Dear Prudence: The Monotony of Monogamy

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Dear Prudence The Monotony of Monogamy I married my first sexual partner, and now I'm itching to cheat. By Emily Yoffe Posted Thursday, Nov 03, 2011, at 11:14 AM ET Get Dear Prudence delivered to your inbox each week; click here to sign up. Please send your questions for publication to prudence@slate.com. (Questions may be edited.) Got a burning question for Prudie? She'll be online at Washingtonpost.com to chat with readers each Monday at 1 p.m. Submit your questions and comments here before or during the live discussion. Dear Prudence, My wife and I have been together since high school, 17 years ago, and married for nine years. We are each other's only sexual partner. We both went through our own "seven-year itch," but nothing came of it, we were never unfaithful, and we stayed committed to each other. Now I find myself often wondering what it's like to be with another woman. I have constant sexual fantasies about other women—it feels like my sexual hormones are at full throttle. I sometimes convince myself that it would be OK to have an affair. Then I realize my wife and I have something very special, and I put my sexual thoughts aside until they come up again. I haven't taken any action, but I just don't know what to do. —Longing Dear Longing, Your letter makes me wonder if Romeo and Juliet had been able to run off and get married whether he (or she) would be writing a similar letter 17 years later. You two do have something very special. And if everyone were like both of you, there would ... To continue reading, click here. Join the Fray: our reader discussion forum What did you think of this article? POST A MESSAGE | READ MESSAGES Also In Slate The Three Reasons Republicans Are Fervently Defending Herman Cain Bank of America Learns It Must Be More Subtle About Screwing Its Customers Ruth Madoff's Nationwide Sympathy Tour: Does Anyone Feel Bad for Her?	Advertisement
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