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Is it wrong to have sexual desires for someone you are not married to?

I believe it's ok to have sexual desires for someone else that you are not married to. There is nothing wrong to find someone other than your partner attractive and to have desires for them. However i am only talking about desires not actions, and desires does not mean everybody is going to go act on the desires they might be having. I am not saying some people don't act on them because of course there is some people that do. That is a totally different situation though. It's probably a natural thing that happens to mostly everybody from time to time and we human being cannot always control our minds, no matter how much a person tries to help themselves from having either a short term of desires or long term. To act of those desires that is something totally different, now that's when it becomes wrong and when it becomes a problem. Mostly everyone has had a desire for someone else that is not you are not married, no matter what age, or even gender. People say we are responsible for our choices and of course we are but sometimes for our thoughts we are not completely responsible for that. I am pretty sure there has been marriage’s that have had situations like this and have shared with each other. And of course maybe one of the partners might be offended but as long as they have not acted on it, everything is perfectly fine.

Since we are human being and can’t always control our thought’s we wonder about weird stuff, and desire another person but it only happens in certain moments. As long as the desire for that other person doesn’t get out of hand then it’s perfectly fine. However if you are desiring that other person while having sex with your partner you might want to think about that issue cause that’s when you want to start acting on those desire that’s going to far towards the desire part I am arguing about.

Many people might assume this is already a way of cheating to your partner you are married but I don’t think it is. Desiring other people is just a part of us human beings how do you think we are alive now? Even if the desire is towards another person that you are not married to. I understand that people are against my opinion towards this subject but I know they have desire someone else while being in a relationship or marriage, they just think it’s wrong. I just think that they are people that close their minds and don’t want to realize what us humans do and it is perfectly okay. Maybe they think it’s wrong by the way they were raised or people that surround them have that opinion that it is wrong to desire another person that is not your wife, or husband. But I just feel sorry for them because they don’t want to realize it is okay, they want to believe what everyone else says it’s wrong and that’s the way it should be. People need to start being open minded and make their own choices of believes not believe what they are told to believe and what is right to believe to their perspective.

It is human nature to be attracted to the opposite sex. This is the reason we end up married in the first place. Being attracted to a person outside of your marriage is not morally wrong, nor is it a sin. Acting on your impulses IS morally wrong. When a person is attracted to another person that is not there boyfriend/ husband does not mean they are going to go act on those desires. They are not going to want to leave years of commitment and ruin their relationship for a simple once in a lifetime desire.

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  • 10 years ago
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    Ok you have already answered your question. You fine with desire and that's it. So, what do you want from us???? As long as you do not desiring my husband I couldn’t care less for your opinion that you already gave us.

  • 10 years ago

    I disagree completely... I've been with my husband 10 years. I do not have desires towards anyone else.. never have never will. Nothing like that even crosses my mind, because I am faithful to my man on every level.. People find it hard to believe that the thought does not cross my mind, but it really doesn't.. I'm just wired this way...

  • Anonymous
    10 years ago

    It's normal to have attraction to other people even when you're married. I doubt someone could even control this. That being said, don't act on it of course. I think your attitude is the right one.

  • Ocimom
    Lv 7
    10 years ago

    Well you are in control of your actions AND your thoughts. Everyone has them from time to time, but you can lessen these thoughts if you choose to do so. If you are in a committed relationship your thoughts and desires should be for that person - not for others.

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  • boj
    Lv 7
    10 years ago

    We dont always have control over being sexually attracted to others so it cant be wrong to feel that way but acting on it or dwelling on it is entirely wrong.

  • 10 years ago

    I think its fine as long as you don't act on your urges and keep it all to yourself. In this instance, what your partner doesn't know won't hurt them.

    I think even having fantasies is ok too as long as you keep them in check.

  • Anonymous
    10 years ago

    It depends on the partner

  • 10 years ago

    So what am I to make of this wall of text? Is there a question in there somewhere?

  • 10 years ago

    its a sin witout marriage.. get married 2 tht person 2 hav sex..

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