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 agree. I think most men would be far more satisfied with a cheerfully horny slut who'd been around the block a few times, than a frigid, unhappy, prissy virgin with zero sex drive.
I am sorry to be so blunt, ladies, but fulfilling your man's selfish urge for frequent and varied sexual gratification is about two-thirds of what is necessary and sufficient for a happy marriage.
-ccm
I'm glad you quit the law too. The fewer lawyers, the better. Welcome back to the human race.
-ccm
Best Freudian slip of the week. You did mean to say 'stable', did you not?
-ccm
I agree they are both guilty, but she writes a column and publishes it for the world to read. She's quite proud of it. The married man I bet tells no one.
I don't know, but I'm grateful that my wife thinks I am...
THat is just so ADORABLE!!!
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