A friend of mine is engaged to a woman he has dated for six years. We were talking about religion - I have none, he's come to norse paganism after a few...well, a lot of near death experiences, and his fiancée is a somewhat strict christian. All cool, I figured they worked out their differences in religion after being together so long.

Except...he hasn't! (ta daaa)

It boils down to the fact that he believes cheating can only come from feeling something 'akin to love' for anyone but his fiancée - until they're married, after which he said he was bound by his religion to honor her wishes. This permits anything else, up to and including sex. Her definition is very strict, as in *thinking* about anyone else while masturbating is cheating strict.

Discuss? He's likely pulling this out of his ass (he's a highly sexual person in the first place), or just adopting his own beliefs to his religion. I haven't seen much on the internets. BUT, my curiosity is piqued due to how clearly he draws his line, and think discussions on the disparity between their opinions would be a highly interesting read.
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A friend of mine is engaged to a woman he has dated for six years. We were talking about religion - I have none, he's come to norse paganism after a few...well, a lot of near death experiences, and his fiancée is a somewhat strict christian. All cool, I figured they worked out their differences in religion after being together so long.

Except...he hasn't! (ta daaa)

It boils down to the fact that he believes cheating can only come from feeling something 'akin to love' for anyone but his fiancée - until they're married, after which he said he was bound by his religion to honor her wishes. This permits anything else, up to and including sex. Her definition is very strict, as in *thinking* about anyone else while masturbating is cheating strict.

Discuss? He's likely pulling this out of his ass (he's a highly sexual person in the first place), or just adopting his own beliefs to his religion. I haven't seen much on the internets. BUT, my curiosity is piqued due to how clearly he draws his line, and think discussions on the disparity between their opinions would be a highly interesting read.
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