A question about fidelity.

Jody — 5/7/2008 2:14:07 AM (archived)

I am too naive to help a dear friend with a problem she is having with her new husband of 3 years. What would you consider being 'unfaithful' [to your wife]?

Going outside the marraige for sex...obviously applies...but are there other ways?

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A question about fidelity. - Jody - 5/7/2008 2:14:07 AM
- The Truth? You can't handle the truth! - ER - 5/12/2008 7:20:09 PM
  - NO MORE WIRE HANGERS!! - Jody - 5/13/2008 1:01:23 AM
- Why modern men avoid marriage - Lindy - 5/12/2008 1:27:04 AM
  - re: Why modern men avoid marriage - ER - 5/12/2008 12:43:07 PM
    - re: Why modern men avoid marriage - TB - 5/12/2008 6:01:44 PM
      - re: Why modern men avoid marriage - ER - 5/12/2008 6:18:44 PM
      - re: Why modern men avoid marriage - ER - 5/12/2008 6:18:35 PM
        
        Continued, - ER - 5/12/2008 6:24:12 PM
- re: A question about fidelity. - REB - 5/9/2008 1:42:59 PM
  - Another one who is married.~sigh~ (n/t) - Jody - 5/9/2008 1:47:47 PM
    - And that's why. - TB - 5/9/2008 5:15:15 PM
      - My dear TB, SDG, and REB, - Jody - 5/9/2008 7:03:18 PM
        
        Yeah, they're just little angels. - RobVG - 5/9/2008 11:45:58 PM
        
        Some of us try to be. - REB - 5/12/2008 3:46:44 PM
        
        Man, you really are a saint! (n/t) - RobVG - 5/13/2008 11:02:51 PM
        
        (Surprise, not sarcasm.) (n/t) - RobVG - 5/13/2008 11:48:09 PM
        
        re: (Surprise, not sarcasm.) - Lindy - 5/14/2008 12:31:23 AM
        
        Let me ask you this... - RobVG - 5/14/2008 4:53:34 AM
        
        re: Let me ask you this... - REB - 5/14/2008 2:14:14 PM
        
        Let me tell you this. - RobVG - 5/15/2008 12:57:11 AM
        
        ...and - REB - 5/14/2008 2:16:21 PM
        
        re: Let me ask you this... - Lindy - 5/14/2008 1:49:55 PM
        
        Yeah...just like you I am sure. - Jody - 5/10/2008 1:02:46 PM
        
        re: Yeah...just like you I am sure. - REB - 5/13/2008 4:52:01 PM
        
        Uhm, post above (saint) was supposed to go here. (n/t) - RobVG - 5/14/2008 5:53:33 AM
        
        I am your female counterpart REB (n/t) - Jody - 5/13/2008 5:05:42 PM
        
        Definitely...but we are the minority....and even made fun of at times... - Jody - 5/13/2008 6:12:36 PM
        
        So you understaznd where I am coming from? (n/t) - REB - 5/13/2008 5:39:50 PM
        
        pointers - FrankC - 5/11/2008 2:26:11 AM
        
        re: pointers - Lindy - 5/11/2008 3:43:14 AM
        
        eyes - FrankC - 5/11/2008 4:12:20 AM
        
        A manly AND honorable approach, Across a crowded room. - ER - 5/11/2008 2:23:41 PM
        
        Whoa...you have redeemed yourself my Eastern Elite Liberal:) (n/t) - Jody - 5/11/2008 3:28:14 PM
        
        Conservatives just flash Superbowl Tickets. - ER - 5/11/2008 4:22:12 PM
        
        Grown ups - Lindy - 5/11/2008 3:04:47 PM
        
        My absolute FAVORITE part of a man's body - Jody - 5/11/2008 3:44:31 PM
        
        re: My absolute FAVORITE part of a man's body - Lindy - 5/11/2008 6:19:38 PM
        
        Bowz has great gams....as I recall from his pictures. (n/t) - Jody - 5/11/2008 6:47:36 PM
        
        Say WHAT? - ER - 5/11/2008 4:26:40 PM
        
        re: eyes feasting?? - Lindy - 5/11/2008 6:03:41 AM
        
        Frank, not all of us go for girls with glass ones. (n/t) - TB - 5/11/2008 3:38:53 AM
        
        "Move aside, and let the man go through, let the man go through" (n/t) - RobVG - 5/11/2008 3:20:24 AM
        
