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		<title>By: Mr M</title>
		<link>http://www.difficultrelationships.com/2006/06/13/wife-flirts-at-parties-and-i-do-not-like-it/#comment-4914</link>
		<dc:creator>Mr M</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Nov 2011 13:26:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I have often thought it strange that when a woman flirts in front of her man it is to be regarded as harmless. Yet if a man flirts in front of his woman it is seen to be disrespectful and wrong. 

Both cases are wrong and it shows a lack of commitment by the one who is flirting. I have had similar experiences in the past and asked my girlfriend at the time in a calm and friendly way, if he was going take her out on a date and would she like me to leave so that she can have more fun. She created a very uncomfortable atmosphere for everyone.

To see your loved one sitting on the lap of another man is not fun and is an indication to get out of the relationship. I you were to do it in front of her there would be hell to pay.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I have often thought it strange that when a woman flirts in front of her man it is to be regarded as harmless. Yet if a man flirts in front of his woman it is seen to be disrespectful and wrong. </p>
<p>Both cases are wrong and it shows a lack of commitment by the one who is flirting. I have had similar experiences in the past and asked my girlfriend at the time in a calm and friendly way, if he was going take her out on a date and would she like me to leave so that she can have more fun. She created a very uncomfortable atmosphere for everyone.</p>
<p>To see your loved one sitting on the lap of another man is not fun and is an indication to get out of the relationship. I you were to do it in front of her there would be hell to pay.</p>
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		<title>By: Martin</title>
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		<dc:creator>Martin</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jun 2011 20:43:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>This the best post on here:
Quote - First off, every relationship is different, and bounderies are a very personal choice. Some people don’t appreciate their partners dancing with strangers while others have orgies together. What you have to define to your partner is what behavior you consider inappropriate. If you can refrain from that behavior yourself, you can expect it from your partner. Nobody is forcing them to be with you, and they can choose whether a relationship with you is worth your conditions or not. So in this case; if your wife believes personal freedom is more important than your feelings then you were not meant to be, period. On a side note, I would have to disagree with Rod on one thing. Heavy flirtation while in a commited relationship (in western society) is *generally considered disrespectful to any spouse. In certain circles its not a big deal, but more likely than not it will belittle your spouse in the public eye. An obvious reason for this is the fact that people flirt for something, whether its a sexual drive or attention. By flirting you are showing that your needs are not being fullfilled, ie your partner isn’t enough for you. Most people would take offense to this.
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Ive been encouraging my wife to flirt. She gets a kick out of it, so do I. I cant believe the comments on here about what a marriage should or shouldnt be !! Its whatever the 2 of you decide. 

Ive told her she has the freedom to do what she likes. The thing I wouldnt like is any lying. But if she found a guy (or girl)  she wanted to bonk,  and if I said it was ok, and they wanted to do it, what harm has been done? 

Perhaps I feel very very strong in our relationship now, and I know that if she had some fun, she will come home to me. 

Her father and brothers made sooo many negative comments about her body when she was young, and she is now slowly beginning to love her body. I&#039;m buying her nice clothes, and I love her telling me how many men look at her !!! We were out together at the mall today, and every time she told me a guy was looking, I gave her a kiss! Its awakening a sensual, sexy lust in her, I want her to have the freedom to let that come out. since we&#039;ve been doing it, oh my word, the sex at home is fantastic !!!

