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no_hypocrisy

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1. I've known of a situation or two where long-term adultery actually prevented a bad
Sun Feb 11, 2018, 05:55 PM
Feb 2018

marriage from terminating. The husband was a devoted father and didn't want to abandon his children. His wife had reciprocal adultery and her only satisfaction in the marriage was demeaning and humiliating this guy at every opportunity. She threw knives and heavy glass flower vases at him. She screamed at the kids and hit them. He considered leaving her, but the children were too compelling in the equation. He knew he'd never get them if he applied for custody and she'd probably move out of state just to spite him.

The man found a woman who loved him. She wasn't especially interested in marriage although she did have qualms about their relationship. He often told her that she kept him from going crazy in a very dysfunctional marriage.

While this reeks of moral relativism, adultery is like most things: not an absolute lesson in ethics.

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