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Thread Rubric:
The past pair of years have been rife will news about multiple public figures' (celebs and politicians) apparent marital infidelity..."apparent" because for most of those figures, most of us can only assume the married parties to those very public "scandals" vowed, among other things, to "forsake all others." [1]
Obviously a single person who's taken a shine to a married person cannot know the nature of the vows the wedded person made to their partner, though s/he can ask. I doubt many people do ask that, which, frankly and IMO, is a key question to ask upon learning the object of one's affection is married. After all, folks these days structure their marriages in all sorts of ways, so many, indeed, that about all one can tenebly assume about another's being "married is that s/he has a legally agreed upon and identified partner.
Be that as it may and to put the title/poll question in different words...in your mind and provided the married person in question has vowed to "forsake all others, as it were:
For this thread purpose, marital fidelity means "strict adherence to whatever it be that parties to a marriage vowed to do and no do."
For this thread's purpose "forsake all others" means exactly what it's meant for millennia. It means to refrain from engaging in sexual acts with anyone other than their spouse.
Thread scope/topic: For this thread's purpose "forsake all others" means exactly what it's meant for millennia. It means to refrain from engaging in sexual acts with anyone other than their spouse.
- Not the thread topic --> The factors (literal, tacit, substantive and/or evanescent) pertaining to marriage itself's legal characteristics, antecedents, and/or consequences are outside the scope of this thread.
- Not the thread topic --> One's views on the morality of any given marriage vow or set thereof aren't the thread's topic.
- The thread topic --> The thread topic is whom you think bears the onus for not violating marital fidelity. Posters are welcome to share why thy think "this or that" party bears that onus, and those reasons may indeed come from the types of things that aren't the thread's focus; however, when doing so, one must present such things as reasons for one's answer to the thread question, reasons for one's holding the opinion one does, not as topics of discussion, remarks, etc. unto themselves.
- Not the thread topic --> Anything and everything else that may come into one's mind.
Thread Rubric:
The past pair of years have been rife will news about multiple public figures' (celebs and politicians) apparent marital infidelity..."apparent" because for most of those figures, most of us can only assume the married parties to those very public "scandals" vowed, among other things, to "forsake all others." [1]
Obviously a single person who's taken a shine to a married person cannot know the nature of the vows the wedded person made to their partner, though s/he can ask. I doubt many people do ask that, which, frankly and IMO, is a key question to ask upon learning the object of one's affection is married. After all, folks these days structure their marriages in all sorts of ways, so many, indeed, that about all one can tenebly assume about another's being "married is that s/he has a legally agreed upon and identified partner.
Be that as it may and to put the title/poll question in different words...in your mind and provided the married person in question has vowed to "forsake all others, as it were:
- Upon learning the object of one's affection is wedded, is one obliged to withdraw one's aspirations toward that married person?
- As a married person, is one obliged, upon learning another is by one besotted, to nip that sh*t in the bud?
- Does existential marital fidelity have a mental dimension?
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