        Omg...FrankC...Wow. - Jody - 5/11/2008 3:07:37 AM
        
        Serious razor sharp words - Lindy - 5/10/2008 6:41:07 PM
        
        Funny you should say that. - RobVG - 5/10/2008 5:39:06 PM
        
        I don't know if it is frustration or anger.. - Jody - 5/10/2008 10:20:23 PM
        
        "it never hurts to keep your guard up for a time when getting to know someone." - Lindy - 5/10/2008 7:01:05 PM
        
        Interesting.... - Jody - 5/10/2008 1:17:02 AM
        
        However... I AM learning... - Jody - 5/10/2008 1:47:51 AM
        
        dayum Jody you lookin buff - FrankC - 5/10/2008 2:50:28 AM
        
        :) (n/t) - Jody - 5/10/2008 1:04:07 PM
        
        What? I'm not sensitive enough? I'm devastated. (n/t) - ER - 5/9/2008 11:16:49 PM
        
        Oh I am sure you are. (n/t) - Jody - 5/10/2008 1:18:16 AM
        
        Oh ER...you are very sensitive... - Jody - 5/10/2008 1:09:30 PM
        
        Snide, snob, materialistic. - ER - 5/10/2008 5:38:56 PM
        
        Are what? Sensitive or devastated? (n/t) - ER - 5/10/2008 1:26:46 AM
        
        Oh I am fully aware you are sensitive.... - Jody - 5/10/2008 1:38:30 AM
- If it's hurtful to the wife... - Eri - 5/8/2008 3:38:45 AM
  - Venus and Mars - FrankC - 5/8/2008 6:28:05 PM
    - Actually...speaking for myself... - Jody - 5/8/2008 7:24:23 PM
      - Look at it this way... - ER - 5/8/2008 8:12:10 PM
        
        Along those lines... - RobVG - 5/9/2008 2:58:17 AM
        
        " It's the height of selfishness to reveal an affair. " - ER - 5/9/2008 3:37:01 AM
        
        re: " It's the height of selfishness to reveal an affair. " - Lindy - 5/9/2008 3:01:59 PM
        
        re: " It's the height of selfishness to reveal an affair. " - Lindy - 5/9/2008 3:55:53 AM
        
        As I understand it, you've missunderstood it. - podock - 5/9/2008 5:28:47 AM
        
        re: As I understand it, you've missunderstood it. - Lindy - 5/10/2008 12:56:22 AM
    - Aprhrodite, Ares and Eros - ER - 5/8/2008 7:06:06 PM
      - Sounds like an excuse to me - Lindy - 5/8/2008 8:44:53 PM
        
        Of course it is. - TB - 5/8/2008 11:31:39 PM
        
        re: Of course it is. - REB - 5/9/2008 1:53:30 PM
        
        Humans can choose their behaviors, - ER - 5/9/2008 1:49:25 AM
        
        Most men can resist the temptation to make a pass at their wife's sister. - ER - 5/9/2008 3:19:17 PM
        
        Heh. My ex propositioned my sister - Eri - 5/9/2008 11:47:16 PM
        
        re: Most men can resist the temptation to make a pass at their wife's sister. - Lindy - 5/9/2008 3:56:59 PM
        
        "Alimony, alimony, paying your bills..." - ER - 5/9/2008 5:39:15 PM
        
        "If your wife's sister really did come on to you..." - ER - 5/9/2008 5:04:56 PM
        
        Abandon reason, all ye who enter here. - Lindy - 5/9/2008 3:59:04 AM
        
        I believe it is a scientific fact more than a theory - FrankC - 5/8/2008 9:36:37 PM
        
        What *would* it take to make men happy? - Jody - 5/8/2008 9:58:57 PM
        
        No holds barred? - RobVG - 5/9/2008 3:04:28 AM
        
        some people are never happy - FrankC - 5/8/2008 10:54:49 PM
        
        That's a great story - Lindy - 5/9/2008 12:58:46 AM
  - The women seem to agree here... - Jody - 5/8/2008 11:34:45 AM
    - I do not disagree with you. But only wish to add... - alcaray - 5/8/2008 9:23:59 PM
      - Communication - REB - 5/9/2008 2:02:51 PM
      - re: I do not disagree with you. But only wish to add... - Lindy - 5/9/2008 1:08:02 AM
      - ~sigh~ - Jody - 5/8/2008 9:50:15 PM
        
        "because we are more willing to endure and sacrifice. " - ER - 5/9/2008 12:48:49 PM
        
        Humans can make/mate for an incredible symbiosis (n/t) - Jody - 5/9/2008 1:45:32 PM
        
