A girl once told me she found me attractive. She added she wished I were hers. Then she said something that amused me: she found me attractive because I was taken. Later in the week, I came across a blog post written by a woman on the allure of the taken man. She probably was attracted to yet another taken man. I asked Google about the phenomenon and I found millions of articles dedicated to this topic.
So it is real. The taken man, especially the married one, is very attractive to single women. August was a rough month for love. Hackers released data from Ashley Madison, a dating site created specifically for married people looking to cheat on their spouses.
But of course, that would ignore the fact that anyone can strayโregardless of gender or sexual orientationโand that it takes two for a married person to cheat. So is there something about a wedding ring that makes a man seem nicer, smarter, funnier, and just overall more desirable? Sussman, a licensed clinical social worker, a New York-based therapist, and a relationship expert.
The stakes of an affair are incredibly high. You could destroy a marriage, maybe even a family, with one phone call to his wife. It does sometimes happen that a married person stays with their partner in infidelity. A mistress cushions the blow of divorce. A few experts on love and marriage explain why a taken dude can seem so much hotter. Published in August Written By. Prev Post. Next Post.
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