fne8w2ah@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoCheating on your spouse is no longer a crime in New Yorkgothamist.comexternal-linkmessage-square98fedilinkarrow-up1295arrow-down13
arrow-up1292arrow-down1external-linkCheating on your spouse is no longer a crime in New Yorkgothamist.comfne8w2ah@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square98fedilink
minus-squareCheradenine@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up48arrow-down1·1 month 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-up9arrow-down16·1 month 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.