Posted: Mar 28, 2008, 8:23 PM CST
SmartisSexy wrote:So here is the problem.....we are raised with the notion (however outdated) that marriage is forever. We strive to find our soul mates and then have the perfect wedding -- hell, prom is the practice party. We get married and have 2.5 children, then realize maybe it's not all the Brady Bunch promised us it would be. But...marriage is forever isn't it? Divorce carries social stigma, financial consequences, loss of children, home, security, etc. An affair is easy, available....with the only consequences being emotional. I'm not saying it's right, I'm saying it's easier. Then we're surprised when it happens! We blame the mistresses or the other men involved...everyone but ourselves. Of course it's cowardly. Of course it's immoral. But so is our society. Our marriages are only a reflection of that.
Society is what we make it to be.
We are the society.
Our actions and morals define the society.
And even if everyone else was doing something that you know is wrong, it wouldnt make it right for you to do it as well. It is called konformism and it extends far beyond the spectrum of relationships.
when something is wrong, the number of perpetrators does not have a determining effect on how wrong it is.
A marriage, is a joining of lives and at the same time an all inclusive partnership - spiritual, material, emotional etc. If at some point someone realizes that he is not getting his fair deal out of it and has talked it repeatedly with his spouse to no avail, then he/she needs to break the marriage and move on.