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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP and OMG and whoever else are trying to use an extremely small sliver of people one would feel compassion for (ie, man caring for 20 years for Alzheimer's spouse who hasn't remembered who he is in 10 years seeking a companion while still supporting the ill spouse) and distorting it to imply that it would be totally cool to go get a side piece while your spouse undergoes radiation treatment.

As in all things in life there is a long stretch of moral grey area in this issue but acting like it is all about sex when it is much more frequently about seeking emotional support while being a full time caretaker is insulting to all people enduring this difficult fate. [/quote]

On the super-long thread about how OMG is a jerk, OMG was also pretty dismissive of the idea that there are medical conditions that lower libido and that cheating in those circumstances is particularly cruel. His logic was basically, well, in THOSE situations, it wouldn't be great to "open the marriage" because the spouse is genuinely sick, as opposed to all those other frigid women who are just uninterested. Now he seems to be taking the stance of it being okay to cheat in this situation because the spouse is medically unable to be intimate and therefore open marriage is a quiet solution that strengthens the marriage. You can't have it both ways, OMG. In reality, your declaration that a marriage is open is cowardly. Actually, in reality, this point is moot, since you are not married and may not ever have actually had sex before.[/quote]

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