jasmine32 Posted February 10, 2007 Posted February 10, 2007 Do you believe that people can remain faithful for forty-fifty years?
Rooster_DAR Posted February 10, 2007 Posted February 10, 2007 Generally, NO! We are not monogamous by nature, it's way to easy and there are way too many temptations out there. Can it be done? Sure it can it takes the right couple with the right level of maturity and communication. Generally, eveyone will cheat and have been cheated on in their life and statistics show just that. Cheers!
EnigmasMuse Posted February 10, 2007 Posted February 10, 2007 This is more than likely a spam post because the same type of thing is in other threads. Its advertising.
Rooster_DAR Posted February 10, 2007 Posted February 10, 2007 This is more than likely a spam post because the same type of thing is in other threads. Its advertising. Good observation, I didn't pay attention to the link below it. D'oh!
EnigmasMuse Posted February 10, 2007 Posted February 10, 2007 Good observation, I didn't pay attention to the link below it. D'oh! Its ok. I just noticed to, that the link, has now changed to something different.
Impudent Oyster Posted February 13, 2007 Posted February 13, 2007 Do you believe that people can remain faithful for forty-fifty years? Yes I do, no doubt about it. Some people have a good moral compass, integrity and strong willpower. I'm sure many, many people have managed to remain faithful for that long.
BeenAround_N_Back Posted February 13, 2007 Posted February 13, 2007 Yup! I think it sure can! As jaded as some of us are, I still have faith that some people are capable of this. Kudos to them!
elijahBailey Posted February 13, 2007 Posted February 13, 2007 Sure people can stay faithful. It's just that they're the minority. I would say... oh... 30%...
Salicious Crumb Posted February 13, 2007 Posted February 13, 2007 Do you believe that people can remain faithful for forty-fifty years? Yes....never cheated...never will.
Moose Posted February 13, 2007 Posted February 13, 2007 Yes, It can be done, especially if one is willing to lay his/her life down for the other......
unsafe Posted February 13, 2007 Posted February 13, 2007 Yes I believe its possible. You have to really love yourself and the other person. I think people who cheat are looking for something they are lacking. If you love yourself and the other you have it all! People who are starving for attention will cheat on you! People who are afriad to commite will cheat on you. and People who don't care about themselves will cheat on you. I think its only like 25 to 30 % of people cheat.
elijahBailey Posted February 14, 2007 Posted February 14, 2007 I think its only like 25 to 30 % of people cheat. really, then how come the divorce stats is like 60% ?
Topper Posted February 14, 2007 Posted February 14, 2007 Unsafe it would be nice if your statistics were true . They aren't It is something like 60% of men will admit to having at least one indiscretion while married. The Number of woman is lower but as more woman enter the workforce and work full time the number is growing. The number one place that affairs start is the workplace. In today world we spend more time with co works then we do with our husbands and wives and families. Device isn't always about cheating. There are many reasons for Divorce. Money still come in as the number one issue for couples splitting up. But with divorce in the US well over the 50% rate your chances of not having something happen in 45 years would be rare. The real question is how do you and your spouse deal with it.
blind_otter Posted February 14, 2007 Posted February 14, 2007 Do you believe that people can remain faithful for forty-fifty years? Yes, of course they can. I've seen it happen.
Salicious Crumb Posted February 14, 2007 Posted February 14, 2007 really, then how come the divorce stats is like 60% ? Because divorce is not a product of just cheating. There are financial problems, falling out of love, your spouse is a drug abuser.....etc..etc.
Salicious Crumb Posted February 14, 2007 Posted February 14, 2007 But with divorce in the US well over the 50% rate your chances of not having something happen in 45 years would be rare. The real question is how do you and your spouse deal with it. how I dealt with it is there are now ground rules for my wife. She agrees that she is now a mother and husband and is not to go out acting like a single college floosy. If she wants to return to the clubbing lifestyle with "the girls" and act single again...she will lose her family and home.
Craig Posted February 14, 2007 Posted February 14, 2007 Do you think people stay faithful? Do you believe that people can remain faithful for forty-fifty years? Of course they can.
elijahBailey Posted February 14, 2007 Posted February 14, 2007 Because divorce is not a product of just cheating. There are financial problems, falling out of love, your spouse is a drug abuser.....etc..etc. Good point. But there are just as many marriages which survived even though someone strayed. In my opinion, the cheating rate will always be pegged to the divorce rate. There are many polls done on the subject of cheating, but even the most conservative poll numbers aren't promising.
riobikini Posted February 14, 2007 Posted February 14, 2007 re: " Do you believe that people can remain faithful for forty-fifty years?" 'Course. (Smile) -Rio
Pink Amulet Posted February 14, 2007 Posted February 14, 2007 No and that is why marriages don't stay together for forty or fifty years. Marriages lasted in past generations because people only lived to forty or fifty anyway!
reservoirdog1 Posted February 15, 2007 Posted February 15, 2007 I certainly think they can. It's a matter of willpower. At the end of the day, people who cheat make a choice. Trying to blame it on biological urges is a bullshyt cop-out -- a cheater's way to justify their own behaviour. There's always the right way out of an unhappy marriage -- get a divorce. Give your partner the opportunity to move on and find happiness with somebody else, rather than naively continuing to believe in somebody who's quite willing to betray them. To say nothing of the risk of exposing one's partner to STDs, which is COMPLETELY unforgiveable. My parents have been married for 40 years. Obviously I don't know this for certain, but I have no reason to believe they've ever been unfaithful to each other.
rossi Posted February 15, 2007 Posted February 15, 2007 I'm and have been faithful to my husband the 18 years that we have been together. I think I would never cheat on him. It is something about who you are, your moral and values. Everyday that pass by I love him more and more. He cheated on me and broke my heart in to many pieces but still I love him more than anything in this world. I think nobody could change that.
ridingthebulls Posted February 16, 2007 Posted February 16, 2007 LOL@ all the people claiming "i've seen it happen".. Im sorry, but you will NEVER know what happened the full 40-50 years of a marriage.. I mean most times the wife or husband won't even know about an affair that took place with their spouse, so don't even pretend to be psychic cause YOU ARE NOT! Aside from that, how accurate are stats when a lot of people would deny their affair?
ridingthebulls Posted February 16, 2007 Posted February 16, 2007 Marriages lasted that long in the past because of religious and social obligations! Women would take the beatings or affairs as long as they could save face and still remain loyal to their vows... whatever, many people dont belong being married anyways.
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