Makhnov

I guess I'll just leave this here...

How infidelity has become accepted and even expected in Russia. - By Julia Ioffe - Slate Magazine

Baraka_Guru

This is a discussion forum, so you should give us your thoughts and questions about the article. Unless you want to just share it as something interesting, in which case I can move it to the "Found on the Net" forum.

Also feel free to embed a quote from it either in part or as a whole right here in the thread.

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mixedmedia

You know, this is perfectly acceptable with a mutual, mature, responsible understanding.

The problem is, as is illustrated by the article, that men can be such pricks about it living in a perpetual adolescence where finding panties in the glove box is just a terrifically hilarious situation. Or lying to girlfriends about leaving your family is just a normal routine meant to appease your new lover in the early days of your affair leading up to a complacence that keeps the man satisfied and the woman unavailable for other opportunities.

Grow the fuck up. That's my sentiment. Women steeling themselves against the inevitability of infidelity is not the answer.

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SecretMethod70

Makhnov: I guess I'll put the same amount of effort into responding that you put into creating this thread.

Too late, I've already exceeded that and haven't even commented on the article yet.

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mixedmedia

Sorry if I responded too quickly, but I can never pass up an opportunity to use the word 'prick.' It's a weakness of mine.

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PESSIMISM, n. A philosophy forced upon the convictions of the observer by the disheartening prevalence of the optimist with his scarecrow hope and his unsightly smile. - Ambrose Bierce

dlish

i pricked my finger the other day. it hurt like hell.

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