Somebody floated the idea that cheating with the consent of the spouse can actually work to the advantage of a marriage and a number of people thought it was a good idea and did it. Many are in fact doing it and their experiences continue to produce mixed results. I really do not have any clue as to how such ideas are developed but I have a feeling that it started from a person who wants to cheat but wants to be expressly allowed to do so at the same time by the legal spouse or partner.
This sounds like a person who wants to have his/her cake and eat it too. If a person wants the freedom to have as many sexual partners as he/she requires, then there is the open marriage option. What is the logic of entering a monogamous marriage when one wants to have the power to negotiate infidelity? At the very least, this is hypocritical and madness at the very worse.
Like in all troubles brought by humans on themselves, we tend to justify a wrong when it is convenient for us. We come up with modifications, alternatives, and options that will "legalize" our experimentation. No one is forcing anyone (except in a few extreme situations) to get married so people have the choice not to commit to a particular person his/her undying fidelity. A person has the freedom to hop from one partner to another when there is no prior commitment. As we all know, there are no expectations when there are no promises.
So who gets married and then negotiate the right to cheat? These are the people who wants the security that marriage brings and yet are not able to give up the privileges of single life. If and when a cheater finds a spouse who will willingly give consent without any catch, then that would be the day!
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