‘You could definitely have
an affair and get away with it,’ says one of my male friends recently. ‘Some
bloke could come over to fix the plumbing so to speak, you invite him in and bam.
Before you know it, your marriage vows lie broken at the bottom of your bed.’
This discussion occurred
during a weekend away with two other couples both with children the same age as
Miss Q.
It took place after the ‘do
you want another one’ convo and led nicely into the ‘decrease in sex’ talk.
This may seem an odd blog
to post after celebrating my anniversary yesterday but I have just returned
home from a walk with a single friend, to discover a man fixing my plumbing.
Seriously, he was fitting a
new pipe in the front lawn.
My first thought was that
he was relatively good looking and it was a shame my friend hadn’t walked back
to my place and accidentally met him.
And then, because I was
brought up to be polite and it is quite a warm day and he is digging a hole
wearing a flannie and long pants I asked him if he needed a glass of water.
Immediately he stopped his
work and looked me dead in the eye as if to assess where I was coming from.
I would have thought the
child at my feet, chattering away while she practiced her stair climbing was
evidence enough of my innocent intent, but perhaps not.
Perhaps he does indeed fix
women’s plumbing, one lonely housewife at a time.
And so, after he had declined my charitable offer (should I read into that do you think?) and Q had finished climbing the
stairs, I sat down to research if extramarital affairs are in fact common
practice.
It would appear so.
Someone is having an affair in nearly 80% of marriages this article reckons.
Eighty percent!
That’s a lot of plumbers!
And what on earth are all
these Stay At Home Mums doing with
their kids while they’re being plumbed by the plumber?
More investigation is
required…
Kidding folks, I’m kidding.
