What happened to being faithful?

[NoMoreCakeOclock]

First off I am happily married and we are both faithful! However, I am gobsmacked at how many people are blatantly, brazenly unfaithful.

Out of my large circle of friends I cannot think of one other relationship where I do not know for definite that one of them has cheated (at least a snog, sometimes more)

What is wrong with just being faithful to one person?

The latest example happened on Saturday. My friend met a gorgeous man in a bar he proclaimed to be single, drove her home, goodbye kiss then gave her a fake number and is on Facebook in a relationship with a beautiful girl. Idiot.

My other friend went to a christening and the Dad of the child being christened was feeling her bum and chatting her up! Aaargh men (and women) either stay single or stay faithful it's really not that hard is it?

Well, it depends though, doesn't it? I mean the Facebook guy - does his definition of "in a relationship" mean "going steady" or might it not include "just dating". And the dad at the christening - is he still in a serious relationship with the child's mum, or might they have broken up, or be seeing how things go?

I agree if you are in a serious monogamous relationship, you should stick to the agreed arrangements. But not all relationships are serious and monogamous, at least not all the way through from start to finish.

The guy on Facebook is definitely in a serious relationship, and the christening guy is the cousin of a good friend and very much married. I see him regularly on the school run. Nice.

One of my best female friends is waiting for her boyfriend to propose but still regularly cheats with quite frankly awful men. She would deny it in a shot though, as they all do. I'm just amazed how 'normal' it is.

I don't like it but each to their own. I'm fully monogamous and never thought I would be. Since meeting DH I can't imagine anyone but him. If I ever fancied someone in that way I'd have to end my relationship with DH first. A crush is a crush but acting on it is just wrong.

Some people have other arrangements. Even if married and seem happily so you don't know what goes on behind closed doors or what kind of arrangements the couple have made without publicising it.