Elusive Perfection

Many people who enter marriage think that they have found the perfect partner in life. Realities in life will reveal that there is no such thing as a perfect spouse or a perfect person. When realization begins, disillusionment may quickly set in.

Disillusionment may be a difficult situation to recover from especially if the disillusioned person insists on the original expectation instead of accepting the human limitation of the spouse or addressing the perceived fault by openly communicating with each other. Disillusioned spouses who refuse to face the problem may end up with an escapist's option such as cheating.

The lack of the faithful spouse will most likely be sought from another man or woman. A cheating spouse will pursue this action in the hope of fulfilling his/her idea of an ideal partner. Before they realize it, they would have performed a serial cheating spree as they discover faults of mistresses or lovers one after the other.

Fault is something that all people have with no exception. The type or manner may vary but each will have strong as well weak points. Perfection will remain elusive because it does not exist in the real world.

Cheating spouses are sometimes too quick to point at their partners' faults. In their haste to justify their infidelity, they often forget that it is very possible that their own faults are causing the partner's inability to measure up to their expectation. Marriage does not succeed because of perfect couples but because of couples who perfectly commit to the challenge of an imperfect marriage.