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[keanu_r]

Affairs. It happens too often. Then when it hits close you have to wonder, have you ever had, or considered having, an affair yourself? Why is it that so many people are cheating on their partners? What is it that makes someone want to cheat on his or her partner

Comments

[bouncykitten]

I agree. I love flirting, but I draw the line @ affairs. I've been hurt badly by certain people's actions...infidelity ranks with killing someone in my book, it can never, ever be excused.

[meg_ryan]

Affairs are horrible. I should know because Denis cheated on me.

However, I fucked up too. Fuck. I'm not the best person to talk with about this. Sorry Keanu.

[keanu_r]

We're human. We make mistakes.

There's no reason to bring yourself down about that.

[meg_ryan]

Thank you. That means a lot to me. :)

[shiri_a]

Why is it that people who have affairs do not simply put this energy into improving their relationships?

Exactly that. They have affairs because they think (either subconciously or not) that it does take too much time and energy to fix what they already have. Some people even think that having the affair is like a panacea-- a cure-all for the confusion inside their heads. Somehow, they think that sleeping with this person who isn't their significant other can somehow make sense of it all and bring that knowlege into their head.
Unfortunately, it's a wrong assumption... and I'm babbling in your journal. *smiles a little* Forgive me, Mr. Reeves. I just thought your entry was beautiful and was screaming for a literal response.

[keanu_r]

Babbling is a good thing. :wink:
You are 110% right on the money.
Thank you for the response. I was wondering what everyones ideas would be about this subject.

Re:

[shiri_a]

*smiles* You're more than welcome... it was very nice to be heard.

[ex_ladywint]

in matters of the heart or even matters of lust, Rational thinking rarely applies.
btw. I think you are a very interesting phenomenon.

[ex_ladywint]

wait ... here is something else your post made me think of......

...I think that very few people realize that sex is a psychic and not a physical act. The clumsy coupling of human beings is simply a biological paraphrase of this truth--a primitive method of introducing minds to each other, engaging them. But most people are stuck in the physical aspect, unaware of the poetic rapport which it so clumsily tries to teach. That is why all your dull repetitions of the same mistake are simply like a boring great multiplication table, and will remain so until you get your head out of the paper bag and start to think responsibly.
Durrell, Lawrence. Balthazar. Pocket Books. New York, 1958