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Friday, June 24, 2011

The Temptation of a Married Woman



Men have no business providing reasons for married women to think that any romantic attention is being given to them. While everyone clearly knows why married men don't have such business because of their own commitment to their own wives, single men should also know better than to provide reasons for married women to stray on their account. There are men however, married or otherwise, who freely take advantage of the vulnerability of women to participate in infidelity.

Women who are unhappy with their marriage are easy targets. Like any other human being who seek happiness, the attention given by another is sometimes seen as a lifeline towards achieving it. The morality of the act is most often set aside as the division between right and wrong gets blurred in the pursuit of one's personal interest or satisfaction.

An unhappy wife in need of attention can find what she wants in the willing arms of another man. Sometimes, the need is not even physical. An interested man can fill the void for a husband's lack of appreciation for the wife and become the center of a woman's life in the process.

Happy wives are not entirely immune from temptation but have more "defenses" in the form of contentment with their married life. Too much contentment however, can become boring and this is when danger sets in. Marriage should not settle for a plateau just becomes it is a happy relationship. It involves a continuous effort from partners to ensure that it remains happy and not just appearing to be happy.












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