Comments on: DISCUSSION: Can a Man or Woman in a Committed Relationship ‘Earn’ the Right to Cheat?

By: Diana

Diana — Sun, 30 May 2010 16:16:56 +0000

Marriage is committment that two mature adult with all their respect ,love and care for each other made to be together forever, If a person found everything they want in each other then what is the need for them to seek anything else outside their marriage this what I beleive .

By: Liz Beseka-Nammeh

Liz Beseka-Nammeh — Fri, 14 May 2010 16:04:24 +0000

If it a right, then it wont be called ‘cheating’. The key word here is “committed”. You are committed to one another, bear the burdens of each other, and if it becomes too much for you to bear, leave it all together if all fails. If you can’t stand the heat, get out of the kitchen. Don’t take the low road just to get even.

By: Awah T

Awah T — Thu, 13 May 2010 18:20:04 +0000

I think the phrase “earn the right to cheat” is in of itself ludicrous!!

I believe it is a simple concept (though practical application may prove to be a tad harder): if you are not happy in your marriage, try to make it work (i.e. try to fix it, as passerby mentioned above), when that fails, and you find yourself still unhappy, then leave!

I am not advocating divorces, nor am I endorsing them in anyway. It simply is my opinion that when faced with the two “bad” choices of: (1) cheating and (2) divorcing, the latter might be better choice. This of course assumes that those are the only two lines of recourse left to you.

If you think about it from a logic based perspective, the option of cheating may ultimately land you in divorce court anyway. The main difference between the two options here is that it would be relatively less expensive (both financially and emotionally) for both of you to go on your separate ways.

By: wholio

wholio — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 23:27:18 +0000

monogamy is not natural

By: oladipo opashina

oladipo opashina — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 10:08:51 +0000

Marraige is sacred,and its important to understand what we are going into,a wife who feels the way your wife is feeling is yet to understand her role as a wife and mother, saying NO to your husband opens room for thought of extra marital affairs, which in itself opens your home to dangers of non commitment to the children as most times your home is not a place of peace.

By: Rosine

Rosine — Sat, 03 Apr 2010 20:02:37 +0000

I think you should try to go back to seducing your wife and making her want you.
I dated a guy, and after two years, it was like every time he was nice, maybe a kiss or a hug, he wanted it to end in bed, and this kind of was a great put off.

My advice: don’t pressure your wife, just take little steps towards seducing her again, a romantic dinner , a hug, a kiss, flowers, etc, with no strings or demands for intimacy after. She’ll soon come asking.

Marraige is sacred, and once into it, you don’t have a right to cheat. If you lost interest in it, you better get out than stay in and cheat.

By: Norma

Norma — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 16:52:32 +0000

It may be medical. After I had our son, sex was painful. It took almost a year to discover the problem! I felt bad telling my husband I was in pain, so I eventually stopped telling him and just started saying “no” with no explanation. It turned out that the breastfeeding took away almost all of my estrogen (female) hormones, which dried out my vaginal tissues and caused an irritation that the doctor first believed to be herpes. After the tests came back negative, he prescribed an antifungal w/steroid. I haven’t had any complaints since-it’s been almost eight months. Whatever the problem may be, your wife loves you, give her some time, invest in your relationship and her health!

By: Avatar

Avatar — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 11:26:58 +0000

Lol take it easy bro. First it is no uncommon for a woman to lose interest in intimacy after having a baby. Not to worry though it passes by. She will be back to be the tiger you once knew.
However your wifee should be open and discuss it with you. But not to be the advocate of the devil some women go through some emotional ups and downs right after a baby .
Well sex is an art bro. Get a babysitter ,with some creativity ,some cuddling and good massage she may have pity of the lil’ fella…so good luck and no cheat!

By: msakereth

msakereth — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 18:22:51 +0000

I think there is something “deeper” going on with your wife and maybe you should change your approach to the issue.
Clearly she is “unhappy” about something and until that issue is dealt with you aint getting any .

So please don’t cheat. Seek professional help if you have to. Studies have been done to show that alot of women go through this “phase. Some of the causes include
- hormones – depression
- they don’t like their body and so don’t think you are attracted to them anymore
- stitches and etc from child birth healing up etc

By: passerby

passerby — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 21:41:53 +0000

Cheat, no. Leave, maybe. You certainly have an obligation to your child for emotional and financial support, and possibly financial to your wife as well, but if she’s not even willing to talk to you about this, you can demand counseling (therapist, priest, whatever works for you) and if she won’t try, look for an exit. You still have to be a man about the promises you have made, but “It’s broken”+”I refuse to try to fix it”, after a reasonable interval (a year from when you first raised the issue?) means you should be free to raise the stakes in an honorable way. “Till death do us part” is a nice idea but a lifetime of unhappiness shouldn’t be part of the contract.