Parking lot session causes tingling sensation

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Dear Miss Lonelyhearts: I was Christmas shopping and ran into an old boyfriend at a bookstore in St. Vital. He asked if I wanted to go for coffee nearby, so I said “Why not?” I couldn’t think of one thing except how gorgeous he looked. Coffee stretched into a bite to eat in the food court and ended up in the dark parking lot in his car necking like teenagers. We’re both married to other people and have children. Shame on us both!

As I carry on putting Christmas together, I feel guiltier and guiltier. What kind of family-oriented woman is daydreaming about necking in the car when she’s baking for the family Christmas?

My husband would be hurt and horrified if he found out, yet I’m not wishing that it hadn’t happened. I feel like a new woman in some ways. My whole body tingles at the memory. In fact, it is all I can do not to call this handsome man and initiate another “coffee.”

Although I will never do it again, I can still taste his kiss on my lips, and the last few nights I drove by his house. I stopped once and saw a couple in the living room. My stomach felt sick.

— Rotten Wife, St. Vital

Dear Rotten Wife: I presume he hasn’t called you since. If he were really into cheating with you or anybody, and was practised at it, there would have been some contact very soon after.

What should you do? Here’s some options: 1. You can confess all to your husband, ruin Christmas and perhaps the whole marriage and family. 2. You can write this off as a moment, carry the guilt with you and hope it fades, but you must keep your nose clean from now on for the guilt to abate and you must stop the drive-bys. That’s creepy behaviour. Haul yourself up by the snowy bootstraps, girlfriend! Surely, you can rise above stalking a man.

Now, here’s a constructive idea: pour some of that regenerated sexual excitement you feel in your body back into your sexual relationship with your husband. It’s takes two to tingle, and now your body is sparkling again, make use of that energy.

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