Sleeping with the enemy
August 25, 2007Dear Bartender: I met a guy who was pretty cute and seemed nice. He gave me his e-mail. The problem is, he voted for George W. Bush TWICE. Once I might forgive, but twice? Should I contact him? I’m a socialist.
–Revolutionary
Dear Revolutionary: How cute is he? Never mind. Any successful LTR requires a certain amount of incompatibility. And even it doesn’t work out beyond the current administration, politics should never stand in the way of a good romp. As Woody Allen says in “Annie Hall,” about dating Eisenhower’s niece: “I was trying to do to her what he was doing to the country.”
What comes around goes around.
If Doonesbury is any example, these sort of relationships can be quite successful. I say go for it. Nothing promotes “bed death” faster than dating your ideological twin.
Spot on, Mitch and MommaSteph. I enjoy dating Nazis, terrorist dictators, and Michael Vick. We’re not compatible, but it makes for good lays.
When you start feeling responsible for your spouse’s behavior your relationship instantly starts going downhill.
Even so, I gotta ask, Vanna: Nazis? Really?
Ummmm…Mitch? The rumor mill has it that you were spotted with a Nazi type in Berlin a few months back (uniform and all). Be careful of throwing feigned-outrage stones….
It doesn’t count if you’re on vacation.
So true, Mitch. I only nail fascists when I’m traveling abroad on vacation…
A broad on vacation. Well put, Vanna.
I’ve been in this situation. I was sleeping with someone and when I was going thru his books, I noticed that he had a manual for the consealed carry permit. I told a friend about it. Her response was classic:
Maybe he just wanted to hunt in the city.
Anyway, he said that he was applying for a permit. I never saw him again. It creeped me out too much.