Flirt away, honey !!!!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This the best post on here:<br />
Quote &#8211; First off, every relationship is different, and bounderies are a very personal choice. Some people don’t appreciate their partners dancing with strangers while others have orgies together. What you have to define to your partner is what behavior you consider inappropriate. If you can refrain from that behavior yourself, you can expect it from your partner. Nobody is forcing them to be with you, and they can choose whether a relationship with you is worth your conditions or not. So in this case; if your wife believes personal freedom is more important than your feelings then you were not meant to be, period. On a side note, I would have to disagree with Rod on one thing. Heavy flirtation while in a commited relationship (in western society) is *generally considered disrespectful to any spouse. In certain circles its not a big deal, but more likely than not it will belittle your spouse in the public eye. An obvious reason for this is the fact that people flirt for something, whether its a sexual drive or attention. By flirting you are showing that your needs are not being fullfilled, ie your partner isn’t enough for you. Most people would take offense to this.<br />
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<p>Ive been encouraging my wife to flirt. She gets a kick out of it, so do I. I cant believe the comments on here about what a marriage should or shouldnt be !! Its whatever the 2 of you decide. </p>
<p>Ive told her she has the freedom to do what she likes. The thing I wouldnt like is any lying. But if she found a guy (or girl)  she wanted to bonk,  and if I said it was ok, and they wanted to do it, what harm has been done? </p>
<p>Perhaps I feel very very strong in our relationship now, and I know that if she had some fun, she will come home to me. </p>
<p>Her father and brothers made sooo many negative comments about her body when she was young, and she is now slowly beginning to love her body. I&#8217;m buying her nice clothes, and I love her telling me how many men look at her !!! We were out together at the mall today, and every time she told me a guy was looking, I gave her a kiss! Its awakening a sensual, sexy lust in her, I want her to have the freedom to let that come out. since we&#8217;ve been doing it, oh my word, the sex at home is fantastic !!!</p>
<p>Flirt away, honey !!!!</p>
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		<title>By: Anonymous</title>
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		<dc:creator>Anonymous</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jun 2011 17:25:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>At parties or bars, my wife will invariably strike up conversations with other men the moment I have to go to the men&#039;s room or become engaged in another non-flirtatious conversation.  I don&#039;t think she takes it any further than the flirtation, but I am always a little embarrassed that she is demonstrating interest in these other men.  I know it inflates their ego, as she is attractive and pleasant.  Knowing how men think, I feel a bit violated by it.

I know that she knows that I am bothered by this.  The one time I mentioned it directly, she said that she didn&#039;t think I was that insecure.  

