I certainly have an axe against philandering hunks of crap, given that my father was one and I know the damage they do.
Sexual escapades do NOT confirm ANYONE as a genius. What they confirm him as is shallow. And you too for excusing that kind of pathetic behavior just because of other things he did.
No. The sexual escapades have nothing to do with the genius. The genius exists and cannot be gainsaid. The sexual escapades confirm Einstein as human. I think its unfair to run with one side of a complex human drama after the principals are dead and can’t give the nuances of the story. I’m not really interested in Einstein’s sex life even peripherally.
I am sorry for the personal pain you have experienced. Grown men and women often fall into poisonous relationships and have since earliest written history. That doesn’t change the personal pain but puts affairs in perspective.
God gave man/woman the opportunity to choose between good and evil. They often fail the test when it arises but an affair does not a monster make. That said I believe in honoring vows and forgiveness is not one of my personal strengths in that regard. I consider involving children unforgivable on either side. They are noncombatants and unable to defend themselves or understand the complexities of causation.