Sentences with phrase «infidelity being abuse»

As for infidelity being abuse, you had better believe the children know what is going on.

Not sure where I stand with the idea of infidelity being abuse, but potentially a form of emotional abuse when it occurs over time and repeatedly.

Infidelity is abuse.

Still, for those who believe all infidelity is abuse, I would guess they'd say Trump right now is abusing Americans.

Still, if all infidelity is abuse, than what are we to make of those who stay married to a reformed philanderer, and who find the affair (s) transformational in re-creating their marriage?

The only people who don't think infidelity is abuse are the ones who have never been cheated on.

Being «neglectful, indifferent, contemptuous, asexual, demeaning, insulting» is not loving behavior and is often as — and sometimes more — damaging as physical abuse (and there are some who argue that infidelity is abuse).

Not exact matches

Divorce, infidelity, child abuse, neglect — it is obvious that we have strayed far from God's ideal plan for family.

But I don't see such a relationship as being the same as abuse, infidelity, treachery, selfishness, etc..

In the chart above there is murder, substance abuse, sloth, infidelity, exploitation, addiction, disease and loneliness.

But divorce is not a deterrent for abuse or infidelity or some other such marital infraction.

Even leaving aside Mickey Mantle's thousands of infidelities and the fact that he essentially turned all of his sons into alcoholics and drug addicts, there's the little matter of him abusing his body throughout his career.

THAT is the very problem of the abuse of infidelity.

The amount of emotional trauma that is sustained by the one being defrauded should be enough to answer the simple question of «is infidelity abuse.»

So, if we agree that staying in an abusive relationship will never be considered «transformational,» but some believe that staying in a marriage in which there has been infidelity can be transformational for the couple, I again question the idea that infidelity is a form of abuse.

Infidelity is an insidious form of abuse.

Certainly not every cheater is abusive, although a recent study clearly finds a link between accusations of sexual infidelity and violent abuse.

If infidelity isn't abuse then why do I wish she'd taken a bat to my head instead of sleeping with someone else.

The act of infidelity itself is not emotional abuse — it's the behavior that comes with an affair to keep from being found, out or taking responsibility for ones actions.

Vicki, we can agree to disagree, as it were, on the question of infidelity and abuse.

Infidelity is a lot of crappy things and it hurts like hell to be deceived, but it isn't abuse.

When we see an ad on TV telling us that infidelity destroys lives and they call it abuse, then it will be ok for everyone to follow..

We recognize that physical abuse is a crime and people need to be protected from it; infidelity, while horrible to the person deceived, is a morality issue.

To call infidelity abuse is to diminish the very real life - changing damage of the crime of physical abuse.

This to me, makes infidelity some of the worst abuse there is.

So if infidelity is also abuse, why do couples sometimes call it transformative?

Infidelity involves deception, emotional abuse (the betrayer typically «gaslights» the betrayed to make the betrayed spouse question their own perceptions), it involves a MASSIVE drop in self - esteem («am I deficient - is that why he / she cheated on me), followed up with lack of real remorse.

«Abuse and all of its adjuncts, including infidelity, is far too pernicous to be left open to public opinion as to what its true definition is.»

First, discovered infidelity; if my partner is cheating on me and I have no clue, while it may distract him and perhaps keep him from spending time with me / family, that may be unhappy and yes, it may take a toll — disappointment, resentment, etc. — but it's hardly abuse because I am not aware anything's going on.

Infidelity «in all cases» is emotional abuse, says rabbi Sean Gorman of Congregation Pride of Israel in Toronto, especially flagrant adultery — in which the cheater makes «no effort to hide the indiscretion.»

But it did make me wonder — is infidelity in and of itself abuse?

What I question — and I genuinely put that question out to the masses because I don't have the answer, just my thoughts — is, if infidelity is always abuse, then how can people call affairs transformative or «the best thing that happened to us» or «liberating and healing,» etc.?

I must say also that «not knowing» about the infidelity does not mean that the betrayed spouse is not being abused.

BUT if that woman in disrespected in any form (infidelity, abuse, neglect), then giving 10 % is considering giving too much.

I'm sorry you feel your marriage «failed» and I can't help wondering if some of that sense of failure is because others react to divorce and if events in your past led you to believe that the only «successful» marriage is one that stayed intact no matter what — abuse, infidelity, cruelty.

These could be infidelity, substance abuse, other possibilities that haven't come to my mind but are even now coming to the mind of someone reading this.

While there are many who believe that the only deal breaker in a marriage is physical abuse, I believe some marriages just should not survive, especially when there is serial infidelity and / or emotional or physical abuse.

If the infidelity is one of many symptoms of domestic violence and / or emotional abuse in your relationship you will never feel safe enough to work through your problems.

(Which is yet again another reason why all infidelity is not abuse; most of us would agree that children should be immediately removed from an abusive home.)

Marriage without sex and physical affection is nothing more than a contractually - binding friendship that absent of an equal share of housework and income is a lopsided agreement, always favoring the party who has backed out of the sexual and physical affection aspect of the relationship (barring reasons such as a failure to maintain physical appearance, substance abuse, or unwarranted infidelity).

The end of a relationship is rarely anyone's fault unless infidelity or abuse are involved.

Infidelity, adultery, minors having sex and sexual abuse are mentioned.

Furthermore, she led a decadent, self - indulgent lifestyle marked by infidelity and substance abuse, so it is no surprise that her marital relationship was unusually stormy.

There are multiple reasons for divorce: communications breakdowns, infidelity, midlife crisis, abuse and financial issues.

Divorce cases can involve infidelity, emotional or physical abuse or claims that a spouse is not a fit parent or is trying to obtain control of a business through the divorce process.

Infidelity, drug or alcohol abuse, money issues, and infertility are just a few reasons couples choose to go their separate ways.

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When you are faced with a divorce, oftentimes, there are underlying issues such as adultery, infidelity, paternity fraud, abuse, parental alienation, etc..