Posted on 01/20/2008 4:48:41 PM PST by Aristotelian
In the digital age, having an affair has never been easier. Author Angela Levin spent five months interviewing middle-class professionals for an extensive study that charts the rise of the no-strings-attached* relationship. In the first of a three-part investigation, she reveals why the UK is in the grip of an infidelity epidemic.
'Been left parked in the garage of marriage too long, battery getting flat and needs somebody to give it a spark of life, full tank and ready to go.
"Present owner does not like going for a ride any more but am not up for sale. Seeking discreet lady mechanic, preferably married, to enjoy some NSA run-outs together."
This advert was posted by John, a 44-year-old married IT manager on a popular dating website favoured by men like him who want no-strings-attached (NSA) relationships.
"I try to make my adverts witty because I don't want sex with someone who doesn't have a sense of humour," the father-of-two explained. "At the same time, I want whoever she is to know from the start that if she is after a relationship, she can forget it.
"I have no intention of leaving my wife. I realise it sounds funny to say I care about her, but I do. I am just a bit bored."
(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...
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I think young folks call it ‘hooking up’, since emotional connections, much less romance, are so ‘uncool’.
Lazy jerk.
Hey, fat-head! It's not your poor wife: It's you! Only boring people get bored.
Well said.
We also live in a me-generation, and fewer of us are prepared to compromise on the kind of life we want.
Exactly.....
Your wife isn’t interested in sex? Ever thought it was YOU that turned her off?
This is nothing new. Check your local “alternative” newspaper. The personal ads are rife with this sort of thing.
Internet just makes “it” more easily obtained.
“Only boring people get bored.”
Been telling my kids that since they were old enough to get bored!
Cheers
Mel
I think that's why so many women who "do" promiscuity or infidelity also deliberately go blotto with alcohol. Because when they're in their right minds, they can't stand what they're doing.
Can’t wait for the public orgies, vomitoriums and feeding Christians to the lions to come back. Tic, tic, tic, tic...
I think they want more out of life
but eventually they only get less.
satisfaction once so
easy to grasp
is found out of reach
“”I like the fact that I don’t get involved in talking about mundane stuff like problems with the washing machine or little Billy’s latest upset at school. I get those passion-killers at home. Instead, I wipe out everything that is going on in my life for a couple of hours.””
I think Billy would really, really like to read this.
If life’s experiences are preperations for events upcoming in our lives....then what does this prepare people for...?
“Anyone who seeks a casual fling needs to have a cast-iron emotional constitution.
Re-assurance or tenderness isn’t part of the deal. It’s a take it or leave it situation, although it’s not always expressed in such basic terms. He, and particularly she, also needs to understand the difference between lust and love and try to protect their heart as well as their health - and that of their spouse. The health risks of HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases are well-known, but the risk of psychological damage, particularly for the vulnerable and needy, can be underestimated.”
I read your comment, is it that way with the alcohol and anesthetising themselves?
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