In this poem, Catullus is talking negatively about a girl, who is possibly his mistress. Perhaps I'm jumping to conclusions, but if he is having an affair with this supposedly unattractive woman, then that's completely selfish of him. He waited all this time to be with Lesbia; he waited for her and her husband to end it; he waited for her to openly love him and kiss him and want him back, and then he goes and cheats on her?! It's absurd.
Personally, if I were in a position where I had gotten the person I waited for what seemed like forever for, then I would absolutely do everything in my power to keep him. Certainly i would not cheat on him! If this is the case, then Lesbia's relationship with her husband ended for technically no reason; and if Catullus is willing to lose her so quickly, then why did he go to such great lengths to "get" her? It's unfathomable to me. Again, maybe I am jumping to Conclusions, but if I'm not than Catullus better do something to fix this, because cheating on someone is never the answer. The least you can do is be upfront with you girlfriend/boyfriend or huband/wife about it. I would think you owed them that much.
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