Thanks for your honesty and that is the point I was trying to make . In the west everyone always look for the next romance , even when they are in a relation which is fine as long as people are honest about it with themselves at least .
Not exactly, even if a few people are for 'poly-love' – and I except also religious people like catholics who are against divorce – most of Westerners do not want to break with their partner, because it is always a source of trouble and pain. But it is life, and the price of love. Everybody wish that a relationship is going to work in a good way but when it is not the case, you have 2 choices :
– Staying in a quiet unhappy or unsatisfying relationship (for many reasons : religion, children, lack of money, fear, etc.).
– Breaking and seeking a better life elsewhere (many women prefer being alone than being in a bad company, while men are more inclining to flee their home in extra-relationship, or work, or alcohol, etc.).
I won't say that there is a bad or a good way. We have all our own choices to do and the most difficult is to determine which way of life is in harmony with our real nature (not social conventions, creeds, etc.).
When I hesitated between alternatives, I have always choosing the one that I could not regret even if I could fail : listening to my guts and not my fear.
When it comes to western girls I do not believe in the "ideals " of being together in sickness and health , in good times and bad times . Relationships are a from of consumerism in the west and the toaster can be changed at anytime for any reason without any consequences . Yes , we might feel a little bit guilty , but we can always live with that .
Marriage and relationship in general are based in contemporary Western conception mainly on love, so many people marry when they have a crush, make children, and some years later realize they share nothing anymore. So they decide to find another passion… It has nothing to do with illness, economy, etc. though such things can separate people. I think that the worst enemy of marriage is boredom, routine, and the sudden flash when we realize : "But what I am doing with a such man/woman ? is it life for ever ?"
In Eastern (as India, or China), romance are less important in marriages : it is more an economical & friendly association. So it could last more time, as so long as there are no much economical troubles, domestic violences, etc.
The first group have a more troubled and unstable life, but more interesting. The second have safety, stability, but can live all their life without feeling their heart beats faster…
That's a choice ? we have no choice in fact : we are educated in a certain way and for Wersterners, marrying someone without love, just for money or because 2 families are friend, is prostitution, because having sex without pleasure or without feelings is prostitution.
At the contrary, Easterners consider that sex within marriage is respectable (even if there is not much feeling nor pleasure, and it is only for material interests) while having a romance with sincere feelings but out of legal ways is prostitution.
There are 2 opposite point of views and it is impossible to conciliate them.
Having said all the above I do not understand why there is all this fuzz about men not being faithful .
Men and women are equal in faithfulness or unfaithfulness. In a liberated society or a strict one, they have the same needs. The only difference is the danger to be killed for women (or for gays) who is more frequent than for men.
While most women thinks that the western laws have liberated women , I think it actually liberated men more and further objectified and Degraded the status of women in the society .
Some say that, considering the great number of women living alone with children. But we had the same society than Kurds 50 years ago and it was not paradise for women (as it is not for Kurdish women). Now we have all tasted freedom and no one can come back from that state.
Moreover, I guess that Kurdish society will face claims from youth (both gender) who wish to know the same freedom. Not because Western proselytism, but because this kind of life is attractive for younger generations while elders are afraid.