I agree, because the bottom line of this is honesty and an understanding of your partner’s expectations. In other words, if you knowingly hide behavior from your partner that you KNOW crosses a line, that’s problematic - even if it’s not cheating.

It’s all about honesty. If the parties are truly honest with each other and discuss needs, wants and expectations, no cheating should occur. If you have full understanding of your partner’s expectations of you with regards to what you can or can’t do with other people and you cross that line, you’re simply a bad…

The only true way to avoid it is by both parties in a committed relationship being honest with each other. An honest person shouldn’t ever cheat on their partner, plain and simple. If a person “needs” to cheat, then they should get out of the relationship. There is no intellectually honest way to rationalize this to…

I don’t doubt you’re correct, but the HUGE difference in your example is the three of you aren’t cheating. If someone needs more than one person can provide they have no business getting married or being in an assumed monogamous relationship.

Absolutely. If someone is happy they shouldn’t want to cheat on their partner. If they claim that they’re happy but still cheat, they’re just a terrible person living in a bullshit narcissistic bubble, and this woman’s body of work seems to be all about enabling cheaters to feel like they’re “just being true to…

Bingo. This is just psychobabble rationalization for enabling cheaters to feel better about themselves. If you are “happy” but still want to cheat then there is simply something wrong with you, and, as you say, likely aren’t truly happy. Some people can’t be monogamous because of how they’re wired - fine, be an adult…

Well, blame and understanding seem to be the same in this discussion. What would change the action would be the cheater being a decent human being looking beyond their own narcissistic bubble of “this is what I want”.

I agree 100%. “Self exploration” if that’s what you want to call this, doesn’t change the fact that it’s entirely selfish behavior. Some people go through a midlife crisis, or just find an attraction to someone other than their partner. You can’t put a better face on cheating. If you’re in a committed relationship,…

Oh...uh...yes, you’re right, “Obama” did that, not the evil GOP bastards in Congress who spent 8 years doing anything possible to obstruct whatever the President was trying to do.

Abso-fucking-lutely. There things in life where it seems fairly black & white. Any logical, reasonable, ethical person should see one side of an issue. In both of these situations the NCAA proved itself to be entirely unethical, hypocritical and corrupt. But they put on a constant skin-deep display of righteous…

Exactly! It shows how much power people give to “the industry”. Power is given to anyone who can potentially influence your career. The fact that her boyfriend wasn’t concerned about the obvious sexual signals that were being given, then blamed her for the rape is horrific and disgusting.

I see what you’re saying. Raptors should have separate theaters, separate lunch counters, separate schools...etc.

Hey, he’s right! Let’s GET HIM!!!!

Sadly, this is becoming the norm everywhere, all the time.

“...I mean, even Paul Ryan and Mitch McConnell spoke out against racists after DT defended Nazis...”

The answer keeps coming up $$$ but they WANT it to be $$$$$$.

This is it, exactly. “Well, maybe everyone should listen to and/or buy the new album and decide for themselves!”

This is such an odd thing. Is it because fans all think that THEY can become the next YT sensation, so they’re willing to put up with this nonsense? Also, is it possible that the courts don’t really understand the kind of money involved with this stuff? Did the judge just say “Youtube? Who cares about kid watching…

That rings a vague bell. Wow - what must that conversation be like. Also: nice parenting.

Well, good lord, it seems every rock star from the 60s & 70s (and beyond) fucked everything that moved (including each other fairly regularly), and it rarely seems that age was a consideration. Hell, even the Beatles weren’t squeaky clean. My guess is that a huge number of male celebrities going back 40 years or so…