In perusing the net, it amazes me the various trends and weirdness that is out there. Among some of the latest trends are “married dating” and “personal affairs”. This two latest terms are just new packaging for the old infidelity. Although packaged as a “trendy” and “in” thing to be a part of, these new trends will lead to the pain and heartache of infidelity.
The internet is known for how it allows people to recreate themselves in a new manner. These trends are just the latest way there is for people to feed into a fantasy. Recall that years ago it was ‘wife swapping”, then it was repackaged as “open marriage” or put into the trendy “swinging” vernacular. It was the same infidelity put into a shiny new package.
The swinging lifestyle is filled with fantasies. It is weekend dress-up for adults. Those involved often numb themselves out with booze so that they can engage in their illicit acts with others before hand. The whole lifestyle if filled with secrets and deception. Although the week end parties in big homes and on the yachts looks feeds into fantasies of ‘lifestyles of the rich and famous’, those participating have to eventually come back home to where they live. They will have to deal with the feelings of emptiness, guilt and other complications that go with it. You can escape this lifestyle before it destroys you. The whole idea of ‘personal affairs’ and ‘married dating’ are nothing more than new variations on old perversions.
If you are caught up in those activities, begin telling yourself the truth about what you are doing, who you are and where it will lead you. One of the hallmarks of addiction is that it has you chasing a fantasy that never becomes realized.
Best Regards,
Jeff Murrah
