Originally posted by: return_to_hades
I think the line of tolerance varies for people. This is something couples should discuss and draw their own personal boundaries.
Many people tolerate physical infidelity because sex can exist without love. They do not see it as a threat to the relationship as a whole.
Some people experience compersion (deriving joy from your partner's joy, opposite of jealousy) and may be open to both emotional and physical infidelity. Many polyamorous couples allow their partners to form emotional and sexual bonds with others.
Unfortunately, historically there has been an imbalance. Men have had more freedom to practice sexual infidelity. Women have had more freedom to practice emotional infidelity. It is based on archaic notions that men can have sex without strings, but women cannot and women cannot be promiscuous because you don't know which man is the father. Women are equally capable of having sex without strings and men can totally form an emotional bond even if they thought it was just sex. Simple DNA tests can determine paternity. And for many women paternity is irrelevant as they feel capable of raising children on their own.
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Female bonding vs male bonding and how that challenges the borders of emotional intimacy in committed relationships. That's another can of worms.
Utter garbage. Come back to the reality. 😆
And no. Please spare me another essay. I had the misfortune of reading the above one.
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