        Agree completely. - alcaray - 5/8/2008 10:22:30 PM
- Lots of answers - FrankC - 5/8/2008 12:40:24 AM
  - re: Lots of answers - Lindy - 5/8/2008 1:37:22 AM
- re: A question about fidelity. - Lindy - 5/7/2008 2:15:28 PM
- One definition of fidelity: - ER - 5/7/2008 12:45:01 PM
  - "Solemn Commitment" - Lindy - 5/7/2008 2:27:27 PM
    - Just an academic, rhetorical, philosophic question... - ER - 5/7/2008 3:16:10 PM
      - Yes, but not equally (n/t) - FrankC - 5/8/2008 12:47:25 AM
      - re: Just an academic, rhetorical, philosophic question... - Lindy - 5/7/2008 8:19:44 PM
      - re: Just an academic, rhetorical, philosophic question... - Jody - 5/7/2008 6:35:12 PM
        
        "I had a feeling you could ask a hypothetical question of this nature" - ER - 5/7/2008 7:46:26 PM
        
        This is how it goes....... - Lindy - 5/7/2008 9:22:13 PM
        
        I really shouldn't have - RNE - 5/9/2008 4:56:10 PM
        
        LOL!...Too cute Lindy! - Jody - 5/8/2008 12:33:39 AM
        
        AAAAAAAAAARRRGGGHHH - ER - 5/7/2008 11:47:58 PM
        
        Not me. - TB - 5/7/2008 7:51:32 PM
      - "Triad", by David Crosby (as performed by Grace Slick) - ER - 5/7/2008 3:36:57 PM
        
        Triad - Lindy - 5/7/2008 8:33:12 PM
        
        The song was writtenby Dave Crosby - ER - 5/7/2008 11:44:52 PM
- "Other ways"? - RobVG - 5/7/2008 4:17:01 AM
  - Cyber sex (n/t) - Jody - 5/7/2008 7:30:27 PM
    - What kind? - RobVG - 5/7/2008 7:58:25 PM
      - Is there a difference? - Jody - 5/7/2008 8:36:21 PM
        
        I think so. - RobVG - 5/7/2008 10:00:22 PM
        
        Definitely a difference it would seem... - Jody - 5/8/2008 1:59:35 PM
        
        Notice how quiet the men are..... - Lindy - 5/8/2008 4:15:09 PM
        
        Yes Dear - Tony - 5/9/2008 1:23:15 PM
        
        Ah so, a Marital Arts master! (n/t) - ER - 5/9/2008 3:13:02 PM
        
        *chuckle*...Don't forget..."You're right, Dear." ;) (n/t) - Jody - 5/9/2008 1:42:38 PM
        
        One thing you learn over the years... - TB - 5/9/2008 1:47:26 AM
        
        But you will be called in for inspection. - podrock - 5/9/2008 2:52:22 AM
        
        Are you associating the male's silience on this thread as tacit support for infidelity? - podrock - 5/8/2008 10:47:10 PM
        
        Podrock of Gibraltar ;) (n/t) - Jody - 5/9/2008 10:58:38 AM
        
        re: Are you associating the male's silience on this thread as tacit support for infidelity? - Lindy - 5/9/2008 1:21:36 AM
        
        Guilt gives rewards?? - Lindy - 5/9/2008 4:12:49 AM
        
        Rear Window? - podrock - 5/9/2008 3:03:46 AM
        
        re: Rear Window? - Lindy - 5/9/2008 4:07:43 AM
        
        Perfect solution - Eri - 5/9/2008 1:44:19 AM
        
        re: Perfect solution - Lindy - 5/9/2008 4:08:39 AM
        
        Yep.... - Jody - 5/8/2008 6:21:18 PM
        
        "Right of Passage" - Lindy - 5/8/2008 8:49:48 PM
        
        Whaddaya mean, "generic"? - ER - 5/8/2008 5:17:46 PM
        
        re: Whaddaya mean, "generic"? - Lindy - 5/8/2008 9:04:39 PM
        
        Yeah, right. (n/t) - Jody - 5/8/2008 6:19:46 PM
        
        I agree RobVG...playin' with fire. (n/t) - Jody - 5/8/2008 12:34:59 AM
        
        People take great risks for two reasons. - ER - 5/9/2008 1:58:32 AM
    - Don't work. (n/t) - RoboCop - 5/7/2008 7:42:49 PM
      - How so? (n/t) - Jody - 5/7/2008 8:33:22 PM
        
        Sorry - ER - 5/7/2008 11:52:33 PM
  - No need for details... - TB - 5/7/2008 5:49:36 AM
    - Damn! - Jody - 5/8/2008 7:26:05 PM
      - And TB's a Republican. I may have to rethink my politics! - Eri - 5/8/2008 8:15:34 PM
    - Tom nailed it. (n/t) - SDG - 5/7/2008 3:12:12 PM

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