Adultery

Re: Adultery

baddog1 wrote:

To me - adultery (and all that it encompasses) is one of the worst things a person could do to another person and/or family.

I agree with you 100%.

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It seems silly to me to say that adultery saved a marriage.

If a marriage got better afterwards, I'd say it was in spite of the adultery, and more about finally communicating, finally growing, finally connecting in a new way.

All of those things can happen without the catalyst of adultery, and are probably much more likely to happen in a successful way if they happen outside of the context of adultery.

Especially, I think that anyone who says that ("saves marriages") in advance of having an affair, as some sort of justification, is much more likely to have it all backfire horribly than actually accomplish anything remotely positive.

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I'm with jpinmilwaukee on this one.

I personally couldn't comprehend how adultery could make a marriage better, but I think Maybe I understand it in principle.

For instance....At one point my husband had a health crisis and could very well have died....then, there were literally years where it was touch and go, a lot of physical pain, life adjustments, etc.

I started going to therapy for a while, and this came up as a big stress issue. I was saying that this whole thing, while very stressful, had really brought us together as a whole. It was like we had been through the worst imaginable, and working together through it really cemented our relationship where it just could not be broken, no matter what.

The therapist commented that when something dramatic like this happens, it can either bring you closer together, or drive you apart, and fortunately it did not do the latter.

So, that said....I suppose if there was an affair, but it was realized how terrible that was, and forgiveness was sincerely sought, and amends made, vows retaken.....I guess if you both believe that was your worst, and you're still together, then nothing will drive you apart.

Does that make sense?

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I guess probably it boils down to something along the lines of what Chai said. Though adultery is not a way to "fix" your marriage I do see how in some... very rare cases... something like that could after being talked about and worked through make the relationship stronger in the end. Because as it was said it may have opened lines of communication that weren't open before. Though in most cases I don't see something like that happening, honestly speaking. I don't think I'd stick around if my significant other was committing adultery and I knew about it. I just don't think it's right to do that.

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I am going to disagree with most of you. First, let me say that I don't condone adultery. I think that it is deception of the worst sort.

Saying that, I have known of cases where adultery did not make a marriage stronger, but helped a person deal with an otherwise intolerable marriage.

My "take" on this is probably that of an older person, who began her life in an era where people did not divorce as readily as they do now. Women stayed in poor marriages because of economic reasons, and both men and women in bad relationships stayed together "for the sake of the children". Society had not realized at that time that often divorcing was perferable as far as the kids were concerned, to them living in a house with the constant squabbling of the parents.

I am not talking now about the chronic womanizer or man chaser, which, IMO is a deep seated emotional problem. I am referring to the man who takes a mistress, or a woman a lover, and has a long term relationship with him/her. The emotional comfort that the person receives often would allow him/her stay in a dysfunctional marriage.

Years ago, I knew of a number of instances, where a man had a mistress on the side, or the wife a lover, to provide some relief from the dreariness of his/her married life.

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Chai Tea wrote:

The therapist commented that when something dramatic like this happens, it can either bring you closer together, or drive you apart, and fortunately it did not do the latter.

It's hard to be wrong with that kind of diagnosis.

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Phoenix32890 wrote:

I am going to disagree with most of you. First, let me say that I don't condone adultery. I think that it is deception of the worst sort.

Saying that, I have known of cases where adultery did not make a marriage stronger, but helped a person deal with an otherwise intolerable marriage.
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Years ago, I knew of a number of instances, where a man had a mistress on the side, or the wife a lover, to provide some relief from the dreariness of his/her married life.

And instances of men taking a 'mister' on the side. Or the wife taking a female lover. Smile

I see your point, Phoenix. Most likely still a valid one too in various places in the world.

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Phoenix32890 wrote:

I am going to disagree with most of you. First, let me say that I don't condone adultery. I think that it is deception of the worst sort.

Saying that, I have known of cases where adultery did not make a marriage stronger, but helped a person deal with an otherwise intolerable marriage.

My "take" on this is probably that of an older person, who began her life in an era where people did not divorce as readily as they do now. Women stayed in poor marriages because of economic reasons, and both men and women in bad relationships stayed together "for the sake of the children". Society had not realized at that time that often divorcing was perferable as far as the kids were concerned, to them living in a house with the constant squabbling of the parents.

