Table of ContentsIntroductionWife Vs. Mistress – the Historical BackgroundLegitimacy Vs. IllegitimacyIf One Is Tempted to Stray...But I Think He Is Also Being Unfaithful...We are Growing Apart...Is My Marriage Going Sour?At Least She Does Not Nag...Some Old-Fashioned ReminiscencesDesperately Hanging onto Your Man...ConclusionAuthor BioPublisherIntroductionWe were just talking generally, when a friend of mine told me that she did not mind her husband straying occasionally as long as he came back to his wife and kids at the end of the day.I was horrified and shocked. Here was a sensible, intelligent, woman who was condoning marital infidelity, by saying overtly, men will be men, and marital infidelity is acceptable. This book is for all those people who believe that marital infidelity in any form is unacceptable, socially, traditionally, religiously, psychologically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually. In every marriage ceremony, in any religion, coming down through the ages, two people are joined together, as husband and wife.In many marriage ceremonies, it is always said that you have to be faithful to one another, and under no option do you stray. But in many ancient civilizations and societies, wives accepted the fact that their men would stray, even though they were married, because that was the nature of the man.