Time to lead a double life…
I’ve never entertained the thought that a married couple might have had issues and one or both partners found a way to have and enjoy a double life, a second family if you will. Then, today, while sitting in the doctor’s off, patiently waiting while it took an hour and a half for them to see the 2 people before me, I found something to read. I thought I was just picking up any old magazine, little did I know, the enjoyment that would ensue.
There, right in front of me, in the August 2008 issues of Ladies Home Journal was an article written by Jeanne Marie Laskas entitled, "Sex, Lies and Double Lives". The first thought on my over-worked brain was, "who has time for this?" And, upon reading, I found that only men have time for this apparently. I’ll quote Jeanne for a few good ones just to lure you in and then you can go read for yourself.
He did what? I think, as I learn of double lives, of the destructive stuff men do to satisfy apparently acute sexual urges. He rang up an $80,000 tab on a call girl? He arranged for threesomes with his driver? He flashed secret foot signals under a bathroom stall?
He, he, he. Where, I am starting to wonder, are all the shes?
Women don’t do double lives? I try to imagine having a secret second family across town. This notion puts me in immediate need of a nap. Like I need more softball practices to drive to, more piano lessons to arrange? I try to imagine paying $80,000 for a sex slave and wonder what the heck kind of sex that would buy me, but all too quickly I’m back to the dollar amount, calculating not how to get me one of those boy toys but rather: That could buy me how many pairs of shoes?
That should be enough to lure you in because this is really awesome article.
November 9th, 2008 at 11:57 am
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