crap reasoning from a dude
Journalist Susannah Breslin keeps a website that we've mentioned here before, called '
Letters From Johns', on which she posts letters from dudes who frequent prostitutes. The
most recent entry starts this way: "I've often heard women wonder why men with sexy wives or girlfriends would solicit prostitutes. The answer really is simple: Even Marilyn Monroe could get a little boring after a few years, and having sex with other women is fun. Just like skiing is fun, or eating chocolate cake, or playing a slot machine, or riding a roller coaster." It reminded me of an article I read on
GQ's website yesterday, called
Divorce: The Ultimate Aphrodisiac, where the author,
Adam Sachs, is describing the demise of his marriage. His wife cheated on him, which came as a shock, because Sachs always figured, "I always thought I'd be the one who'd fuck it up."
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