05-05-2005, 04:30 PM | #3 (permalink) |
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Never on purpose or with the knowledge that he was married. I respect other woman too much to do that to one.
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05-05-2005, 06:43 PM | #5 (permalink) |
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I wanted to SO bad....but he was married and so was I...but, nothing happened. It was a perfectly safe opportunity too! It would have been so incredible, because we were high school sweethearts (and I know that I do still love him) and we had been apart for a very long time. We saw eachother at our high school reunion. I know, so cliche! But, I was so damn willing & hot for him...except he wanted to honor his vows with his wife. I was hurt beyond belief and yet, I admire his strength. Now I just don't even know what to feel about the entire situation. I never felt the same for any other man. Perhaps it was never meant to be. But I still dream of him all the time. The "One that Got Away." I wish someone could tell me how to forget the past.
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05-05-2005, 07:37 PM | #7 (permalink) |
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Okay that's just creepy. 20 and 40, 30 and 60? The younger you are the more noticeable an age difference is. Usually with a huge age difference, the younger one is looking for a "parent" and the other is looking for a "child". From what I've learned, relationships are about equality. I don't think it's healthy at all.
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05-05-2005, 07:55 PM | #10 (permalink) |
hoarding all the big girl panties since 2005
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alright. can anyone say "mid-life crisis?"
Don't do anything stupid. Having a relationship with a man who is married is stupid. Why? Because even if it's fun at the time, IT'S STILL A BAD IDEA TO GO FUCKING WITH ANOTHER WOMAN'S MAN!!! I mean, ok, so perhaps she's not a psycho, and perhaps she never finds out about it, but what if she does? What if she's some total pent-up psychotic bitch and comes after you when the divorce is final? Are there kids in this situation? Would you be willing for him to leave his wife, be with you, and you accept all the baggage that comes along with it? How would you feel if your dad was boning a woman half his age behind your mother's back? Or if your best friend was boning your boyfriend behind your back? Karma can, and will, come back to kick you in the ass on this one, I promise. How do you know he'd be only having sex with you? If he's having one affair he can be having more than one. Are you his first affair? Does he have some disease? If he's 35 and you're 20 it just sounds like he wants a trophy and some re-affirmation of his manhood. Respect yourself enough not to stoop so low that you resort to dating married men. ps- I have been "the other woman" in a very small, very accidental scandal that involved frenching an engaged man for about two minutes. She went psycho on him, he went psycho on me, ended rather badly. DON'T DO IT!!!
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05-05-2005, 08:04 PM | #11 (permalink) |
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Hey taboo, just a little bit of advice since you are new here... You posted a question asking some person information, then volunteered none of your own... It's generally good form to answer your own questions
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05-05-2005, 08:11 PM | #12 (permalink) |
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agreed with sexymama and mal. I could never do that to someone. I don't even feel right to have an affair or try to "steal" someone elses boyfriend.
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05-05-2005, 08:35 PM | #13 (permalink) |
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I don't think I'd want to have a relationship with a married man. I have too much respect for women (including myself) to do something like that...
but as for the "man twice your age" thing, I don't know how old my lit prof this year was, but if he weren't married, I would so have him! |
05-05-2005, 10:15 PM | #14 (permalink) |
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Actually, technically I am having an affair with a married man. He's separated, but still legally married. I don't feel badly about it, and I also don't think I'm disrespecting anyone by doing it. He and I have been friends for almost two years. I met him when I was with my ex, and he was with her (before they got married). In January, I left my ex and he left her. Now she is about to move across the state. Anyway, even when he was happy with her and I was happy with my SO, I never really considered her a friend. She was always "so and so's wife". I tried to get close to her, but she would always feel threatned by me and make comments about it, and it really bugged me. So yeah, I don't feel like I'm disrespecting anyone.
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05-05-2005, 10:34 PM | #15 (permalink) |
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hmmmmmmmm, my thoughts.
It's your life, do whatever you want. But. make sure that no one gets hurt . . . if you can't guarantee that then don't do it. Stormberlin . . . you're right, doesn't count if he's seperated, that's just a paper that needs to be signed, so they aren't together . . . i don't consider that having an affair in my book either. Sweetpea
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05-05-2005, 10:35 PM | #16 (permalink) | |
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taboo . . . we're here to help you, advise you, throw our two cents in . . . but we're going to need more info. to best do that Please do share, no one will judge you here . . . Sweetpea
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05-05-2005, 11:05 PM | #17 (permalink) |
32 flavors and then some
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Yes, I've had affairs with married men. It's something I'm ashamed of, as with many other things I did with that part of my life.
There was a time in my past when I was so desperate for love, affection, or anything resembling that, that I would let men use me for sex, even if they were married. Hell, their being married made it better, eaisier in a way, because it mean that they were "safe". This was all part of a pattern of unhealthy thought and behavior I engaged in for a long time. I don't know enough about you or your situation to offer advice, but I do know that it never worked out for me. You may need to ask yourself, are you attracted to him because he's unavailable? This is a very common reason why women get involved with married men.
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05-05-2005, 11:11 PM | #18 (permalink) |
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If you don't mind Gilda, could you explain more about women being attracted to married men because they are unavailable? Do you think it's a fear of commitment thing?
