Acer49
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ORIGINAL: wisdomtogive Hi Acer I have really strong bias on this. I feel if in a marriage it is hard enough to keep it going, without one or the other wanting to go outside of it. If staying for the kids, well sorry but the kids know. I do not believe anyone should stay in an abusive relationship either, but working with a lot of victims of abuse, it is somewhat understandable why it is hard to leave. I am not addressing poly here either, cause imho it is amongst all people knowing and agreeing. That oddly i have no trouble with, providing it is in a grouping of an 'us'. To be married though and have a Dom or sub outside of your releationship, even if the married spouse knows to me is selfish. I am sure everyone who does this has their reasons, and they would have to, to make it right with them. For me, it could never be. If not happy, either of us , then we need to depart and set each other free. Just my opinion and how i live my life. I don't seek groupies and let others'do what they wish. To try to moralize it to them is useless, since they already have accepted their own truths, which isn't minr. Plus i dont believe in absolute truth, just a person's truth to themselve's and the responsibility it carries. My former worked a battered women's shelter and the stories she would tell me. I don't think I could have wife who needed to get her needs met outside of a marriage. I know some who tried to do it, how successful they were, I don't know over the long term. but for me, I would rather see the marriage end. Yes we are not that slick, the offspring know. they feel the tension, they hear the heated discussions. I just don't see that as a good enviorment for them to be subjected to.
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