Morals or culture?

[denny]

I read a lot of opinions on cheating. Why do think it is hurtful for the one you love to have relations with another? Morals? Culture? Possesion,property??????What drives us?


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I can tell by the way that you baby talk,
I can see by the way you switch and walk,
I can tell by the way you treat your man,
but I could love you baby, it's a cryin' shame

[LixyChick]

The beating heart and the depths of a soul................when you bear that to someone and promise it forever........and they do the same....................

Cheating...........stabs your soul!

[PantyFanatic]

I promise not to stab your “soul” Lixy. :p

[souls_cry2000]

"WHY MUST YOU ALWAYS TORMENT ME!!!!!!!!"

--SOUL

[gekkogecko]

Originally posted by denny
Why do think it is hurtful for the one you love to have relations with another?

Well, from a standpoint of polyamory, I can answer this question, if it is slightly re-phrased:

Why is it hurtful for the one you love to violate whatever boundries (explicit or implied) you have agreed to?

The answer overall, seem to be this: it's a violation of trust. That sort of violation, whether sexual, social, economic, or legal is always hurtful.

[IAKaraokeGirl]

Well said, Gekko. I think a related issue would be where your trust lies. Do you trust your s/o not to have relations outside, or do you trust your s/o that when s/he *does* have outside relations, that s/he will "return."

It's all in where you decide, as a couple, where those boundaries are found.