Rebelling against control is the motivation behind many affairs and other problems. The spouse who feels controlled is not mature enough to stand up to control with responsible boundaries, and he acts out in an affair to “gain a sense of freedom.” He finds someone who accepts him, or so it feels in the lie of an affair. The freedom becomes intoxicating, and he falls like a sheep to the slaughter. As Proverbs warns of the adulteress, “With persuasive words she led him astray; she seduced him with her smooth talk. All at once he followed her like an ox going to the slaughter, like a deer
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