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Old 05-01-2007, 11:29 AM
 
Location: VA
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When I was single I dated ALOT of women and hardly ever met anyone I was interested in. They were nice enough but there was just no chemistry.

Now that I am happily married I come in contact with women all the time who I am attracted to mentally and personally (I think the feeling is mutual), but nothing can happen. I am not talking about just admiring their physical beauty but being attracted to them due to a unique personal chemistry.

Married men and women: do you ever meet people that make you think....if I were single there would be a connection with this women. ???

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Old 05-01-2007, 11:32 AM
 
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Certainly not, after marriage thinking of other woman is a sin. Do you like when your spouse does the same?
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Old 05-01-2007, 11:38 AM
 
Location: STL
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Certainly not, after marriage thinking of other woman is a sin. Do you like when your spouse does the same?
Okay, now wait a second...
I am attracted to many actors, and musicans... I am married and there is NOTHING wrong with that.
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Old 05-01-2007, 11:46 AM
 
Location: Tejas
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There is absolutely nothing wrong witth thinking someone of the opposite sex is attractive, in no way is it a sin. Acting on it would be. For me, both of us finding other people attractive makes the bond stronger between us.
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Old 05-01-2007, 12:23 PM
 
Location: Tompkins County
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Married men and women: do you ever meet people that make you think....if I were single there would be a connection with this women. ???
I don't think about it as "if I were single........", but yeah, there's people that I come across that I find attractive. I don't think there's anything wrong with it. My husband does, as well. It's perfectly normal.
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Old 05-01-2007, 12:33 PM
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Location: Austin
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Noticing someone is attractive isn't a sin. It's God's handiwork! I see attractive men all the time. Sin is when you think on them with lust or romance. I think everyone thinks this way sometimes. When I go down that path I catch myself, realize all I'd harm if I went that way, and remember that this little daydream is just that... a dream. Affairs are destructive and painful in the long run.

Right now you're married. I suggest that you don't ask yourself, "If I was single," because you'll probably find yourself there soon if you keep it up!
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Old 05-01-2007, 01:58 PM
 
Location: FL
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Married men and women: do you ever meet people that make you think....if I were single there would be a connection with this women. ???

I think all people might think that (not a sin), but that's because you were able to be friends with that opposite sex person. Obviously, friendship is important in a relationship; husbands and wives, boyfriends and girlfriends must be friends first, so if you become friends with someone of the opposite sex, I feel it would only be normal to think that.

I click so much with some girls (I'm a girl in case no one knew that!), and am on the same page...but you wouldn't think that they would be a good mate if you were single because, unless you swing, you wouldn't see it that way. With the opposite sex of course it would be different. No harm done. It's probably the truth!
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Old 05-01-2007, 02:55 PM
 
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Well, then my wife is really lucky that I am even not attracted towards other ladies Let me tell that to her tonight. BTW what I think attraction after marriage is, something that you want to have relations with the person if given a chance.
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Old 05-01-2007, 02:57 PM
 
Location: Coachella Valley, California
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I am attracted to a lot of nice looking men, but I don't act on those feelings. I think there is a big difference.

I also lust after gooey, chocolatey deserts, but I don't act on those feelings either.
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Old 05-01-2007, 03:19 PM
 
Location: NW Atlanta
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When I was single I dated ALOT of women and hardly ever met anyone I was interested in. They were nice enough but there was just no chemistry.

Now that I am happily married I come in contact with women all the time who I am attracted to mentally and personally (I think the feeling is mutual), but nothing can happen. I am not talking about just admiring their physical beauty but being attracted to them due to a unique personal chemistry.

Married men and women: do you ever meet people that make you think....if I were single there would be a connection with this women. ???
The reason you are noticing them more now is because you are married you have that "marriage" protection therefore you are more open to people hence you find more people attractive especially mentally
For instance when you were single would you go to a bar and try to have an intellectual talk with someone?? I highly doubt it
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