Imagine this scenerio: a husband has an affair with a woman. After a while cheating on his wife, he decides to leave his wife and marry the lover.
It looks like a bad start for the new relationship. Can the new wife be sure that what she did wont be done to her in the future? And what if the man has kids from the previous marriage, do you think it will make the new wife more eager to have kids with him so she can claim some "rights" and make the whole thing look more legitimate?
Do you think the guy will feel guilty about what he did to his former wife, or about the kids he abandoned?
Of course each person is different, and each scenario unique, but what do you think about it?
I think all these questions would be easier to answer if we knew the degree of hotness of the new new wife.
Like is she a 10?
Also is the husband wealthy? That has a lot to do with it too...
I think the circumstance of the divorce also would play a role in this whole equation.
Did the former wife stop having sex with her husband and that is why he decided to stray?
Have they fallen out of love with each other?
Are they in a bad financial situation and the stress has overwhelmed the two?
As Felix said is the new lover a Victoria's Secret supermodel?
Does the new lover want kids, or are the ones that she is "inheriting" enough for her?
There will always be a level of guilt associated when a partner cheats, but as I had asked before what are the reasons for his actions?
Here are the issues with this situation.
1. He stayed in a relationship where he wasn't happy enough to stay honest/faithful but wasn't unhappy enough to leave (so in essence he is playing both women until he can figure out what he wants).
2. Instead of leaving that relationship to be single for a while and sort himself out before making another commitment, he jumped from one relationship directly into another relationship (fear of being alone).
3. When things start sliding in his primary relationship, he's already has a trend or habit of looking for a new upgrade, and doesn't have an issue with carrying on at least two emotional/sexual relationships at the same time without much guilt (he's good at rationalizing his betrayals).
4. While you might be that upgrade right now, how likely is it that your relationship will never enter the complacency of point #1 at some point in the future thereby making you the old model that he is looking to trade in?
Yes... it will happen again.
I would be quite wary if a guy even wanted to go out with me whilst cheating on his other half, let alone marry me. Whats to say he wouldnt do exactly the same to me?? When things get rough its better to either work it out, or end it and work yourself out before just jumping straight to the next woman without sorting out your issues. I would have to say either break up with her first, or end it with me, he cant have both.
Like DD said, sounds like a case of being afraid of being alone and just wanting it all without giving anything back.
Don't know why these guys try to "explain" it, and really don't understand how women excuse it.
I saw this happen in my brother in laws marriage. He left his first wife (and three kids) for a "newer" version. Now she is 10 years older, 3 kids bigger, and he is just as unhappy as he was in the first place...
Incidentally, the 2nd wife is a totally hottie, which may explain why he still keeps her..dickwad.