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Flubber
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With a view of the Rockies
Aug 2000
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I have always stated my belief that cheating on a SO is wrong ALWAYS ( cheating being any intimate contact with another without the consent of your partner). But a friend challenged me on this and started throwing out "what if?" scenarios
The most difficult he raised involved situations of a wife or husband with an illness or condition that made intercourse impossible, left your partner with all their mental faculties and which would not kill them. Basically we are talking situations where staying faithful would mean 40 or 50 years of celibacy.
I have another acquainatance that is is pretty much this situation. He has had a number of brief affairs that I know of and he says his wife " must know" but that he doesn't say anything directly as he doesn't want to hurt her. He avoids longer term affairs as he does not want to get "too emotionally involved" as he loves his wife. He does spend an awful lot of time caring for her .
Thinking of his situation, I mainly admire his dedication to her. As much as I usually detest the deception involved in cheating, I can't even gather the mildest criticism of his actions. I guess, if he did not want to "cheat" he could have mentioned at some point that he would desire a sex life and seek her "consent" but that would seem such a hurtful reminder of what they had lost that I can't envision the conversation.
While its an extreme and rare situation, I ALMOST have myself convinced that "cheating" in this situation is acceptable, if not the most "best" thing to do.
What do you folks think ? Is cheating always cheating ? Or does it become acceptable in extreme situations? Would it be better to just leave them?
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Richelieu
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Gatineau
Dec 2001
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Leave.
Sex is a huge part of any real relationship and i wouldn't even try to make it work without it.
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Flubber
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With a view of the Rockies
Aug 2000
time: 22:30
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SO would be anyone that it is pretty much understood you plan to be together forevever-- whether that is married, life partner whatever
and Sloww - I took those same vows BUT I don't know if many people are strong enough to accept essentially a lifetime of celibacy--
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Flubber
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With a view of the Rockies
Aug 2000
time: 22:30
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quote:
Originally posted by MikeH
It's only intercourse that isn't possible? So other forms of sexual contact are possible? Not sure I see the problem. If it's no sexual contact and it was me that was sick I'd tell my SO that I didn't mind if she needed to go elsewhere for that but I'd rather she was discreet and I probably wouldn't want to know about it.
If it was her who was sick, it would depend how she felt about it. |
In the poll question, consider it only intercourse that is not possible but tell me, does it change your answer if NO sexual intimacy is possible-- ( any number of degenerative diseases, paralysis. burn victim etc)
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Meldor
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Houston, Texas
Dec 2001
time: 23:30
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Been married for 19 years , haven't cheated yet, don't plan on it.
If it came down to a physical need you could "handle it yourself". Any need to have sex with someone other then yourself or your lifepartner is selfish.
Sloww had it right in his first post. You are together no matter what.
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Flubber
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With a view of the Rockies
Aug 2000
time: 22:30
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quote:
Originally posted by Pekka
Well, is vagina that important? If you're married and love the other one, you can always go and spank the monkey. That's what you should do, if it doesn't work, then learn to do it properly. |
Good answer-- In theory, I agree but I wonder how many people could keep that resolve for 40 or 50 years
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Flubber
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With a view of the Rockies
Aug 2000
time: 22:30
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quote:
Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui
No, I'm unattached at the moment.
But if my future wife got hurt and couldn't have sex, the last thing I'd think about is leaving or screwing around. |
I'm attached and I can understand never leaving but are you telling me that the THOUGHT of another woman would NEVER occurr to you as the years slipped past. ten years, twenty years . . . Admit it, the thought will occurr even if you have no serious intention to act
I would hope to be strong enough, its just I see so much infidelity among people when both parties are healthy and presuamably sexually willing. Is it realistic to think you can last years.
Perhaps the trauma of a striken SO removes all sexual thoughts and makes it less likely that someone will cheat as opposed to a healthy couple ?
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Flubber
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With a view of the Rockies
Aug 2000
time: 22:30
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quote:
Originally posted by MikeH
I don't think it does, no. But then I think that infidelity isn't infidelity if you agree that's within the boundaries of your relationship, and I don't see why alternative groupings other than just two people aren't valid assuming everyone involved is happy with the situation. |
Thats why I looked at cheating as intimate contact with another without the consent of your partner. If everyone is happy with multiple partner groupings then I guess consent is there and we have no issue.
Mrs Flubber and I could never consider an " open marriage" or swinging . . its just not our relationship. I was just curious as to how people feel on the fidelity issue when presented with an extreme test.
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Pekka
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em seu burro dos pais!
Feb 2002
time: 07:30
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But humans are greedy animals sometimes. IMO it's not an excuse for most mistakes, but that's the way it is sometimes.
For example: You see your best friend in trouble, and he/she is going to die. You are the only one who can help him/her. But you have to make a long leap to do it, and you're definitely NOT sure if you can make it, and if you fail, you'll die yourself. But, there is a chance that you'll make it and you figure you can do it, but you can't afford any mistakes and you need just a little bit of luck as well. What are you going to do? You can't call for help, you have to act in few minutes. Most people would think a little bit, maybe 30 seconds or more, but they'd go for it and try to rescue their buddy. At least that's what I believe and I'd like to believe.
Now, there's the same situation, but the leap is little bit longer, but there's kazillion trillion dollars hanging there instead your buddy. You think 10 seconds and risk it. Because you're greedy bastard.
If you're married, you have more time to think and rationalize if you should go and have sex with someone else. Assuming you're greedy bastard, you still have the time to think it over many times. You should rationalize it through, and think 'hmm.. I could go and have sex, but how can I live afterwards with myself and look my wife in the eyes, is it worth the guilt and the wrong?'. Guys, no ***** is worth that. No *****.
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Flubber
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With a view of the Rockies
Aug 2000
time: 22:30
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The early voting is interesting to me-- I am a little suprised at the high proportion of faithful forevers ( higher than most statistics I have seen about how many people remain faithful generally) and that NOBODY thus far thinks they would cheat, knowing it was wrong and feel bad about it. I figured on the minority of " dump her" replies, likely coming from those in shorter term or less stable relationships.
I would like to think I would stay faithful forever. Fidelity has NEVER been a problem for me in the past. Its a simple issue for me. But thinking over the scenario and considering one example I have seen at a distance, I question the absolutism of my views-- On the flip side, being a happier husband can by itself be no valid excuse, otherwise it would be "right" for husbands everywhere to be bonking anyone that made them happy. IN all honesty, I would be in the stay faithful column, unable to raise the issue and fearing that I would cheat while knowing it was wrong.
To the "stay faithful forever" voters, I want to make the example harder-- your partner is in a coma for years-- it is possible but very unlikely they will ever recover. Death has not parted you, yet. Would you be as sure that you would maintain your vows in that case ? ( Note, if you are a "sex only in marriage" person, falling in love is just another form of cheating.)
This example is harder since it isn't just about sex-- you have lost companionship, emotional intimacy, best friend . . . everything that made your relationship.
I wonder where most people fall on this . .. I know widows and widowers that can't imagine themselves with anyone else ( physically or emotionally) after 15 years alone. Obviously everyone is different
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05-08-2003 20:47
. Though she may have left him after he recovered. But you don't do that to a person. Morale and support is so important in recovery from such things.
. Some women are cold, or have been abused, and just don't like sex. Would you go outside the marriage for that?
I'm really not sure what I would do in that situation. I would most certainly have sex with other women. but I don't think I would get attached to another woman. I would remain attached to my SO in a coma.
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