(August 25, 2015 at 2:49 pm)Rhythm Wrote: As an interesting sidebar, there's a sort of line that's been put out there with regards to cheating. You love someone, you think the world of them, you might defend their actions or decisions that others who criticize - and then, whamo, they cheat. No more love, no more understanding, no more defense or rationalization "everything we know is wrong forever". How does that happen, or does it? Any of you ever take a softer view of unfaithfulness as expressed in the person(s) you've entangled yourself with? Has anyone ever found themselves leveraging that "friendlier" understanding to their former partners -after- they cheat?
Bare your souls folks...
I'd just like to make a distinction here real quick.
While cheating on your spouse is wrong regardless of whether you do it with your secretary, or through someone you meet on a cheating website, I'd say there is something particularly nasty about actually seeking out an affair by paying money and joining a site for it.
The guy at work can say "well I didn't intend on having an affair with my secretary, it just happened, I just fell in love." ...still a complete joke and totally inexcusable, mind you, but the guy who actively seeks out an affair, joins a site, and pays money for it, can't even say that much. It just adds another layer of nasty to the whole situation.
"Of course, everyone will claim they respect someone who tries to speak the truth, but in reality, this is a rare quality. Most respect those who speak truths they agree with, and their respect for the speaking only extends as far as their realm of personal agreement. It is less common, almost to the point of becoming a saintly virtue, that someone truly respects and loves the truth seeker, even when their conclusions differ wildly."
-walsh
-walsh
