Marriage Adultery

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Marriage is a sacred institution which has lost its meaning in this day and age. People nowadays have the forgotten the true meaning of getting married and they have lost touch with what really matters, we are witnessing soaring divorce rates and an increase in Mariticide. This essay will shed some light on one of the leading causes of divorce, the reason why people commit it and also why there should be a law enacted against adultery.
Adultery, also known as Infidelity, is the act of having sexual intercourse between a married person and a person who is not his/her spouse. In every person’s mind, they know that adultery is wrong and yet it still isn’t considered a criminal offense in Fiji. Leviticus 20:10 from the bible states that “'If …show more content…

This essay will now highlight the reason people give as to why they would and have cheated on their spouses. People cheat on their spouses for various reasons and some have no problem doing it again. Reasons for committing adultery can be: Having an unrealistic view and expectations about marriage; romance novels and romantic movies and TV shows often give people a false perspective of marriage, they often portray it as a “walk in the park” so to speak, what they do not show is that marriage requires constant nurturing and sacrifices from both sides, just because your wife is taking your name, it doesn’t mean that you are her boss, marriage is a constant state of negotiations, sacrifice and knowing what your partner wants and needs. If you go into a marriage carrying views of being in the honeymoon phase forever then you are sadly mistaken, you will end up either being deeply disappointed or you will start to resent your partner which then leads you to committing adultery. Another reason could be the lost sense of fun and excitement in the marriage it’s easy to remember the fun, the joy, the excitement, the romance and thrills of first meeting, courtship, engagement, and early months and years of a relationship(this is known as the honeymoon phase); maintaining those wonderful experiences is altogether another matter. The responsibilities of everyday life, raising children, and bringing in income, tend to replace fun and joy with stress and fatigue. When one or both partners go outside of the relationship to try and find what’s been lost along the way, rather than trying to rekindle the flame that burned so brightly for them in the past, infidelity will likely be the result. (Seiden,

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