And how do you think we go to where we are?
So you "agree" adultery is good and should be normal because of other equally bad perversions you don't personally like.
You really went off the deep end in your reaction to my quite simple comment. I agreed that everyone deserves some happiness. Don't you? And it is absolutely true that an affair between two normal people seems very tame by comparison to what our society tolerates these days. From that you conclude that I think adultery is good and should be normal because of bad perversions "I don't like."
Do you mean I should like the sexualization of children, or mutilating mostly kids and young people to serve demands by transsexuals, or adult men pretending to be women so they can compete in women's sports, and so on? Do you like such perversions?
As to how we got where we are, there are many contributors to this, but the #1 reason is that the American people simply didn't push back as hedonism replaced morality in our society.
Depends on the spouses. If they are okay with it, and if actually makes their marriage work better, who has the authority to castigate them? Keep in mind these are all adults in their 50’s, not young couples in 20’s or even 30’s raising young kids.
If all 4 adults are happier because of the “consensual adultery”, who appointed anyone the moral police? Life is too short and full of ups and downs, to not seek maximum happiness.