# Would you covet your neghbors' wife? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 12, 2000, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-covet-your-neghbors-wife/40832 "2000-11-12T00:11:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2000, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-covet-your-neghbors-wife/40832/1 "2000-11-12T00:11:33Z")
Notice, covet doesn’t mean you do her, it means to desire her. I did once, but she got too old. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2000, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-covet-your-neghbors-wife/40832/2 "2000-11-12T00:15:12Z")
Hmmm, I tend to have neighbors with that cornfed Iowa cheerleader look. I don’t know–it sounds like an idea. ---
**Author:** ![porcupine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ac91a4/32.png) [@porcupine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/porcupine)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2000, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-covet-your-neghbors-wife/40832/3 "2000-11-12T00:25:13Z")
Well, no. I might covet my neighbor’s husband though. As a matter of fact, he is pretty cute. The neighbors across the hall, that is. Not the downstairs neighbor who has been known to save dog shit. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2000, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-covet-your-neghbors-wife/40832/4 "2000-11-12T00:38:23Z")
Yeah, the neighbor two doors down is a pretty hot tamale. I’d do 'er. On the other hand, the husband looks like he twists iron bars barehanded into ornamental lawn furniture for a living. On the other hand, I might ba able to outrun him. ---
**Author:** ![Danalan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/76d3ee/32.png) [@Danalan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Danalan)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2000, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-covet-your-neghbors-wife/40832/5 "2000-11-12T00:45:15Z")
Been there, done that. As I always say, you can look at the menu, but you have to eat at home. ---
**Author:** ![Fletch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/919ad9/32.png) [@Fletch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fletch)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2000, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-covet-your-neghbors-wife/40832/6 "2000-11-12T01:38:54Z")
Absolutely not, nope, not now, never. ---
**Author:** ![Reboot42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Reboot42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reboot42)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2000, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-covet-your-neghbors-wife/40832/7 "2000-11-12T01:42:53Z")
Well, … yeah. Been there. Done that. Did a little bit more than ‘covet’ on a couple of occassions. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Philbuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e9a140/32.png) [@Philbuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philbuck)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2000, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-covet-your-neghbors-wife/40832/8 "2000-11-12T02:03:54Z")
Never anyone’s wife, but living in coed dorms, I have on occasion coveted my neighbor’s ass… ---
**Author:** ![Shadowfox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Shadowfox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shadowfox)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2000, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-covet-your-neghbors-wife/40832/9 "2000-11-12T04:11:45Z")
Before my husband was my husband, we were next door neighbors, so yeah, you could say I have coveted my neighbor (is that what the kids are calling it nowadays?). ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2000, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-covet-your-neghbors-wife/40832/10 "2000-11-12T04:13:14Z")
No, but I’ve been known to covet my neighbour’s ass. ---
**Author:** ![MikeG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mikeg/32/4329_2.png) [@MikeG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeG)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2000, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-covet-your-neghbors-wife/40832/11 "2000-11-12T04:51:49Z")
yes. been there, not done that. I was married, and I would **never** cheat or cause someone to cheat. But that doesn’t count for much these days… ---
**Author:** ![MysterEcks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f475e1/32.png) [@MysterEcks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MysterEcks)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2000, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-covet-your-neghbors-wife/40832/12 "2000-11-12T05:30:10Z")
Speaking generally, sure. I wouldn’t do anything about it, but I see no harm in a little covetting. ---
**Author:** ![fnord1966](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ad7895/32.png) [@fnord1966](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fnord1966)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2000, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-covet-your-neghbors-wife/40832/13 "2000-11-12T06:34:08Z")
Well since my neighbors wife looks like the late John Candy I would have to say absolutely not. No joke, the spittin’ image. ---
**Author:** ![oldscratch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ed655f/32.png) [@oldscratch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/oldscratch)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2000, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-covet-your-neghbors-wife/40832/14 "2000-11-12T06:52:12Z")
To quoth Rasa. “If she were hot? yeah” ---
**Author:** ![BoBettie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@BoBettie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BoBettie)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2000, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-covet-your-neghbors-wife/40832/15 "2000-11-12T13:50:46Z")
This sounds like an interesting story… > [@](#): > > Not the downstairs neighbor who has been known to save dog shit. Zette ---
**Author:** ![The\_Asbestos\_Mango](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/edb3f5/32.png) [@The\_Asbestos\_Mango](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Asbestos_Mango)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2000, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-covet-your-neghbors-wife/40832/16 "2000-11-12T18:22:26Z")
I’m going to start work Monday at a casino that’s two doors down from a casino where a really cute guy whom I have been known to covet and his wife both work. Both casinos are owned by the same company. Does that count? ---
**Author:** ![Broken\_Doll](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bbce88/32.png) [@Broken\_Doll](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broken_Doll)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2000, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-covet-your-neghbors-wife/40832/17 "2000-11-12T22:09:33Z")
I’ve coveted my friend’s-neighbours-married husband. He’s worth coveting, let me tell you… ---
**Author:** ![Siddhartha\_Vicious](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/919ad9/32.png) [@Siddhartha\_Vicious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siddhartha_Vicious)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2000, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-covet-your-neghbors-wife/40832/18 "2000-11-12T22:13:08Z")
Do I ever! She puts Priscilla to shame! ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Zero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c4cdca/32.png) [@Saint\_Zero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Zero)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2000, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-covet-your-neghbors-wife/40832/19 "2000-11-12T23:45:47Z")
Such covetness has been known to be fatal in some households. 😃 Besides, no one compares to my wife. ---
**Author:** ![MikeG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mikeg/32/4329_2.png) [@MikeG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeG)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2000, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-covet-your-neghbors-wife/40832/20 "2000-11-12T23:50:50Z")
covetousness Woohoo, my first spelling correction! [sub]boy I’m glad I previewed- I wrote in “pronunciation” in lieu of spelling, wouldn’t that have been embarassing?[/sub] [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-covet-your-neghbors-wife/40832.md?page=2)