# The third wheel **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 13, 2005, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-third-wheel/299071 "2005-04-13T02:57:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![huk24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/f0a364/32.png) [@huk24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/huk24)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2005, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-third-wheel/299071/1 "2005-04-13T02:57:49Z")
I’m toying with perspective here. I know a lot of people who have been cheated on etc. including my mom. And I know a lot of people who have cheated on their SO. But what about the other person, the mistress or…whatever the noun is for a male… Has anyone here been that mistress before? did you regret it? when I hear of an affair, I usually only hear about it from the male and female. It almost never includes an explanation from the mistress. There’s this new series on…Bravo I think…“The Diary of an Affair”. The statistics show that 60% of all males cheat and 40% of all females. I’m still trying to understand it… It’s become so common nowadays…unless it’s always been there and more people are admitting it openly… ---
**Author:** ![huk24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/f0a364/32.png) [@huk24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/huk24)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2005, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-third-wheel/299071/2 "2005-04-14T12:25:45Z")
Hello. ---
**Author:** ![One\_And\_Only\_Wanderers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/838e76/32.png) [@One\_And\_Only\_Wanderers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/One_And_Only_Wanderers)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2005, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-third-wheel/299071/3 "2005-04-14T12:53:35Z")
This [Ask the former mistress](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=271782&highlight=Mistress) thread may be of interest to you.