Infidelity is a breach of trust; unfaithfulness to a charge, or to moral obligation. Over the years there has been a moral decadence in relationships and marriages. What was considered abnormal, has become the new normal where people need reasons to stay faithful. Love has been reduced to a level where it's no longer enough to fuel the bond that ignited it from the beginning. Our standard for a partner has heightened and many live in a loop in search for a fairy-tale kind of spouse they've envisioned. For me, Infidelity is silently saying you're not sufficient and that's why I frown at it.
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Infidelity doesn't end with just physical intimacy, it goes beyond that. Infidelity is sharing with another what should be given to your partner, it can be time, attention, body , or an act of flirting with another. Why these acts are bad is that they're little foxes if allowed to grow into bigger ones that can't be tamed. It divides the attention of the one cheating, and leaves them confused. Soon what was meant to be a loving relationship becomes an arena of competition and a platform to prove capacity, - this was not so in the beginning.
If a partner cheats on me, I have a room in my heart to forgive once, but when it happens twice, I believe it's intentional and planned. We are humans bound to err, but it is a habit if the same act happens twice. Just like the adage that a blind man can't burn his hands twice goes in line with infidelity in a relationship. We are believed to be unwise when we make our first mistake, but the second is no longer a mistake. Personally I avoid whatever makes me vulnerable and find new reasons to stay faithful. I believe whoever loves me would also want to do everything to stay faithful whether in convenience or inconvenience.
