Why do some people believe that everyone is responsible for everyone ELSEs marriage vows?
It’s a common sight on Answerology: people, especially women, getting called all sorts of names because they date/d married men. More often than not, these women are not also married. I wonder what is up with that? Because I can understand anger at someone who took a vow HERSELF to be faithful to someone forever, and who went on to cheat. But anyone who dates someone ELSE who is married did not take a vow to be faithful to that man’s spouse. So, WHY is it bad to date a married man? Please spare me the notion that he’s a cheater and a bad person to date; such things may be apparent. Aside from aspersions cast on the married person one is dating, WHY is it such a horrible thing to date someone who is married? Personally, I don’t see why it should be such a social taboo. If I don’t take a vow to be faithful to someone, why should I be socially penalized for someone else’s broken vow? Update: August 23, 2009. I gave bad ratings to people who either didn’t understand the question OR pretend
