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Degrees of Affairs II [message #53946]

Wed, 08 October 2008 15:14

unsui

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Re: Degrees of Affairs II [message #54005 is a reply to message #53946]

Thu, 09 October 2008 21:53

acam

On fire!

Location: UK
Registered: July 2007
Messages: 1849

Same SEX, Michael! Same sex.

Gender is a grammatical term and tells you (in French) whether the article is le or la. Sex is about people and I just adore it (and object when people are too mealy mouthed to call it by its name).

Please don't take offence.

Love,
Anthony

Re: Degrees of Affairs II [message #54017 is a reply to message #53946]

Fri, 10 October 2008 10:38

marc

Needs to get a life!

Registered: March 2003
Messages: 4729

Affairs?

Don't we mean infidelity here?

I mean lets call it what it is!

Infidelity is not something that I believe is a valid part of a relationship.

Life is great for me... Most of the time... But then I meet people online... Very few are real friends... Many say they are but know nothing of what it means... Some say they are, but are so shallow...

Re: Degrees of Affairs II [message #54020 is a reply to message #54017]

Fri, 10 October 2008 12:01

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Location: Worcester, England
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I think "infidelity" is more about departing from what you have agreed with your partner. I know a couple of people who are in long-term "open" relationships and I have no doubts about their commitment to each other ... it works for them, though it wouldn't work for me.

Almost all couples have things that they reserve between themselves alone. For most, this is sex. But it doesn't have to be. I think even I would feel that if a partner called anyone else by a pet name he used to reserve only for me, that was some level of "infidelity" that in some ways is worse than having sex with them (after all, he'd probably have had sex with other people in the course of his life, but pet names hopefully are unique).

All of this means that, of course, I'm a flaming romantic!

"The ultimate weakness of violence is that it is a descending spiral, begetting the very thing it seeks to destroy. ... Returning violence for violence multiplies violence, adding deeper darkness to a night devoid of stars." Martin Luther King

Re: Degrees of Affairs II [message #54023 is a reply to message #54017]

Fri, 10 October 2008 13:37

unsui

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