I’ve always been a believer that affairs don’t “just happen”, there’s a lot of lead up to it. There are signs that things aren’t going well; whether it ultimately leads to splitting up or putting in the time and effort to make things work, at least you are working towards some sort of solution. Once you get into activity (aka chatting it up/flirting with other people) that you believe your significant other can’t know about, is when cheating really begins. It’s not just about the physical, but the mental/emotional energy being channeled elsewhere instead of their own household.

In Scott and his wife’s case specifically, it looks like marrying young was a heavy contributing factor (not the case for everyone who marries young, I will say). It seems like neither one had the opportunity to truly ‘grow up’ or find themselves fully before they got married. Complications like incompatibility and change of faith probably would have been detected had they dated a little longer.

Thanks for sharing!