Background information

One of the great paradoxes of human societies is that while most insist on monogamy, human beings throughout history-and even before-have been engaging in extramarital liaisons. Why do you think there was a need for the Seventh Commandment in the first place? Despite religious and social disapproval people, both men and women, have a need for a relationship(s) outside their marriage or other involvement.

How come?

There are as many reasons given as there are people engaging in them. Some of these are: * boredom and routine
* emotional hunger
* a need for sexual novelty, variety and adventure
* a need for passion again
* a need to feel special and appreciated again
* insufficient or unsatisfying sex in the marriage
* partner has become physically undesirable
* a need to assert one's virility or attractiveness to others

Combine all this with the stresses and complications of a long-term relationship/marriage such as financial issues, child-rearing issues, as well as the mundane dreariness of day to day living and the scene is set for an exciting affair. The above issues rarely exist in extramarital affairs so the excitement and intensity of feeling as well as the centrality of sex, does not destroy the passion.