moralcompass

I am not a fan of not faults divorce

The sooner we as a democratic society change the No Faults Divorce Law the better. There are no other contracts, we commit our signatures too, that are taken with such scant regard.
If I owned a vehicle, you would not be allowed to drive my vehicle (even if you had a key) without my permission. Even if you only did it once. Even if it didn’t stop you from loving your own car. You just did it for the thrill and to see what it was like to drive someone else’s car. It would still be considered theft, you would be breaking the law, if caught you would be made to suffer the consequences.
If I was in business and had a business partner with whom I had a written contract to conduct business with, I could not then start a similar business with a with a third party, cutting my partner out without suffering contractual and financial penalties. The law simply would not allow it.
I know marriage is more of a verbal contract than a written one, our signatures only register our joint union without stipulating terms and conditions. Perhaps there lies the root course to the problem. Perhaps a written contract mounted on the bedroom wall of every married couple might be a great reminder of what is required. Penalties could also be stipulated on the contract almost like a prenup. A penalty might be the wronged party receives 50% of the guilty parties’ joint assets in the divorce settlement if infidelity is proven. In other words, a 75% - 25% split.
I wonder how many would-be philanderers would think twice before breaking their marriage vows by having sex with someone other than their spouse?