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Originally Posted by SuchFriendsAreDangerous
True but in a long.marriage sex takes on different or varying levels of importance and again no matter what it doesn't exonerate or even explain violating the trust of marriage through extramarital affairs..
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Part of the problem is that our society's view of what constitutes cheating on a marriage is limited to active, rather than passive, aggression. The key phrase in a marriage vow is "I do", not "I don't." In other words, marriage is a promise that not only prohibits certain behavior, such as extramarital sex, but includes DOING certain things, such as loving and cherishing your partner.
When partner A loses interest in partner B and becomes unfeeling, uncaring and emotionally absent, why is that not considered cheating, even if partner A is not sleeping with someone else? If partner B, after years of realizing this isn't going to change, seeks love elsewhere, then partner B gets blamed for cheating and in some cases, breaking up the marriage. But wasn't the marriage already broken?