What is the value of fidelity to a marriage partner?
Fidelity is huge. To cheat on your partner is to demean them, to lie to them and to make them feel like they aren’t good enough. It’s a proverbial stab in the back. Why would someone lie and cheat like that, instead of just being honest in the first place? Wouldn’t you rather just either fix the problem or get out of a bad relationship if you feel the need to cheat? If a person isn’t ready or able to commit to someone for ever, then that person shouldn’t. I personally take marriage seriously. I won’t cheat on a partner. I did it when I was 16 and I felt and still feel like I did a horrible, stupid thing. I was mixed up inside and I wasn’t willing to see the problems, so I ran to cheating. I’ll never do it again. I have also been cheated on and I know how it feels. I felt like I was lied to, I felt like I was stabbed in my chest, and I felt like I wasn’t smart enough, or pretty enough, or good enough in the sack. If people would just be HONEST about wanting a commitment they wouldn’t ha