UNCOMMON SENSE
Ingrid walked over to her husband's desk and closed the lid on the computer he was working with.
"What are you doing? I was working. It was important."
"And your wife is not?"
"You could have called me."
"I did, you asshole and you ignored me, as usual."
"Okay what's so important?"
"I'm seeing someone."
Prescott turned his head around. "I don't see anyone. Are you saying you are hallucinating?"
"For an intelligent person, you sure are dumb. No, I'm not hallucinating. I am having sex with another man. Sex that is exciting, varied and long lasting for a change."
"Oh. Is that all?"
"Isn't that enough?"
"Do you intend to keep having sex with him?"
"I do unless you want to do something different."
"Like what?"
"Like have sex with me more often and put some emotion into it."
"You want sex more than one a week? We do it every Saturday night at 9:00 just before we go to sleep. Are you some sort of sex addict?"
"No. I'm normal. Normal people want sex more often and not according to a schedule."
"Oh. I suppose I could review my schedule to see if I could work in another time during the week."
"Aaaggghhh! Just forget it. I'll just get my sex quota from my lover." She starting to leave the room.
"Be sure to use a condom. Venereal diseases are increasing in frequency."
*****
AT THE LAB
"Roxanne, we've worked together well for several years. You're the closest think I have to a best friend. Do you mind if I ask you something personal?"
"I feel the same way. I would be glad to hear what you have to say, but shouldn't we wait until lunch break? I don't think we should use company time for personal discussions."
"You're right. Will you join me for lunch in the cafeteria?"
"Be delighted to."
They sat together at lunch away from any eavesdropping threat.
"Okay, Prescott, what did you want to ask me?"
"We've never really talked about our spouses. Do you mind if I tell you about mine?"
"No, that's up to you."
"My wife evidently is very attractive to other men. There seems to be one man who has been attracted to her and now she is attracted to him. They are having sex."
"How do you know that? Suspicions are one thing and proof is another."
"She told me they were."
"What's your question then?"
"What do I do about it?"
"Did she tell you why?"
"Sex. I don't have sex with her enough and, supposedly, I don't know how to do it very well. I guess I considered it a big deal. Since we didn't want children, it was just sex. It's been enjoyable. At least for me it has been."
"I know what you mean. My sex life has become less and less as the years have gone by. Don't misunderstand - I like sex. I guess it's just that there is no 'lust' anymore. I think it's the social media and entertainment businesses that hype sex up beyond what should be its real level of importance."
"So, what do you think I should do?"
"Do you want to stay married to her?"
"I guess. I thought everything was fine at home until now. You think I should divorce her?"
"If you're not that unhappy with how things have been going, let her make that call."
"I guess I could try having sex more often with her. What do I do about having better sex?"
"I can't give you advice about that. I don't know how well you perform intercourse."
"I just got an idea, but I'm afraid to say it. You could sue me for sexual harassment."