I could certainly give her a taste of her own behavior, but it seems disrespectful to me.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>At parties or bars, my wife will invariably strike up conversations with other men the moment I have to go to the men&#8217;s room or become engaged in another non-flirtatious conversation.  I don&#8217;t think she takes it any further than the flirtation, but I am always a little embarrassed that she is demonstrating interest in these other men.  I know it inflates their ego, as she is attractive and pleasant.  Knowing how men think, I feel a bit violated by it.</p>
<p>I know that she knows that I am bothered by this.  The one time I mentioned it directly, she said that she didn&#8217;t think I was that insecure.  </p>
<p>I could certainly give her a taste of her own behavior, but it seems disrespectful to me.</p>
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		<title>By: Mr T</title>
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		<dc:creator>Mr T</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 29 May 2011 16:38:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Such is life... Can&#039;t live with &#039;em, can&#039;t live without em. Always working hard not to become cynical, all comes down to upbringing, morals &amp; keeping safe-guards. If I&#039;d left my drunk wife unattended, our marriage would have ended 10 times already. Women are vulnerable - most guys can generally handle their liquor better and have good training as a bachelor. Having said that they know what they are doing. Beautiful daughters are generally better looked after - first by their old man, brother&#039;s, boyfriends... and eventually husbands. Right and wrong for me don&#039;t change for with intoxication. For the beautiful missus (wouldn&#039;t have married her otherwise) she doesn&#039;t always know what&#039;s good for her after a few, as her husband I have to protect her. All women like the attention, that&#039;s her nature. Given the wrong time of the month and a few drinks she can get herself in the situation where she could easily be taken advantage of - willing or otherwise - on occasion. By contrast, no matter how plastered I get (for one things aren&#039;t going to work properly anyhow)  I never lose my judgement. I see and tell it how it is. Infact i usually start spouting out my principals if a mate&#039;s wife is being too lurid, I&#039;m no saint, but I know where the line is crossed. Alcohol is the elixir of truth... for simple anatomical &amp; biological reasons there has to be honor among men. My mates look out for me and and I look out for them. A man who courts another&#039;s betrothed is scum. My wife knows very well that if she cheats on me, foremost the third party is headed for serious physical harm, if she cares deeply for another man the last thing she want&#039;s is to see them beat up. This is one of the guards.  I&#039;d never hit a woman, but I&#039;ll deal with any the man who would disrespect my marriage. This is the black and white truth of it. Everyone has their line, that&#039;s what morality and values are... bottom line is - if she did cheat on me she&#039;d better be bloody well sure I don&#039;t find out about it!  My wife goes and does what she wants when she want&#039;s... I&#039;m always there, no matter how tired to pick her up at the end of the night once I&#039;m done for the night. If you test your partner puposely by placing her in a vulnerable position you are asking for it and tempting fate. By the same token if she&#039;s off the handle my mates will pull her up before I have to... always more effective when a third party puts the boot in for you, you&#039;re off the hook ;) My message is... be the bloke I want to buy a beer. Be good, play good. Lead by example &amp; reap what you sow.  Woman need moral men, not wet doormats. Having said all that the fact I&#039;m even on this site tells you I am one of the tested - thanks to all for reinforcing my morality and good luck to all good men!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Such is life&#8230; Can&#8217;t live with &#8216;em, can&#8217;t live without em. Always working hard not to become cynical, all comes down to upbringing, morals &amp; keeping safe-guards. If I&#8217;d left my drunk wife unattended, our marriage would have ended 10 times already. Women are vulnerable &#8211; most guys can generally handle their liquor better and have good training as a bachelor. Having said that they know what they are doing. Beautiful daughters are generally better looked after &#8211; first by their old man, brother&#8217;s, boyfriends&#8230; and eventually husbands. Right and wrong for me don&#8217;t change for with intoxication. For the beautiful missus (wouldn&#8217;t have married her otherwise) she doesn&#8217;t always know what&#8217;s good for her after a few, as her husband I have to protect her. All women like the attention, that&#8217;s her nature. Given the wrong time of the month and a few drinks she can get herself in the situation where she could easily be taken advantage of &#8211; willing or otherwise &#8211; on occasion. By contrast, no matter how plastered I get (for one things aren&#8217;t going to work properly anyhow)  I never lose my judgement. I see and tell it how it is. Infact i usually start spouting out my principals if a mate&#8217;s wife is being too lurid, I&#8217;m no saint, but I know where the line is crossed. Alcohol is the elixir of truth&#8230; for simple anatomical &amp; biological reasons there has to be honor among men. My mates look out for me and and I look out for them. A man who courts another&#8217;s betrothed is scum. My wife knows very well that if she cheats on me, foremost the third party is headed for serious physical harm, if she cares deeply for another man the last thing she want&#8217;s is to see them beat up. This is one of the guards.  I&#8217;d never hit a woman, but I&#8217;ll deal with any the man who would disrespect my marriage. This is the black and white truth of it. Everyone has their line, that&#8217;s what morality and values are&#8230; bottom line is &#8211; if she did cheat on me she&#8217;d better be bloody well sure I don&#8217;t find out about it!  My wife goes and does what she wants when she want&#8217;s&#8230; I&#8217;m always there, no matter how tired to pick her up at the end of the night once I&#8217;m done for the night. If you test your partner puposely by placing her in a vulnerable position you are asking for it and tempting fate. By the same token if she&#8217;s off the handle my mates will pull her up before I have to&#8230; always more effective when a third party puts the boot in for you, you&#8217;re off the hook <img src='http://www.difficultrelationships.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';)' class='wp-smiley' />  My message is&#8230; be the bloke I want to buy a beer. Be good, play good. Lead by example &amp; reap what you sow.  Woman need moral men, not wet doormats. Having said all that the fact I&#8217;m even on this site tells you I am one of the tested &#8211; thanks to all for reinforcing my morality and good luck to all good men!</p>
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		<title>By: Rod Smith</title>
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		<dc:creator>Rod Smith</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 May 2011 02:48:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Ron -- read all over this website. I am happy to talk to you if you send me am email saying you&#039;d like to do so.

Rod</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ron &#8212; read all over this website. I am happy to talk to you if you send me am email saying you&#8217;d like to do so.</p>
<p>Rod</p>
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		<title>By: Ron</title>
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		<dc:creator>Ron</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 May 2011 19:06:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Wow. I read everyone&#039;s posts. Very interesting.

My wife thinks I flirt, and I think she is being jealous. Some examples:

* a female friend overseas emailed me, to pray for her mother who was very ill. I wrote back saying of course, and that I&#039;d love to catch up on skype. I showed the email to my wife so she could pray for her mother, but instead she was furious that I wanted to &quot;catch up&quot; with a girl on skype. I explained that her mother was dying, and that we used to be good friends. Not good enough.

* Another girl who I used to be good friends with came in from overseas, and when I spoke to her on the phone and said &quot;Sarah!! I miss you!&quot; with a big friendly smile -  I hadn&#039;t spoken to Sarah for about 2 years and we were cool friends. My wife was furious I said &quot;I miss you&quot; to another girl. A huge fight.

* I helped a stranger - a mother - to carry a baby carriage down the stairs. I apparently made her laugh, (I&#039;m pretty funny) and my wife was again furious at me that I made a married woman laugh.

* We went water rafting with the some friends, and a girl in another boat took my hat off (I loove this hat), and I jumped at her to wrestle my hat back. My wife was furious and said that playfighting is flirting. I just wanted my hat...yes, we were laughing at the time, but I don&#039;t feel I was flirting.

