^That. A thousand times over!Who are you to judge what makes a good man or doesn't make a good man?
Travis was a good man. He had a problem, but that does not make him less of a good man.
You seem to have taken the defense at their word that Jodi was a woman with low self-esteem who was simply being used by Travis.
Aside from Jodi's word, I would like you to show me any actual proof that Jodi was anything other than a woman empowered by her sexual hold on her partner. Please, show me where Jodi was begging Travis to stop in the sex tape. Show me where Jodi was forced to go to Travis.
In fact, show me evidence of him "stringing her along". They were having sex, and they weren't committed. She knew he was dating other women. He knew that she was checking out other men. But they were still having sex.
If Travis was stringing Jodi along, then what was Jodi doing? Stringing Travis along?
Did it ever cross your mind that Jodi perhaps had strung Travis along? Perhaps she lied about something, or did something to try to keep his attention focused on her. He was pretty upset in that one text message to her. To me, it sounded as if he felt like he'd been used.
If anything, Jodi used a young man who was struggling to find his way in life. She found his vulnerable spot (sex) and tried to use that as leverage to gain access to his life. She used him to help her with bills, with cars, with just about everything.
Travis was the one who was being used. He was the one abuse victim. And like many abuse victims, he didn't know how to get rid of his abuser.
The next step in victim-blame is to ask, "Well, why didn't he listen to his friends? Why didn't he get help? Why didn't he call the police?"
I think he was trying to get Jodi out of his life. And the reason he didn't call police? Do you know how hard it is to be taken seriously as a woman when you're being abused? Imagine how much more difficult it would have been for Travis to admit the abuse, let alone seek out help for it?
When Jodi realized that her control over Travis was waning, she did what many, many other abusers have done in similar situations: She killed him.
I don't think this was about love or jealousy. I believe it was about control.