger story with Paul. He needed a way to get Paul to admit he was gay and they needed the money the article would provide. That first kiss Paul laid on Will should have been proof enough that Paul wasn't as straight as he appeared to be and opened the door to Will questioning his sexuality. He didn't have to sleep with him to get concrete evidence lol. Secondly, Will and Sonny are far from destitute. Sonny owns a club that brings in daily receipts. Not to mention they have family in town that have shown they are more than willing to help financially (other than Victor LOL).
I think Sonny, after some time, would be more apt to forgive Will's cheating if it actually revolved around Will's underlying feelings about their marriage and not around Will chasing a story to make a quick dollar. The latter would make it very difficult to trust that this sort of thing wouldn't happen again if Will had his eyes on a cover story.