I am not talking now about the chronic womanizer or man chaser, which, IMO is a deep seated emotional problem. I am referring to the man who takes a mistress, or a woman a lover, and has a long term relationship with him/her. The emotional comfort that the person receives often would allow him/her stay in a dysfunctional marriage.

Years ago, I knew of a number of instances, where a man had a mistress on the side, or the wife a lover, to provide some relief from the dreariness of his/her married life.

Huh... interesting phoenix. I hadn't thought about it that way. Good point.

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Adultery is cheating and lying.
Whoever does that to me is not my friend, and can certainly not be my partner!

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joefromchicago wrote:

Chai Tea wrote:
The therapist commented that when something dramatic like this happens, it can either bring you closer together, or drive you apart, and fortunately it did not do the latter.

It's hard to be wrong with that kind of diagnosis.

That wasn't a diagnosis....also, our relationship could have stayed exactly the same.

She said it "can" do this, not "will"

besides, that's not what my therapy was about, at least not entirely.

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joefromchicago wrote:

Chai Tea wrote:
The therapist commented that when something dramatic like this happens, it can either bring you closer together, or drive you apart, and fortunately it did not do the latter.

It's hard to be wrong with that kind of diagnosis.

Joe, you make me laugh. And this isn't the first time Laughing

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Chai Tea wrote:

joefromchicago wrote:
Chai Tea wrote:
The therapist commented that when something dramatic like this happens, it can either bring you closer together, or drive you apart, and fortunately it did not do the latter.

It's hard to be wrong with that kind of diagnosis.

That wasn't a diagnosis....also, our relationship could have stayed exactly the same.

She said it "can" do this, not "will"

besides, that's not what my therapy was about, at least not entirely.

technically, she said "it can either do this or that," and the word 'either' implies that those are the only two probable possibilities.

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As far as I understand these things, which isn't very far, I gather that feminists and evolution theorists don't recognise the concept.

They see it as a patriarchal/religious concept. The serious ones I mean. The not serious being inconsequential. They are posers.

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I'm not understanding you, spendi. Could you explain a little more clearly what you said?

Are you saying feminists and ev. theorists don't recognize the concept of adultery?

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That's right..

It isn't really that they "don't". It is that they can't.

All their philosophy goes awry if they do.

I did say serious ones. I have argued with a few of those. I heard one say that he didn't know what they were talking about with a daft idea like adultery. There was a young lady on the news the other night scoffing at the idea.

It's the drift. Not very nice is it?

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Thanks for clearing that up, spendi. No time to continue with this at the mo... be back tonight or tomorrow, though, so maybe then.

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spendius wrote:

That's right..

It isn't really that they "don't". It is that they can't.

All their philosophy goes awry if they do.

Spendius, I would not describe myself as a "hardcore evolution theorist" any more than you would consider yourself as a "hardcore believer in molecules" -- yes, I certainly believe it, but it's not an issue of uncertainty.

Along with these beliefs come, usually, other beliefs such as the lack of a set purpose in life, lack of belief in spirituality, destiny, god, and spiritual sanctity of a relationship.

This does not, however, prevent people like me from recognizing and valuing a relationship on purely logical grounds. Even the most logical of us still have emotions that govern our behavior. Love, respect, trust...these are reasons not to cheat on a person that any evolutionist can recognize.

I'm sure there are some evolutionists who would happily cheat on their S.O. behind their backs, but that has nothing to do with believing in evolution.

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Well stuh-

I'm not defending feminists or evolution theorists. I think they are barmy.

I'm just telling you what they think, and I have talked to a few, and it does make sense from their point of view philosophically. I do recognise that.

It just doesn't work though. Which I think is of over-riding importance. I like things to work.

The idea of adultery, they say, and I can't fault them on it, implies conjugal rights which implies, obviously, that a lady submits, often when she doesn't really feel like it for any one of a number of reasons such as a headache or her having realised what a boring old fart her lover actually is. A scenario some of them class as rape.

In return the lady gets a monopoly on an aspect of life more important than a pint of iced,foaming larger after a three day crawl through a hot desert and, by extension, a worker's wages.

As I said, and it must be stressed, I am only talking about serious feminists and evolutionary theorists. I'm not talking about people who use some aspects of these philosophical positions, the chosen aspects of course, to push their own boat out.

Evolution has no niche for pushing your own boat out. You either have it or you haven't. It's merciless.

I can't understand why you are debating it.

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Why am I debating it? Because I and nearly every single friend and family member is what you consider a "hardcore evolutionist" and nobody has the opinions that you say we have.

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