‘Home wrecker’ - are we obligated to find out?
I saw a post recently on this sub and it made we want to ask this forum.
You’re trying to date someone. Let’s call that person X for ease. X being married is their commitment to their partner. Are you obligated to find out if X is married, if X is an open marriage etc? What if you do find out that they are just cheating on their partner but you aren’t looking for anything serious? (no implication that they will leave their partner for you, then cheat on you too)
Do you think you are still obligated to stop dating X, for the sake of their partner? Is that on you? What if you do try to find out but X just lies to you?
Points for consideration:
- Sisterhood. If you and the partners are both women and it implies you look out for each other.
- Respecting social contracts- married and monogamous means they aren’t ‘available’. Is the obligation on them to maintain their monogamy or you? If X is male and you are required to do this, isn’t that misogyny? ‘Men will be men and women are required to police themselves to keep society going.’
I really want to know what people here think! Thanks ❤️ hope you all have a great day!