To me anyways, it seems why a lot of people get cheated on is because the sacrality in this life has been somewhat erased. And this has really nothing to do with my views or thoughts on religion. It's more that I believe historically people were bound by a moral sense of duty. And it's quite evident that things have degraded.

I firmly believe that people can be programmed to accept just about any reality and most just go with the flow.

We just happen to be living in a flow (or status quo) where the focus is heavily on the individual and his/her comfort.

When I mean comfort I mean it on all levels, but in this day and age (in first world settings) even modest achievers are living better than kings of the past. Being even on the poorer side today in Europe you would still be living in relative luxury compared to a few hundred years ago.

So there is that, but there's the next evolution of comfort and that is what we're willing to tolerate or not. We're so hell bent on our pleasure and OUR experiences most people live in these personal comfort silos. Absolutely anything and everything seems to offend. We're also quick to ghost or cancel.

We're hitting that point where we expect reality to bend around us and our perceptions - Once again in the name of comfort. Nothing uncomfortable should touch us.

What this means is we're schooled up here (in our heads) from a young age to be ultimately selfish. And again I remind you the sacrality is absent.

In terms of religion most of us just serve ourselves. And there's a huge focus on success, appearance both in terms of youthfulness and sex appeal.

And no matter how unagreeable and non conforming we might be (or think we are), what most of us want most of all is acceptance, normality and status (or respect).

You think people care about you and your relationship - Maybe your mother! Every day you interact with wolves and your partner too.

I believe the only reason our hedonism isn't even more debauch and perverse is because there are still remnants of "The dream" -> and that dream still largely has to do with owning property and raising offspring. But even this is changing. The other saving grace is that capitalism requires workers. Highly paid slaves. Slaves have to work and have busy schedules.

Divorce is rampant and marriage as a commitment is a joke. Till death do us part - is a solemn vow most of these goons make and many of them aren't capable of any kind of realistic sacrifice and as soon as the inevitable happens - they split.

I have to admit when I was younger having been born and raised in some kind of Christian state back in the days when people seemed to have quite a bit more decency and respect and weren't so completely selfish. When there was such a thing as real communities. Now I look around and with all this cheating going on left, right and center it's starting to remind me of those tales of Sodom and Gomorrah.