Letters to the Editor
Amerigo
Published Letters: 955 Editor's Choice: 60
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@ Anonymous 2:20 p.m.
[Read the article: My husband is groping my sister]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]So then I'll still kick the sad sack's ass to the curb because I know that MY needs involve being with someone who is grown up enough to know that if they want something from me and I don't know about it they have to ask.
You are perfectly right, but then you are a highly intelligent individual with Karma Sutra level erotic skills and probably looks that would put Angelina Jolie to shame, and you would never need to write to Cary.
Most people are just ordinary entry-level, overweight human beings with bad at-home haircuts who muddle through life screwing up left, right, and center, and occasionally doing something meritorious.
Most people marry other people who are somewhat at their own level of operations, and therefore both partners are less than perfect.
Millions of American wives kick their husbands to the kerb, and then go right out and get another husband out of the gutter who is no better than the previous model, but perhaps a little older a wiser. Not much good comes of this marital merry-go-round. Maybe the LW is just going to have to wait for her husband to grow up a bit.
By the way, if there are any men reading this (unlikely I know), let it be on the record that I do not endorse marital infidelity and have never done it unless you count when my wife and I were separated, though still technically married, and she living with another man.
I think if a man wants to start a new sexual relationship, he should end the old one first. This is partly why I think that the LW's husband can probably be brought to heel with a few sharp jerks on his choke chain. Groping the wife's sister is not straying very far from home, after all, gross though it may be. Hardly the act of a hardened cheater.
Just as a personal note, my lovely girlfriend is one of a pair of identical twins. Her twin is the LAST person on earth I would want to cheat with, and not only because I would probably end up dead.
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@Anne in NYC
[Read the article: My husband is groping my sister]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]He’s an animal!
My dear, we are all animals. That is the basis of our behavior and what causes so many problems. We all have primitive emotions seething around just under the surface, but it is just that some of us are able to hide it a bit better than others. However, when we drink alcohol we tend to let it all hang out, and sometimes it ain't pretty.
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@AKA
[Read the article: My husband is groping my sister]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Metaphorical choke chain, I should have said. It was another writer who said the LW's husband is an animal, not me.
Choke chain training for dogs was a favorite method of animal training guru Barbara Woodhouse whose mantra was "there are no bad dogs, only inexperienced owners." (Actually in Britain it was 'no bad dogs, only bad owners', but this was translated for the benefit of delicate US sensibilities.)
She believed if you have a badly behaved dog, you should take control and provide clear pack leadership, thus building the dog's confidence in its role as a peon.
This is probably what the LW needs to do, only with her husband. He obviously needs stricter guidelines on mating behavior.
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Anonymous 6:37
[Read the article: My husband is groping my sister]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I have a primitive urge to crap in Amerigo's backyard. I can't understand why -- it's just a deep-down primitive urge. I am sure he would be tolerant of this since he understands hidden animal impulses.,
You illustrate my point perfectly. You don't understand your urges, but I can explain.
In spite of superficial social conditioning, you want to mark my backyard as your territory. This is pretty much the same thing as a male dog lifting his leg against a tree.
I understand very well, but don't necessarily approve, though if you carry your own pooper scooper I will be more tolerant than if you just dump and run.
I also understand and respect your desire for anonymity.
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Nothing surprises me...
[Read the article: Bronzer gods]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]... about American men. Like how they have to wear huge surfer shorts to go in a pool in case their wee-wees are outlined by swimming trunks.
In this case I decided to conduct my own survey. I asked my plumber whether he might want to wear some makeup, but he felt that it could rub off when he is crawling under sinks, which would make additional clean up.
I then talked to my electrician and his assistant, but they felt that eye makeup might affect their visual acuity and be a health and safety risk.
However, when I spoke to my local football players I struck paydirt. They, as you may have noticed if you ever watch a football or baseball game, wear splodges of dark makeup under their eyes. I always assumed that this had something to do with making them look fearsome au Mike Tyson, but no! Apparently the "real" explanation is that this reduces glare and makes it easier for them to see the ball.
At least that is what they said. But see the article below, and if it really does make a difference to vision, why don't tennis and soccer players wear it?
So come on guys, there is no need to be coy. You wear it because you like how it makes you look fierce and manly when you bend over in your tight pants (no surfer pants or modesty skirts for the NFL) and flip that oval between your spread legs. Oooh, yes.
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/03/sports/03eyeblack.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
So how long will it be before we see Peyton Manning or Alex Rogriguez as model/spokespersons for Max Factor or Sally Beauty Supply. Not long, I think.