Posted on 01/23/2006 7:05:27 AM PST by Millee
MARRIAGE is the death of hope," Woody Allen once said. But not for everyone. In New York, where eligible men are few and far between, single women who endure long stretches of unwilled celibacy may resort to cheating with someone else's husband because it seems like the only hope - consequences be damned.
In December, I slept with a married man - late 50s, attractive, smart and successful. He's been with his wife forever, a lifestyle to which he is completely wedded, one that I had no intention of jeopardizing. Any guilt I might have felt was further assuaged by the fact that the man already had a roguish reputation. Since it had been two months that I'd gone without any skin-to-skin contact and I was too impatient to go through another round of dating rigmarole - the dinners, the chitchat, the sizing each other up - I reached out to him.
It was mid-afternoon when we met for a late lunch at a forgettable sushi place near 42nd Street. Since we weren't on a traditional "date," there was no need to conceal our vulnerabilities in order to make a good first impression. I was relaxed, and enjoyed being open with and appreciated by a man without even having to try.
Afterward, he put his arm around me and steered me to West 45th Street to Hotel QT, a sense of furtiveness lending a sexy dangerousness to our imminent entwinement. Entering the room, we anxiously pulled off our clothes, tearing back the bedcovers.
Last spring, a Time-CNN poll determined that while 90 percent of Americans say adultery is wrong, some type of infidelity occurs within half of all marriages. The reasons why seem obvious enough: boredom, loneliness, anger and, in cases when bedroom activities have simply died out,
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I knew many single women at the law firms I worked at who had not-so-secret, secret affairs with married senior attorneys or partners. They probably did it for a number of reasons: career advancement being one, and the fact they didn't have other options being another.
I'm sure there are more. :-)
Reminds me of my old catchphrase: "I'd walk a mile for a vertical smile."
OMG!!!
ROTFLMAO!!
Ah, honey, believe me I got it from a toilet seat, yes that is the ticket.
K, now it's your turn and you made ME lol!
Kind of off subject. But still about cheating.
A local supermarket, has added to the hundreds of handicapped spaces, one reserved for "expectant mothers". I use it all the time.
If I'm ever confronted, with my middle-aged wrinkles and flat tummy, I plan to say.."I EXPECT my children to mind, or I EXPECT to have children any day..LOL!
Thats as far as I've gone with cheating.
It's about time!
LOL!!!!
And don't forget TWO paper bags for HER head..in case one falls off!
Well, I almost never speak in absolutes! Bad policy. :-)
Meeee eeeowwwwww....
Phht. Phht.
This article seems to be an opportunity for shameless bragging.
I think many married men are hot, particularly, MY married man. My husband, of course.
Here, I thought this chic had some interesting insights, instead she just wanted to gloat.
Oh my! ROFLOL!
Looks like that kitty could win!
LOL!
"See, Todd's 'Billy Crystal Theory'* is correct! Any not ugly woman can get some anytime she wants."
* The Billy Crystal Theory came from watching City Slickers too much and thinking too hard on Billy's character's comment "Women need a reason to have sex, men just need a place." See, any woman that isn't ugly can get some anytime she wants, because all she needs to do is find a man. A man on the other hand, needs to find that one woman that is looking for some before he can score. Thus, my famous Billy Crystal Theory.
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