I don't know why this makes me so angry, so obviously the only thing to do is explore it publicly.

"Stage kissing"...is not real. Unless it's backed by some other romantic relationship. I can be done with great respect and professionalism. Alternately, it can be done with immaturity and disrespect. If one is married to a professional actor, it seems like it's a subject that should be broached early on, right?
I continue to marvel, probably ten years on, into the land of online people I see cheering male actors who have made a public spectacle out of not kissing anyone (on camera) who isn't actually married to them. I do not mean to offend these people if you are one of them. But as someone who has probably kissed...hmmm, maybe 15-20 men on stage at some point in my life and had unchaste romantic sexual relationships with zero of them, I don't get it. Forgive me if I'm wrong, but when I see some man going on about how he will not kiss anyone who is not his wife, I don't see a hero. I see an actor who either 1. Has to create some sort of persona to gain attention, or 2. Someone who isn't really an actor, or 3. Someone with a very insecure/controlling wife.
Granted, I stepped back my theatre and film ventures when I got married, so I haven't had the experience of being married while playing a romantic lead. But I DID have the experience of being in dating relationships while in said shows, and also kissing men onstage who were married to women who also were not me. I can think of only one episode of jealousy, and it was because the lad couldn't handle it like he thought he could. But did I "cheat" with or on anyone? No.
Relationships are the most important thing. So if you can't be loyal to your spouse, don't be an actor. And if you can't handle acting stuff, don't marry an actor. There, I said it.
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