Love Is Not Like Merchandise

This is a prevalent misconception in many people's minds--that love,like merchandise,can be"stolen". Numerous states,in fact,have enacted laws allowing damages for"alienation of affection."
But love is not a commodity;the real thing cannot be bought,sold,traded or stolen. It is an act of the will,a turning of the emotions, a change in the chimate of the personality.
When a husband or wife is "stolen"by another person,that husband or wife was already ripe for the stealing, was already prediposed toward a new partner.The "love bandit" was only taking what was waiting to be taken, what wanted…