* When a girl is excited to see me, or says I&#039;m really funny, or says they love a certain jacket of mine, my wife says that I let women feel comfortable to approach me and say these kinds of things. For example, we were walking down the street and a girl ran up to me and said &quot;heeey!!! how are you Ronnie! This is your wife yeah! Your wedding was amaaazing&quot; She acknowledged my wife in a nice way, and didn&#039;t ignore her, but my wife&#039;s problem was that she was so happy to see me. My wife wants me to be polite to women, but to exude a level of modesty, and act a little standoffish to show that they shouldn&#039;t feel so comfortable to be all bubbly around me.

I could go on. 

My wife says I&#039;m being too flirtatious, or at the very least I need to work on becoming more modest. And I just want her to accept me for who I am, and not be so jealous. 

It&#039;s very painful for both of us. I now feel like I have to walk on egg shells around her in a social setting, and can&#039;t just be my funny self. It&#039;s caused me to be very depressed and I feel lke I have to be someone else. Unfortunately it&#039;s depressed me so much that I&#039;m not feeling love for her, nor excitement, nor chemistry. I feel like I&#039;ve made a mistake.

I know marriage is about compromise, and I want to grow in ALL ways. Perhaps I do need to grow in the ways of modesty. There is no end in ones growth.

For her, it&#039;s so painful because she believe I&#039;m putting other women before the marriage. &quot;You are putting other women before the marriage&quot; She would say. She feels I&#039;m not respecting her.

But I feel, if only she would stop being so jealous and accept me for who I am.

My wife thinks I flirt. But I don&#039;t think I flirt at all. 

To me it just seems we have different Values. I&#039;m not judging her for having more modest values than me. But I feel she is judging me for my values. Bare in mind, I don&#039;t even touch women unless it&#039;s my wife (no honestly, I don&#039;t believe in it). So I do have certain boundries. But I&#039;m just not as modest as her, and it drives her crazy...which drives me crazy!

