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Tony Cooper wrote:
> 
> On Sat, 24 Oct 2026 10:50:22 +0100, Hibou
> <vpaereru-unmonitored@yahoo.com.invalid> wrote:
> 
> >Le 24/10/2026 à 10:38, occam a écrit :
> >> On 24/10/2026 09:10, Hibou wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Perhaps that was an instance of Heaven on Earth - but what were the
> >>> faithful to do if they couldn't find a willing extramarital partner?
> >>
> >> Or it [absence of a 'not'] was an early instance of a Freudian slip.
> >> Given the current state of adultery, it is proof that Freudian slips do
> >> matter.
> >
> >
> >Hmm. What is the current state of adultery¹? Is it increasing? Is it
> >usefully driving economic growth (all those little gifts - and big ones
> >too)?
> >
> "Adultery" is defined as "consensual sexual intercourse between a
> married person and a person other than the spouse".
> 
> The number of couples that live together in a long-term relationship,
> but do not marry, is increasing.  If one of people in that arrangement
> has consensual sexual intercourse with a person other than the person
> they live with, is it still "adultery"?


The word that applies to both is called...cheating.


"Cheaters"


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LduCULxgNcc


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