A long time ago I had a conversation about what being faithful means with a south asian man in his 20s.

I think for many cultures it mean monogamy in a relationship. It doesn’t look into the past or the future.

What really impressed me in this conversation was this fellow believed that your sexual actions of today are being unfaithful to whom you will eventually marry and spend your life with, even though you may have never met them. You are predestined to one person and you must be faithful and wait for that person.

It was eye opening to see that extreme definition of faithful.

Has anyone else run into extreme cultural beliefs?

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