# Have you ever been the other person in an affair? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 22, 2010, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-been-the-other-person-in-an-affair/544164 "2010-06-22T20:59:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2010, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-been-the-other-person-in-an-affair/544164/121 "2010-06-28T19:30:02Z")
> [@MeanOldLady](#): > > I’m banging your spouse right now. You’re sick! My wife is dead! What are you, some kind of Magical Necro-Lesbian? ---
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2010, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-been-the-other-person-in-an-affair/544164/122 "2010-06-28T20:09:20Z")
For want of a “g” instead of a “c”… ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2010, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-been-the-other-person-in-an-affair/544164/123 "2010-06-28T20:09:55Z")
> [@Shot\_From\_Guns](#): > > _ **!!!** _ > > Time-traveling adultery is EVEN WORSE than regular kind! You monster! Don’t worry, **Shot**. I have consulted the oracles, and they assure me that the man you are destined to marry is since a whirling, repulsive, microphallic bastard that you are soundly relieved when he begins giving his affections to another. Though as I think on it, that probably just makes things worse. ---
**Author:** ![Shot\_From\_Guns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ccd318/32.png) [@Shot\_From\_Guns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shot_From_Guns)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2010, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-been-the-other-person-in-an-affair/544164/124 "2010-06-28T20:23:13Z")
Are you sure about those oracles? That doesn’t sound the least bit like anyone I’d tolerate past a second date, let alone marry. Wait, or did you mean _barnacles_? Because those don’t actually talk at all, let alone prognosticate. … You might want to get that checked out. ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2010, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-been-the-other-person-in-an-affair/544164/125 "2010-06-28T20:41:50Z")
> [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#): > > Don’t worry, **Shot**. I have consulted the oracles, and they assure me that the man you are destined to marry is since a whirling, repulsive, microphallic bastard that you are soundly relieved when he begins giving his affections to another. But I haven’t even asked her out yet! ---
**Author:** ![gravitycrash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/977dab/32.png) [@gravitycrash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gravitycrash)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2010, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-been-the-other-person-in-an-affair/544164/126 "2010-06-28T20:56:05Z")
Once with my best friend’s wife. It lasted for about three weeks. Stop looking at me like that. :o ---
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2010, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-been-the-other-person-in-an-affair/544164/127 "2010-06-28T22:02:25Z")
> [@gravitycrash](#): > > Once with my best friend’s wife. It lasted for about three weeks. > > Stop looking at me like that. :o ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Shot\_From\_Guns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ccd318/32.png) [@Shot\_From\_Guns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shot_From_Guns)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2010, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-been-the-other-person-in-an-affair/544164/128 "2010-06-29T14:00:12Z")
I can’t believe no one’s made any references to \*The Room \*yet. ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2010, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-been-the-other-person-in-an-affair/544164/129 "2010-06-29T14:36:32Z")
> [@Shot\_From\_Guns](#): > > Are you sure about those oracles? That doesn’t sound the least bit like anyone I’d tolerate past a second date, let alone marry. > > Wait, or did you mean _barnacles_? Because those don’t actually talk at all, let alone prognosticate. > > … You might want to get that checked out. Apparently you’re going to be really surprised. I would go into more detail but I don’t have more detail. I am not in charge of your destiny and had to sneak a look at the file while the receptionist was distracted. ---
**Author:** ![Shot\_From\_Guns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ccd318/32.png) [@Shot\_From\_Guns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shot_From_Guns)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2010, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-been-the-other-person-in-an-affair/544164/130 "2010-06-29T15:00:12Z")
> [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#): > > I am not in charge of your destiny and had to sneak a look at the file while the receptionist was distracted. Well _there’s_ your problem. $5 says you looked at the wrong one. My last name is an uncommon variation on a much more common surname. You must have just gotten confused. ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2010, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-been-the-other-person-in-an-affair/544164/131 "2010-06-29T19:30:56Z")
> [@gravitycrash](#): > > Once with my best friend’s wife. It lasted for about three weeks. > > Stop looking at me like that. :o That’s very brave of you to admit, but a blow-job isn’t going to change things! ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2010, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-been-the-other-person-in-an-affair/544164/132 "2010-06-29T19:36:15Z")
> [@Shot\_From\_Guns](#): > > Well _there’s_ your problem. $5 says you looked at the wrong one. My last name is an uncommon variation on a much more common surname. You must have just gotten confused. I just checked again, using the picture of you in the whatchamacallit as reference, and you’re right. Apparently you’re destined to inadvertently cause the apocalypse in May of 2012. ---
**Author:** ![Shot\_From\_Guns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ccd318/32.png) [@Shot\_From\_Guns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shot_From_Guns)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2010, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-been-the-other-person-in-an-affair/544164/133 "2010-06-29T19:53:10Z")
> [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#): > > Apparently you’re destined to inadvertently cause the apocalypse in May of 2012. Now \*that \*sounds much more like me. Only not necessarily the “inadvertently” part. But we can let that slide for now. ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2010, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-been-the-other-person-in-an-affair/544164/134 "2010-06-29T20:10:03Z")
> [@Shot\_From\_Guns](#): > > Now \*that \*sounds much more like me. Only not necessarily the “inadvertently” part. But we can let that slide for now. I think what’s supposed to happen is that you’ll THINK you’re trying to cause a civilization-ending catastrophe, but in fact end up causing a world-destroying one. But, again, I am not in charge of your file; it’s not up to me to make sure you go to Hell. Was me I’d let you off. ---
**Author:** ![NoLAFIN](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e9bcb4/32.png) [@NoLAFIN](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NoLAFIN)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2010, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-been-the-other-person-in-an-affair/544164/135 "2010-06-29T20:35:26Z")
I was the other woman. He proceeded to break up with his girlfriend and we’ve been together now for little over 10 years, married five and a half of that. Ce la guerre. ---
**Author:** ![Shot\_From\_Guns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ccd318/32.png) [@Shot\_From\_Guns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shot_From_Guns)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2010, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-been-the-other-person-in-an-affair/544164/136 "2010-06-29T20:48:17Z")
> [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#): > > But, again, I am not in charge of your file How are we even sure that you’re seeing the real files? What if they’re just front-office dummies? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-been-the-other-person-in-an-affair/544164.md?page=6)