fne8w2ah@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agoCheating on your spouse is no longer a crime in New Yorkgothamist.comexternal-linkmessage-square82fedilinkarrow-up1319arrow-down13
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minus-squareCheradenine@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up52·4 months agoIt would have been criminal under the law. I cheated, she cheated. It was the law, whatever agreement she and I had was immaterial.
minus-squareMagicShel@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down16·4 months agoThat’s just how the system is. My wife and I are into bdsm. Legally speaking I’m guilty of spousal abuse because she legally can’t consent. So we just ignore the law. But if we ever divorced acrimoniously she could rake me over the fucking coals.
It would have been criminal under the law. I cheated, she cheated. It was the law, whatever agreement she and I had was immaterial.
That’s just how the system is. My wife and I are into bdsm. Legally speaking I’m guilty of spousal abuse because she legally can’t consent.
So we just ignore the law. But if we ever divorced acrimoniously she could rake me over the fucking coals.