That is true, but since OP is a consenting adult with knowledge of her affair partner's marriage and children, she is undeniably complicit. Blame is not mutually exclusive. |
I rarely date other men. I don't tell him. |
Sure, but she doesn't owe anything to her partner's wife and kids. Sure, it's not morally upstanding to be the other woman. But she's not complicit. She is a symptom of her partner's dishonesty and selfishness. |
Yeah. It really, really is. |
![]() Lemme guess, your marriage isn't so great at home, huh? Otherwise I doubt you would be quite so threatened by this. |
Why don't you love him? |
Why would she acknowledge your insulting "questions"? |
+1. The thread has generated 10 pages in less than two hours. I think the DCUMies are VERY threatened.... |
OP, do you tell each other "I love you"? |
Have you ever met/been around his kids? |
OP, it doesn't sound like you're concerned about your like post affair. But keep in mind that you won't be 24 forever. You won't necessarily be able to trade in looks and sex forever, and it's a lot harder to start a career and a life for yourself at 29, 39, 31 than it is now.
I spent my early and mid twenties goofing off and though I had a lot of fun, traveled the world, etc I didn't have much to show for it by the time I hit 30. It was hard starting from scratch then and professionally and personally it was a struggle. |
I'm very happy in my marriage and am genuinely curious (and I've been much more polite than others in this thread). She said ask me anything, so I did. |
I'm not in love with him. I care a LOT for him. Not sure why I'm not in love, but guess it's because he's not free to be with me exclusively. A self-protection thing? |
She surely is complicit from an ethical perspective, though not a legal one. She's an agent, not a passive "symptom." She can act and stop the relationship should she wish. Legally, she has no obligation to her affair partner's wife or kids, but morally she is culpable. She has chosen with intent, time and time again, to participate in an act that can cause potential harm to innocent bystanders (the children). I agree that the husband has more responsibility in this case, but it is simplistic to the point of inaccuracy to say that the OP has clean hands. |
Yes, unintentionally. |