When The Wife Becomes The Other Woman

A few weeks ago, Sydney journalist, Amanda Goff revealed that she quit her job as a beauty editor and taken up a career as a high-paying sex escort, charging up to $5000 a night.

Amanda Goff- From journalist to escort
Source: http://www.womansday.com.au/lifestyle/true-life-stories/2014/9/amanda-goff-reveals-why-she-went-public-about-her-life-as-a-high-class-escort/

As I scrolled down the article https://au.news.yahoo.com/sunday-night/features/a/24859902/australian-journalist-reveals-secret-life-as-escort/, reading about why she had decided to make such an unusual career change, it is the following statement which intrigued me.

"Now she believes she can help save marriages because of her experiences with the married man who pay more than three times the average weekly wage for a night of her company."

So can infidelity save marriages?

While that question is up for debate, it holds without a doubt that infidelity exists. The reasons for cheating are though multitude- ranging from personality issues, to lack of sexual attraction or an addiction to sex.

Some claim that human beings are simply not engineered to be monogamous. It sounds all very scientific and logical, but there are also several cases in the history of human existence which show couples have remained loyal through their lives without ever cheating- thus successfully counteracting that argument.

The term "cheaters" in itself carry a negative connotation. Regardless of where it happens, in exams, jobs, relationships, games- both the doer and the deed are bound to be socially chastised.

Why then is cheating given salvation in marriages? Perhaps because people are desperate for some justice in their acceptance of infidelity in their relationships?

However is the case, there is always someone who will be hurt when someone cheats. And for that reason alone, infidelity may not be all worth it.

Being a staunch loyalist, I fail to realize how cheating saves a marriage. But it isn't just my strong sense of faithfulness to my husband that keeps me on the straight and narrow. I know I would totally fail as a cheat. I'm too bleeping lazy! I'd be tripping over all the evidences and the lies. In addition, I'm comfortable. And the idea of getting back to all that work of trying to impress a new partner, absolutely dreads me. You know you've got a keeper of a man if you can fart comfortably without being judged. Neither do I have the energy for all the 'emo' drama that follows cheating... yep, I didn't lie when I said I was lazy. In light of all the labor involved, I'd rather quit the relationship than cheat.

Of course to each his own. So if you are intending to cheat, I do advice that you invest in a serious course on spying and private investigation. After all, it is a whole lotta work. And because cheating is only good until... well, you're caught.

My new romance, 'Affairs & Atonements' centers around the theme of infidelity. The question though is where does Ashton Pryor's infidelity lie? With his girlfriend or his wife?

Affairs & Atonements is now available at all Amazon stores