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05-06-2005, 05:52 AM | #20 (permalink) |
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Just ask yourself if you would want it done to you... then act accordingly. The karma fairy can be a real bitch when she wants to be...
When I was in my 20s, older men were definitely more appealing, they were just more mature than the usual frat boy types that I encountered, and had careers, not jobs, and didn't live with their parents or in a pigsty with 4 other frat boys.
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05-06-2005, 11:46 AM | #22 (permalink) | |
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I'm not saying that taboo is doing this, just that some women find themselves going after married men for this reason.
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05-06-2005, 06:33 PM | #24 (permalink) |
32 flavors and then some
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Stormberlin: I wasn't talking about your situation or any one in particular. From the way you describe it, it sounds as if his marriage is over already, and if so, that puts him into the "available" column. Yes, you should be careful to make sure nobody gets hurt unnecessarily, but that's true of all relationships. Separated and headed for divorce isn't the same as married and unavailable.
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05-06-2005, 11:55 PM | #25 (permalink) | |
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nar only joking. I have been attracted to older married men, but have never really gone ahead with it. This was before i had a child and before i was virtually married. This was back in the day when i was single.................
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05-08-2005, 06:01 AM | #27 (permalink) |
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Regret
n 1. A sense of loss and longing for someone or something gone. 2. A feeling of disappointment or distress about something that one wishes could be different. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A few questions for you before answering this question: 1. Does this older married man have a wife/family? 2. Is this older married man try to start something with you, or are you just trying to get with him? 3. Why are you interested in him? The challenge? The money? What's your reasoning? 4. How woudl you feel if/when it's done to you (Remember that bitchy Karma Fairy)
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05-08-2005, 06:47 AM | #28 (permalink) |
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When I was 21, I had an affair with my married boss (he pursued me). It never “felt” like he was married since I never met his wife or saw him with her, and he rarely talked about her. One day about two months into the affair, I went to work to find he had been in a motorcycle accident and was in the hospital. It was awful – I had no way to contact him; I couldn’t even show any reaction since the affair was a Big Secret . I finally took my brother with me to the hospital for a visit, and of course there was his wife & mother. It all went downhill after that – his mom heard him on the phone telling me he loved me…his wife found out WHO I WAS (she worked for the phone company), and then one day he shows up on my doorstep. He’d left his wife and expected to immediately move in with me. By this time the full effect of what I had done by dating a married man had hit me, and I wanted as far from all of them as possible. It was horrible & messy, but eventually he and his wife reconciled. I never dated a married man again, and if I had to choose over, I never would have gone out with him in the first place. It’s one of the very few regrets in my life.
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05-09-2005, 05:49 AM | #29 (permalink) |
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Better to regret something you did. Depends on what though...Married men are no go territory...because I know how I'd feel if I were the cheated woman....plus if he's cheating on his wife, he can't be worth your time, the weasel!
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05-09-2005, 06:43 AM | #30 (permalink) |
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hmmmm..its seems everyone has something to say except the person who created teh thread what ya don't wanna share?
and i've been tempted by older married men ..and they have been interested..but i've always passed it up and ended up with someone closer to my age and better
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05-09-2005, 07:17 AM | #31 (permalink) |
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i couldnt ever cheat with a married man, or hell, cheat because i love my SO that much. but i did have a friend that cheated with a married man. it was more of a convenience thing for her since she didnt want a man who was always around. she also had an issue with rejection. she felt more in control of the situation because she could stop the relationship anytime she wanted and he really couldn't do anything about since he wouldn't want his wife to know. in the end she didnt really feel that great about herself and had to go to counseling for quite a long time.
bout the regret thing... probably regret something i did. at least i know the answer to my "what if".
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05-09-2005, 08:57 PM | #32 (permalink) |
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It's hard to know what Taboo is really feeling or experiencing since she's keeping the cards pretty close to the chest. I'm not sure why...we won't judge ya, honey.
Consider that when you sleep with someone, your lives often become entwined. If this someone is married, it can then become entwined in their spouses lives as well (and the children, and the friends, and the parents and on and on) Oy! The drama! Fantasize, enjoy the idea in your head for a bit until the next tasty piece of (available!) ass comes around, then forget the whole thing. It may well blow the fuck up in your face and usually does. VVV The sig. does NOT refer to someone else's husband!
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05-13-2005, 12:06 PM | #35 (permalink) | |
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That you have no respect for his wife, his marriage or yourself if you even consider it. That you're attracted to unavailable men that can't meet your needs. You have a low self-esteem. |
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05-13-2005, 06:18 PM | #36 (permalink) | |
My own person -- his by choice
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05-18-2005, 10:59 PM | #37 (permalink) | |
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Having witnessed this in my own family... it's just a bad situation full of lots of lies and pain for everyone involved. I think you should just find someone that isn't married and someone that isn't willing to cheat on their wife at every open opportunity.. because as mentioned above, if he is gonna do it to his wife.. I'm sure he'd do the same to you soon enough.
Just be careful.... I would just steer clear of that and find something else, though. If I were in your shoes.
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