Quote Originally Posted by OakLeaf View Post
Healthy individuals in a healthy relationship will not "cheat" (agreeing to an open relationship is something different). Adultery is NOT an "addiction," and even if it were, addicts can and do get clean when they have a relationship they value more than their junk.
I agree to a point. We may be splitting hairs here, but adultery addiction does exist, we simply call it something different - hypersexuality and pathological lying are recognized clinical disorders; adultery can be a symptom of these disorders IMHO...but I also would agree that they are better controlled in a healthy relationship, albeit, it would be hard for me to imagine someone with these disorders actually having a healthy relationship.

I'm curious how like2 is receiving all these thoughts and if the situation has evolved/improved any...