The secrets we keep: Committing adultery in one's heart tops the list. http://psycnet.apa.org/record/2017-20428-001 …pic.twitter.com/Ypq27vihoJ
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The secrets we keep: Committing adultery in one's heart tops the list. http://psycnet.apa.org/record/2017-20428-001 …pic.twitter.com/Ypq27vihoJ
People are sometimes surprised that "extra-relational thoughts" should even count as a secret. Yet the perfectly chosen Jimmy Carter quote ("I've committed adultery in my heart many times.") captures just how burdensome this secret can be.
We keep it secret because it would come out as a humiliation to our partner. Still, we harbor these thoughts and can assume our partner does too. So it is a case of deliberate ignorance, we would rather not know, like the date of our death, or what others are gossiping about us.
Agreed. It's interesting that he said "in my heart" rather than "in my head."
True, that is why I love the quote. He had a feel for the tragedy of the male sex drive,. It makes us lust for other women while having a heartache noticing the impulse to cheat on the loved one.
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