Goth_chic wrote:Americans just love to sue. what a joke. Alienation of affection LOL....if someone is cheating they aren't happy or satisfied in the marriage. Ridiculous!
It, the cheating, is not necessarily committed because of lack of satisfaction.....too complex an issue to boil down and generalize....sometimes it's a compulsion, a reaction to aging, a desire to be desired (like testing the waters) or a yearning to be "young" again or just wanting a new flavour. Any way one slices it, someone gets hurt and as much as the one who cheats is ultimately to blame some blame should and can be placed upon the person, the party the cheater is having an affair with especially if that person knew they were sleeping with a married person.
That being said there are some relationships that just die and some folks have a hard time admitting that is the case but in the case of those marriages where the offended party was led to believe that all is well and then KABOOM, the lead weight gets dropped on their head, their life turned upside down, finances messed with etc....? Too painful, hurtful and to me an incredibly selfish thing to do to someone who stood by their spouse through the good and bad times.....and was hoping to grow old with the person they loved.
I doublt the Mrs. W needs to sue anybody but it is an interesting law.
Alienation of Affection is still on the books in Canada as far as I am aware and is a valid grounds for a lawsuit.