See #43. Should have pinged you.
Thank you, I did read it. I suppose that my whole issue is: what constitutes unfaithfulness? I don’t accept a narrow, almost Clintonian definition of physical copulation as the sole and exclusive definition of infidelity which justifies a divorce.
I have a friend who was in a hellishly oppressive and demeaning marriage, and who was prone to depression and strong, recurrent suicidal ideation. No attempts were made, but preparations were. During those periods, the spouse would double down on denigrating and belittling abuse, and draw their child into it as well, verbally snotting off and mocking the depressed friend. That level of malice and rejection is infidelity in my book, but that spouse abused scripture to defend the treatment meted out to my friend.
I don’t know. I see so much legalism applied to this subject. Very Clintonian in spirit, much of the time.