The State of Affairs: Rethinking Infidelity

by Esther Perel

But when we reduce the conversation to simply passing judgment, we are left with no conversation at all.

Lying, these days, is seen as a human rights violation. We all deserve the truth, and there is no circumstance where withholding it can be justified. I wish it were so simple

Respect is not necessarily about telling all, but about considering what it will be like for the other to receive the knowledge.