Please help! Any advice would be appreciated. We are really thinking of divorce, but we both don&#039;t want it and would like to save the marriage.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Wow. I read everyone&#8217;s posts. Very interesting.</p>
<p>My wife thinks I flirt, and I think she is being jealous. Some examples:</p>
<p>* a female friend overseas emailed me, to pray for her mother who was very ill. I wrote back saying of course, and that I&#8217;d love to catch up on skype. I showed the email to my wife so she could pray for her mother, but instead she was furious that I wanted to &#8220;catch up&#8221; with a girl on skype. I explained that her mother was dying, and that we used to be good friends. Not good enough.</p>
<p>* Another girl who I used to be good friends with came in from overseas, and when I spoke to her on the phone and said &#8220;Sarah!! I miss you!&#8221; with a big friendly smile &#8211;  I hadn&#8217;t spoken to Sarah for about 2 years and we were cool friends. My wife was furious I said &#8220;I miss you&#8221; to another girl. A huge fight.</p>
<p>* I helped a stranger &#8211; a mother &#8211; to carry a baby carriage down the stairs. I apparently made her laugh, (I&#8217;m pretty funny) and my wife was again furious at me that I made a married woman laugh.</p>
<p>* We went water rafting with the some friends, and a girl in another boat took my hat off (I loove this hat), and I jumped at her to wrestle my hat back. My wife was furious and said that playfighting is flirting. I just wanted my hat&#8230;yes, we were laughing at the time, but I don&#8217;t feel I was flirting.</p>
<p>* When a girl is excited to see me, or says I&#8217;m really funny, or says they love a certain jacket of mine, my wife says that I let women feel comfortable to approach me and say these kinds of things. For example, we were walking down the street and a girl ran up to me and said &#8220;heeey!!! how are you Ronnie! This is your wife yeah! Your wedding was amaaazing&#8221; She acknowledged my wife in a nice way, and didn&#8217;t ignore her, but my wife&#8217;s problem was that she was so happy to see me. My wife wants me to be polite to women, but to exude a level of modesty, and act a little standoffish to show that they shouldn&#8217;t feel so comfortable to be all bubbly around me.</p>
<p>I could go on. </p>
<p>My wife says I&#8217;m being too flirtatious, or at the very least I need to work on becoming more modest. And I just want her to accept me for who I am, and not be so jealous. </p>
<p>It&#8217;s very painful for both of us. I now feel like I have to walk on egg shells around her in a social setting, and can&#8217;t just be my funny self. It&#8217;s caused me to be very depressed and I feel lke I have to be someone else. Unfortunately it&#8217;s depressed me so much that I&#8217;m not feeling love for her, nor excitement, nor chemistry. I feel like I&#8217;ve made a mistake.</p>
<p>I know marriage is about compromise, and I want to grow in ALL ways. Perhaps I do need to grow in the ways of modesty. There is no end in ones growth.</p>
<p>For her, it&#8217;s so painful because she believe I&#8217;m putting other women before the marriage. &#8220;You are putting other women before the marriage&#8221; She would say. She feels I&#8217;m not respecting her.</p>
<p>But I feel, if only she would stop being so jealous and accept me for who I am.</p>
<p>My wife thinks I flirt. But I don&#8217;t think I flirt at all. </p>
<p>To me it just seems we have different Values. I&#8217;m not judging her for having more modest values than me. But I feel she is judging me for my values. Bare in mind, I don&#8217;t even touch women unless it&#8217;s my wife (no honestly, I don&#8217;t believe in it). So I do have certain boundries. But I&#8217;m just not as modest as her, and it drives her crazy&#8230;which drives me crazy!</p>
<p>Please help! Any advice would be appreciated. We are really thinking of divorce, but we both don&#8217;t want it and would like to save the marriage.</p>
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		<title>By: G</title>
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		<dc:creator>G</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Mar 2011 17:39:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I think your marriage is heading for a bad place simply because you can&#039;t be confident enough in your husband expressing his true personality and openness. Since you don&#039;t think he would cheat, it seems pretty obvious you are just a general killjoy for the sake of protecting your fragile ego instead of just joining in the fun and appreciating him for who he is. It is YOU he goes home with at the end of the night anyway, and your &quot;friends&quot; would only get more excitement out of your discomfort, while they would be put in their place by your taking part and enjoying his friendly and fun attitude and then going home with what is obviously a man your &quot;friends&quot; would wish to have for themselves.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I think your marriage is heading for a bad place simply because you can&#8217;t be confident enough in your husband expressing his true personality and openness. Since you don&#8217;t think he would cheat, it seems pretty obvious you are just a general killjoy for the sake of protecting your fragile ego instead of just joining in the fun and appreciating him for who he is. It is YOU he goes home with at the end of the night anyway, and your &#8220;friends&#8221; would only get more excitement out of your discomfort, while they would be put in their place by your taking part and enjoying his friendly and fun attitude and then going home with what is obviously a man your &#8220;friends&#8221; would wish to have for themselves.</p>
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		<title>By: Bob</title>
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		<dc:creator>Bob</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Nov 2010 20:46:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Maybe this will give some perspective for many of you. My wife is quite a bit younger than I. We&#039;ve been married 10 years - 2 younger children. She&#039;s very charming, smart, beautiful, and interesting, and at the same time extraordinarily self absorbed, rigid and critical. I&#039;ve been very successful in my business, and we&#039;re fortunate to have lots of help and in many ways she&#039;s been able to have an exceptionally unburdensome life because of that, and has the freedom to pursue whatever she wishes. But while you think of people as &quot;cup half full&quot; or &quot;cup half empty&quot; - for her its more like &quot;what cup?&quot; My friends and family think I&#039;m an idiot for staying with her, and even her friends and family have called me, asking that I be the &quot;mature one&quot; and &quot;not let her destroy her life&quot;.

So by now you are thinking this sounds like another &quot;her fault&quot; story. But you know - a lot of this is MY fault. My wife had a life that appeared outwardly like a princess - that&#039;s what I thought - but partly because of her criticism and partly because of my own personality and getting caught up in my business and career, she felt lonely, isolated, and alone. Neglected and miserable, even if partly her own doing, she thought she wanted out.

There are lots of other parts to this too, and other things we don&#039;t have to deal with that others have written about - like the flirting and affairs and natural sexual thrill we experience for others who are attractive. I don&#039;t know how we&#039;ll end up - there are lots of things to work on. But I&#039;ve learned that I can admire her, appreciate her, and feel genuinely as romantic and intimate with her again now as when we met, and she is a changed person, too. Not perfect, either of us, but at least thinking first of each other.

