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by kibwen
1613 days ago
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Same here. An important aspect of attraction for me is character, and I would harshly judge the character of anyone who, knowing that I was in a relationship, tried to lure me out of it; it would demolish any attraction that I felt for that person. In addition, I feel no dissatisfaction in my relationship that would tempt me to leave it, and in any case if it made sense to leave it then I would do so regardless of outside temptation. Maybe some people need to impose this sort of restriction on themselves, in the same way that a recovering drug addict shouldn't keep drugs in the house if they have any hope of not relapsing. People should do what's healthy for them. And for such a person, perhaps it's alien to consider that others don't suffer such a temptation. |
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The idea that temptation out of a relationship can be celebrated is reinforced by Hollywood movies. There's a lot of celebrated cheating in both classic and modern popular films like Casablanca, The Lady Vanishes, The Notebook, and Sleepless in Seattle.
Your view is admirable and I hope to share it, but popular movies are a strong force for people taking the opposite view as it normalizes the behavior of leaving a committed relationship for other people.