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Topic: The Affair
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| sue ellen mischke | Posted – 6/27/2008 4:13:00 PM | show profile How obvious is it when people in the office or your friends' husbands are having affairs? Everyone seems to be able to see the signs and know these things and I never see it! Naive, I guess. |
| KC4 | Posted – 6/27/2008 4:58:40 PM | show profile Beats me. Luckily I don't know too many people having affairs. I once "secretly dated" a guy from my office - technically he was a boss but not my boss boss. We thought we were being smooth and sly until he quit, and everyone was like, oh yeah we all knew. |
| astrahook | Posted – 6/27/2008 7:32:03 PM | show profile its very obvious when friends wives are having affairs. they glow and its not from the sex they are having with their husbands |
| Mag Girl | Posted – 6/27/2008 8:10:42 PM | show profile In the office- it's really noticeable if two coworkers are having an affair. Or even when it's not someone in the office. With friends' husbands/wives...I have a bit harder time, but I can usually see signs that at least something is going on, if not an affair. |
| Bleak Spouse | Posted – 6/27/2008 10:56:44 PM | show profile i guess it's boring to say but i think it's awful that anyone would have an affair. what's worse than betraying the person they've exchanged wedding vows with? so i hope you don't detect the signs of anyone having an affair. |
| rochelle, rochelle | Posted – 6/28/2008 2:08:37 AM | show profile Don't want to make anyone unduly paranoid, but since I got a dog I've noticed that people interested in extracurricular exploits use their dog-walking time to, let's say, multitask. It's particularly uncomfortable when one day you run into the bona fide couple, then a day or so later you see him (or her) acting in a very friendly way toward someone else. I actually know someone who stopped going to a certain park because she kept runnning into her landlord with women who weren't her landlady. |
| voracious reader | Posted – 6/28/2008 10:46:49 AM | show profile "Boring," Bleak? No, instead I'd say, "Wise." Must be from reading all those books by Russian authors! Sue Ellen, I never see it either but know like invisible germs it's out there! I'm as shocked when it happens, as I am when an epidemic hits! |
| wineaux | Posted – 6/28/2008 11:34:24 AM | show profile Dog walking philanderers! That is good enough to use as a sitcom situation. Too bad I'm not that kind of writer. I'm not all that good at figuring out who I know personally and professionally is capable of cheating. I can be so naive. I was shocked to learn a former friend of mine put the moves on one of the husband's single friends at a dinner party. I didn't think she would ever do something like that, although her marriage was always a little on the shaky side. |
| WordyBird | Posted – 6/28/2008 1:04:02 PM | show profile Well, there was the time when I shared an office with two people who were having an affair. She was married, he was engaged. They used to toss notes to each other over my head, until one day, I reached up and snatched one out of mid-air. That pretty much stopped the blatancy. Most signs are most obvious on travel. Watch who goes drinking together, and who leaves when and with whom. Closed doors are another clue, as are "meetings" between people whose work is completely unrelated. (Why is the person from editorial constantly meeting with the IT veep's administrative assistant?) Who works late together? Who IMs each other all day. It's easy to see. And there's at least one affair going on in every office. Count on it. |
| rochelle, rochelle | Posted – 6/28/2008 4:55:53 PM | show profile Wordy, I love the image of someone grabbing a message in midair! How long did this go on before you intervened? |
| astrahook | Posted – 6/28/2008 7:49:19 PM | show profile there are 2 people on this post with seinfeld inspired names. maybe crazy joe davola was actually having an affair with susan? |
| crabgrass | Posted – 6/29/2008 3:26:44 PM | show profile Or maybe J. Peterman was secretly sleeping with Elaine. |
| sue ellen mischke | Posted – 6/29/2008 5:13:10 PM | show profile Peterman: "Elaine, make love to me like a steamy Burma dawn as we frolic in our newest 900 thread-count '1,000 Nights Bed Sheets' with custom beige embroidery." Elaine: "Really?" Peterman: "Of course, Elaine. We have 30 minutes until the hostiles will take me back to my cave." Elaine: "Only if you will sign this expense report." Peterman: "...But I must see this $800 hat you bought, Ms. Benice" |
| crabgrass | Posted – 6/30/2008 6:51:21 AM | show profile Hah! Thats great Sue Ellen! Now if only I could get "assman" vanity plates for my car just like Kramer. |
| WordyBird | Posted – 6/30/2008 9:34:58 AM | show profile Rochelle, they'd been seeing each other for a while, but the obnoxious note-tossing only went on for a few days. I wanted to say, "Would you care to share this with the class?" |
