cloudboy -> RE: Forgot you have a wife?? (4/5/2006 2:18:53 PM)
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ORIGINAL: Smythe This is a spurious argument. People change all the time, and things that are important at 40 may not have seemed important at 25. Ideally a marriage should adapt to continue to suit both partners, but we know this is not always the case. What if you love your wife or husband but your desire to submit/dom/x-dress/play doctor becomes undeniable? Should you suffer deprivation for the rest of your life? Limited options are available, some honest, some not so honest. But this is human nature, we do our best. Where did this rigid, moralistic, holier than thou attitude come from? Smythe Well, one of the things that differentiates myself from the pack here is that I don't consider myself controlling and possessive. Hence, if "cheated" upon, I would not ipso-facto take it as a "betrayal" and an emotional knife into my heart. My view is that under all circumstances, married or not, I want to remain "competitive" and not "controlling" and "assumptive" just b/c I am married. When there is trouble in my marriage or something I don't like about it, I pipe up and angle to improve the situation. I do not take my wife's consideration of me for granted either, and I do not see it as my role to suppress her. Whatever she does, I know she does it with a reason in mind --- and that she would never have an affair to hurt me or our marriage. Frankly, I seeing having an affair as a healthy sign of problem solving and taking care of oneself, which is what I want my wife to do. I do not expect to meet all her needs or for her to find "everything" in me and only me for a lifetime. So, this whole construct of "cheating" and "betrayal" really does not apply to me in the sense many idiots here construe it. Also, I think that my attitude towards my wife helps her feel more supported and open about what she does. So, it is my belief that if she is being secretive and not telling me everything, much of that has to do with me and not her. To continue this, I just don't readily conclude that marital partners are "victims." No, marital partners are actually part of the equation of everything that happens. So, if a married person is a "victim," the root cause of that victimhood might actually be oneself instead of the other. I cannot speak for proudsub and her husband, but she confessed to an affair here --- and my take was that her husband did not respond to the situation as a victim. And, proudsub said that her marriage was strengthened in the end, and that she was thankful for her husband's attitude. To me, this is a good example of the complexitiy of marriage, relationships, and individual liberty. The main point is that people try the best that they can.
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