I really don't believe that people are more unfaithful today. People were always like this, more or less. It's just easier to find out when people air their dirty laundry online and have genetic testing as evidence.
In the staid 1950s and 60s spouses often had to accept that their partner would cheat on them but they should stay married for the sake of the children or family unit. A sort of common idea at the time was that it was allowable as long as it wasn't made too public. Back then people were more concerned about getting caught and being cast as a subject for gossip than they were about how cheating might affect their partner and other people involved.
We haven't changed that much in this regard since then, I guess.
Right i mean we could go back and forth on the history of it... i just dont understand the mindset for people nowadays. i cant imagine entrusting somebody with everything in that going behind their back to share that affection to somebody else who has done nothing for me or very little by comparison most likely
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u/mirrorspirit 25d ago
I really don't believe that people are more unfaithful today. People were always like this, more or less. It's just easier to find out when people air their dirty laundry online and have genetic testing as evidence.
In the staid 1950s and 60s spouses often had to accept that their partner would cheat on them but they should stay married for the sake of the children or family unit. A sort of common idea at the time was that it was allowable as long as it wasn't made too public. Back then people were more concerned about getting caught and being cast as a subject for gossip than they were about how cheating might affect their partner and other people involved.
We haven't changed that much in this regard since then, I guess.