I was driving to work and heard the most repugnant phrase ever today.
93.3 interviewed Michelle McGee (who? Jesse James' (who? Sandra Bullock's husband) mistress). Someone called in, saying that as a mistress herself, she is indignant that Michelle broke the "mistress code." That's right. Honor among thieves.
At first I thought it was morally repugnant. On second thought, I don't want to qualify "repugnant." It's not just morally offensive, but any other way possible, including culinary. (j/k. I know "culinary" doesn't make sense in the sentence.)
I feel so strongly about this because during an affair, (let's assume that it's the male cheating in the relationship here since that's the majority of cases) at least one person at any one time is knowingly hurting one person. At any time when his partner learns of the existence and true state of the relationship and yet still chooses (yes, not ending it is a choice and action) to continue the affair, then two people conspire through either cowardice or selfishness to cause another hurt. Hence, affairs, morally speaking, are never a good thing (whereas having sexual intercourse with a dead chicken can be argued as a morally ambiguous).
So to say that there is a code while engaging in this type of behavior is to set in rulebook somewhere that the continuation of the harm of another person is ok. Honor amongst thieves. Perhaps even worse so since we can't put a monetary value on emotional betrayal and angst.
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