SAH/WOH--extramarital affairs
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SAH/WOH--extramarital affairs
| Tue, 02-15-2005 - 12:54pm |
I was just at the gym this morning and overheard a conversation between two women on treadmills who were discussing/debating as to whether married sahms were any more or less likely to have affairs than married wohms.
I thought it would be interesting to hear your thoughts on this.

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I see things the same way you do, and I've been in this relationship for 14 years. So I don't think it's necessarily related to the newness of a relationship.
99% of the time I've "given in," I've ended up having a pretty darned nice time, anyway, so I've never, ever considered sex a chore, unless you count our two bouts of infertility -- infertility is a huge buzzkill sexually, IMO. In fact, those experiences might be part of why we are so insistent on keeping things as un-chorelike as possible nowadays.
Maybe it's also because DH and I have a similar sex drive? I don't know. But you're not the only one out there who's careful to treat sex, well, carefully.
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That's probably true for me as well.
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Have you ever watched Dave Chappelle? He has a skit that's a commercial for a timer to tell people when they need to "get it over with already." A guy pulls it out on a date when his girlfriend is telling him a long, boring story. Then she pulls it out when they're in bed together. We thought that might come in handy for me on occasion ;)
>>Either way cheating is wrong but it would be really stupid if you were not working to bite the hand that feeds you.<<
Interesting view of a SAHM. But it seems to me that while I may not bring in actual cash, my services are worth quite a bit to my dh, as well. Try hiring someone to do your FT childcare, laundry service, shopping service, personal entertainment scheduling, house cleaning, and personal financial planning. That may give some insight into which hand is feeding whom. Besides, I am not incapable of work, I am just not currently employed in a FT job. Not to say I'm having an affair, just saying, I think both WOHMs and SAHMs have an equal amount to lose. It has nothing to do with work status, as to who would lose more.
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