Pre-Adultery Mode

Adultery does not begin with penetration.

It does not start with an exchange of phone numbers.

Adultery begins when a person puts him or herself into a position where they 'might' meet someone with whom they 'could' have an affair. The Indefinite terms, might and could are vital.

Most adultery does not occur because a married person finds him or herself emotionally involved with someone else unexpectedly.

Most adultery happens when a married person goes out of his or her way to find a possible slam. This is a person who wants to commit adultery, the 'who' is yet to be announced.

The Signs of Pre-adultery mode are missed by the soon to be betrayed party. Often the excuses; 'Working late', ' Out with friends', 'Attending a club meeting', etc. are accepted.

There seems no reason to be suspicious. There are no strange phone calls, text messages or Facebook entries. Further, the spouse may have often worked late or had a Thursday ' night out', and belonged to the club before the marriage.

Those who are entering pre-adultery mode use these excuses to go to strip clubs, singles bars, anywhere they think they can find someone who will have sex with them.

They may very well go to their club meeting, sign in, but slip out and search for any female who might be available.

In fact, whether it is the supermarket or lunch counter, their heads are on the 'swivel' to find someone.

They have not had sex yet. They may not even have met anyone they could have sex with. But they will strive to find someone they could have sex with.

When a man enters pre-adultery mode, his wife is rarely suspicious.

She might 'check up' on him, by calling the land line at his work place to see if he's there so he can 'pick up milk on his way home' or call the place the 'boys' hang out or the club's meeting place with the same message.

If he is there, that is one thing. If he isn't, that is another. All the wife can prove is that he is not where he was supposed to be. Where he is doesn't matter. .

The wife should say, when she sees him: "Lot of Work?" or "How's Jack? " or "Anything good happen at the Club?"

If he lies, that is as good as a photograph.

If he tells the truth;

"Actually, I didn't work late. I got so fed up with this work late crap I played cards
in the parking lot with the guards..."

"I didn't reach Jack. Car got a flat, was towed, so I sat in the diner and watched the match..."

"Went to Club, everyone was doing the 'late' thing so Phil and I had an impromptu meeting in the bar, and a couple of others joined us and we decided..."

Then suspicions can be placed on 'hold.' See what happens next week. If it's the same situation where he's not where he should be, say nothing. See if he volunteers information.

If he does, and it is credible, put suspicions on hold. If he gets annoyed, if he goes into a shell, prepare yourself.

Whether he has found someone, whether that someone is having sex with him or not, it is a matter of time.

Many men 'waste' months pursuing females who don't want them or won't deal with a married man. These men move on to another. They keep going until they find someone.

Right now, the husband in the example may have never touched another woman's hand since the day he was married. But that is because he has not been able to seduce anyone, yet.

The idea that a man is faithful, meets someone, gets emotionally involved accidentally, and then somehow winds up having an affair belongs with the Tooth Fairy.

This is NOT how it happens.

Married men who find themselves attracted to other women respond with aversion. Many men will not be alone with a particular woman they find attractive; 'just in case'.

It is not that 'out of a clear blue sky' that Miss Brown, the new secretary, and Married Mr. Green fall into bed. It is that over months a relationship has built up, and that instead of Mr. Green recognising the emotional attachment and transferring Miss Brown or limiting his access, he goes on and on and on until he gets her into bed.

Adultery doesn't just 'happen'.

Clothes don't fall off after transportation to a motel room. The process is long and intricate. And every step of the way the decision is made; 'yes, I will proceed.'

So when your husband moves into pre-adultery mode organise your life to respond to it when it is is not longer 'pre' but 'post'.

In many relationships, one party does not realise how the other actually feels. So focused on themselves they do not notice they have insulted, berated, upset, hurt the spouse. Proceeding on their own journey, concentration on themselves, they don't see how their spouse feels.

The spouse needs someone to make them feel cherished. They look at people they know differently, they go to places they never considered. They have conversations that they'd reject, if they felt truly married.

If the spouse notices this, s/he will jump in and return to the person s/he was when the marriage began. But in 99% of the cases, the spouse is too focused on his/her own life to notice.

The fact one doesn't notice how the other feels, is virtually rolling out the red carpet to adultery.