Posted on 02/15/2005 5:57:30 PM PST by paltz
---snip--- PETE C., a carpenter who works in Westchester County, doesn't need to watch "Desperate Housewives." He lives it. Tall, handsome and broad-shouldered, Pete is a constant target for real-life desperate housewives who are financially well-kept yet sexually neglected by workaholic husbands. ---snip---
"If I wanted to pursue it I'd probably [have sex] once a week," he tells The Post.
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"Scarsdale and these towns are rampant with it. You've got these bored housewives who aren't happy with their marriages, who are there to produce children and look good at the country club on the weekends.
"You'll be working at the far end of the house and they'll come in wearing spandex and a belly shirt and say, 'If you need me I'll be in the shower.' ---snip---
"Or she'll say, 'Thank God the kids are in school until three.' Why is she telling you that? It means you've got the green light. If you want to pursue it, you say, 'Let me know if you need help drying off,' and you're off to the races." For Robert, a well-built married man who does high-end repair work in Westchester and Connecticut, it's the skimpy outfits that give the wives away. "They'll come out in a nightgown, or a loose-hanging robe with nothing on underneath," he said, speaking to The Post on his cellphone between jobs. "Sometimes it's unbelievable. I've had women come at me in things you'd die to have your girlfriend come to bed with.
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"And," he adds, "a lot of these women are gorgeous. In every one of these instances I absolutely would have been interested."
One woman with a broken leg asked Robert to take a look at her cast, and when he did, he said, "She opened up everything to me."
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Then I had a lady...sun-bathing in the nude...and she kept flashing me, while slowing walking back into the house.
Both instances were actually comical.....as I was/am very happily married..and had no interest in them.
FWIW-
LOL You're right. There's something very attractive about a man who is willing to spend a good portion of his life trapped in a metal tube underwater with other men for extended periods of time. I think you have to be a little off balance to be able to do it and for some women (like me) a little weirdness is very appealing. ;-)
My elder boy should be graduating from Nuke school in March then on to NY state and then he will be in one of those tubes. He is very handsome (takes after his gorgeous mom) and personable. Not too wierd (that side would come from me.)
Oh, that's great. Seriously, it can be a hard life. A lot of long hours and frequent underways. And he has to be able to adapt to situations that can change on a moment's notice. He may already know this, but there are a lot of women out there that like to marry submariners because of the benefits and the fact that they are gone so frequently. I've seen a lot of young guys lose everything because of women like that. He should watch out for those types.
I don't think he will have any problems in that regard. He met a young lady soon after going down to Charleston who sounded perfectly charming but she got a little too serious too quick so he cut it off. Maybe he will follow my example and not get married until fairly late, 31.
Whoever goes after him will not likely want to risk it by messing around with not so worthy men. He has only had two girl friends and both were very nice and charming. In fact he will be home in a week or so to attend the wedding of his longest GF and one of his friends who introduced them. Lol.
Arlen has always been the most charming of boys and makes friends very quickly and easily. My house was like a big rumpus room for them especially after my wife passed away.
But I always knew where they were.
He sounds like he has a good head on his shoulders. You and your wife have obviously done a great job raising him. And if he ends up in Norfolk, let me know. My husband will be stationed here for the forseeable future.
I'm so sorry about your wife. How long has she been gone?
I wonder if desparate housewives in trailerparks fantasize about Larry the Cable Guy.
Will do I'm rooting for Hawaii though then I might retire and join him. :^)
My wonderful wife passed 7 1/2 yrs ago at the age of 43. Much of the brightness in my life passed with her. But such is the will of God. She left me two intelligent, handsome boys though, wonderful memories and her marvelous family.
We've never been to Hawaii. We don't really want to go there since both of us grew up in the Norfolk area and our famailies are here.
As I said before, I'm very sorry about your wife. And she was so young. That must have been awful for you. I don't know if I could handle something like that.
famailies = families
After watching her fight for three years and be reduced from one with a Showgirl figure and a bubbly personality which made her fun to be with to one who looked like a concentration camp victim unable to even be understood by any but me, I was praying for God to take her home. No matter about my feelings I couldn't stand to see the torture when there was nothing I could do to remove the pain. I felt the worst because of our then 13 yr old not having his mom during his teenage years. But I thank God that he gave her to me for the 20 years we were married.
One just does what one must to get through the day after something like that. But her mom stayed with us for months even after her death. Anyone who raps mothers-in-law will hear from me.
Have you considered getting married again?
I haven't ruled it out but am not in search mode particularly.
It is ironic that Arlene died before me since she was eight yrs younger and had not lived as wild and destructive life as I prior to meeting her. I figured I would be gone before her since she was generally healthy as a horse, excercised and did all those things which are correlated with long life.
I really believe that it's when you aren't in "search mode" that you are more likely to meet someone. I don't know why that is, but it seems to be true. I wasn't looking for anyone after my divorce. But I met my husband and he changed my mind. Maybe it's because people that are actively looking have an air of desperation about them.
Life, unfortunately, is unpredictable. Some people can drink and smoke and live to be 100, while others can do all of the right things and die young. It doesn't seem fair, does it?
I'm sure that you're happy that you had those 20 years. Some people search all of their lives for that kind of happiness and never find it. You were lucky enough to have it, even if it was for too short a time.
Yes you are right. I was lucky and just shake my head when I hear people talk about the miserys of marriage and how predatory/deceptive women are etc. But I look into those bright blue eyes of my boys and see their mom's.
Arlene was a teacher in the inner city here and it puzzles me sometimes to think of why God would allow the negative impact her passing had on her students most of whom had limited success but for her classes. She was an art teacher and drew remarkable work from those who were used to believing that they could not do anything right. They loved her and she them. She also taught me the meaning of courage and determination.
Have you ever thought about writing a book about her? Even if you couldn't get it published, it would be great for your sons to have as well as your grandchildren. She sounds like a wonderful woman.
One of my favorite quotes from a guy named Frank Pittman: "The happiness of a man as he grows older depends on his ability to develop a taste for grey hair, wrinkles, and cellulite".
The cellulite bit is pretty tough, but grey hair and wrinkles turn me on.
And if I want to be seen with a leggy 25 year old, I'll take my oldest daughter out to lunch.
She was the type who turned heads on the street and lit up a room when she came into it. Everybody loved her and wondered what she was doing with an old grump like me. I did make up a book of photographs for her wake. What a photo hog she was and of the hundreds of shots I took of her none were really bad.
LOL Is it cellulite or a little extra weight that's the problem? And for the sake of clarification, I don't mean morbidly obese. There are women out there that may not be svelte, but that doesn't necessarily mean that they have cellulite. Regarding the gray hair and wrinkles, I hope that my husband feels the same when I get to that point.
And if I want to be seen with a leggy 25 year old, I'll take my oldest daughter out to lunch.
Has anyone ever assumed that she was your girlfriend?
I feel a little sorry for the next woman in your life. Your wife sounds like she's going to be a tough act to follow.
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