If your partner is worth keeping, then take some time to figure out what these other men (or women) are doing that&#039;s meeting their emotional needs that you&#039;re not doing. It might be they&#039;re immature or selfish, but on the other hand you might be feeling so angry, distant, and sorry for yourself that you can&#039;t break out and put your partner first. Try being a giver - not for what you&#039;ll get back, but for how it makes your partner happy, and keep it up for a while, and maybe you&#039;ll find your partner&#039;s waiting to make your life a better and happier one too. It&#039;s a pretty good feeling helping your partner happy if you can do it.

Not everyone is deserving of your love and giving, and you will have to be the one to decide about that. But you might be in for a fabulous surprise if you decide he or she is really THE ONE.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Maybe this will give some perspective for many of you. My wife is quite a bit younger than I. We&#8217;ve been married 10 years &#8211; 2 younger children. She&#8217;s very charming, smart, beautiful, and interesting, and at the same time extraordinarily self absorbed, rigid and critical. I&#8217;ve been very successful in my business, and we&#8217;re fortunate to have lots of help and in many ways she&#8217;s been able to have an exceptionally unburdensome life because of that, and has the freedom to pursue whatever she wishes. But while you think of people as &#8220;cup half full&#8221; or &#8220;cup half empty&#8221; &#8211; for her its more like &#8220;what cup?&#8221; My friends and family think I&#8217;m an idiot for staying with her, and even her friends and family have called me, asking that I be the &#8220;mature one&#8221; and &#8220;not let her destroy her life&#8221;.</p>
<p>So by now you are thinking this sounds like another &#8220;her fault&#8221; story. But you know &#8211; a lot of this is MY fault. My wife had a life that appeared outwardly like a princess &#8211; that&#8217;s what I thought &#8211; but partly because of her criticism and partly because of my own personality and getting caught up in my business and career, she felt lonely, isolated, and alone. Neglected and miserable, even if partly her own doing, she thought she wanted out.</p>
<p>There are lots of other parts to this too, and other things we don&#8217;t have to deal with that others have written about &#8211; like the flirting and affairs and natural sexual thrill we experience for others who are attractive. I don&#8217;t know how we&#8217;ll end up &#8211; there are lots of things to work on. But I&#8217;ve learned that I can admire her, appreciate her, and feel genuinely as romantic and intimate with her again now as when we met, and she is a changed person, too. Not perfect, either of us, but at least thinking first of each other.</p>
<p>If your partner is worth keeping, then take some time to figure out what these other men (or women) are doing that&#8217;s meeting their emotional needs that you&#8217;re not doing. It might be they&#8217;re immature or selfish, but on the other hand you might be feeling so angry, distant, and sorry for yourself that you can&#8217;t break out and put your partner first. Try being a giver &#8211; not for what you&#8217;ll get back, but for how it makes your partner happy, and keep it up for a while, and maybe you&#8217;ll find your partner&#8217;s waiting to make your life a better and happier one too. It&#8217;s a pretty good feeling helping your partner happy if you can do it.</p>
<p>Not everyone is deserving of your love and giving, and you will have to be the one to decide about that. But you might be in for a fabulous surprise if you decide he or she is really THE ONE.</p>
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		<title>By: X</title>
		<link>http://www.difficultrelationships.com/2006/06/13/wife-flirts-at-parties-and-i-do-not-like-it/#comment-736</link>
		<dc:creator>X</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Nov 2010 20:45:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>My wife flirts all the time and I have confronted her 4 or more times about her flirtatious behavior. There have been several instances to where she actually kissed guys before on the lips and make comments like you are my second man. I have seen fondled by another man. I have addressed these but I have been accused of making it such a big deal.  Sometimes men would jokingly look at me and make comments like I am going to take your wife home. 

She said she loves me and she will never cheat on me but I no longer trust her.  Her excuse, I&#039;m sorry I drank too much alcohol last night.  I do believe with the right moment and right time she would go further.

I love my wife but I no longer trust her.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>My wife flirts all the time and I have confronted her 4 or more times about her flirtatious behavior. There have been several instances to where she actually kissed guys before on the lips and make comments like you are my second man. I have seen fondled by another man. I have addressed these but I have been accused of making it such a big deal.  Sometimes men would jokingly look at me and make comments like I am going to take your wife home. </p>
<p>She said she loves me and she will never cheat on me but I no longer trust her.  Her excuse, I&#8217;m sorry I drank too much alcohol last night.  I do believe with the right moment and right time she would go further.</p>
<p>I love my wife but I no longer trust her.</p>
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		<title>By: bob</title>
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		<dc:creator>bob</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Nov 2010 17:34:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Flirting is cheating, period.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Flirting is cheating, period.</p>
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