I’m a longtime reader who
thought I’d never have a reason to write since I’m universally known as
the “good girl.” I have a close male friend. Even though I knew he was
dating someone else, we became friends-with-benefits several years ago.
Because of his relationship (and the fact that he lives with her!),
sometimes it felt like a booty call; other times, it felt like it was
leading to something more. He once admitted that if things were
different, he could see us together. But a while ago I discovered that
while he was unfaithful to her, he had also been unfaithful to me.
On to the point: He recently proposed to his
girlfriend. I’m happy for him if it’s what he truly wants, but I feel
like he did it out of desperation. All I know is that there were some
ultimatums involved. Here is my dilemma: I don’t want to out myself, I
...truly wants, but I feel
like he did it out of desperation. All I know is that there were some
ultimatums involved. Here is my dilemma: I don’t want to out myself, I
don’t want to hurt him, and I don’t want to ruin our friendship, Dan,
but I feel like she has to know what her fiancé is really like
before they get married. Should I anonymously contact her and let her
know that her man is a cheating man-whore? Thanks!
One Of Many Other Women
Gee… it must have come as a real shock
when you realized that a man who was capable of cheating on his live-in
girlfriend was also capable of cheating on the girl with whom he was
cheating on his live-in girlfriend. No one could’ve predicted, huh?
On to your question: I hate to think of some
poor woman marrying a cheating piece of shit (CPOS)—a CPOS is not
to be confused with an honest nonmonogamous dude (HND)—in
ignorance of his cheating-piece-of-shit-ness. It’s possible that the
CPOS’s fiancée already knows and has forgiven him; perhaps one
of those ultimatums touched on cheating. But odds are better that this
woman doesn’t know, and someone really ought to clue her in before the
wedding. But should that person be you?
I’m not comfortable with your motives,
OOMOW. You may be known throughout the universe as a “good
girl”—as the good girl—but your actions prove that
you’re something of a “bad girl.” And there’s more: Your desire to
destroy your FWB’s relationship proves that you’re something of a
“vindictive girl,” your attempt to pass your vindictiveness off as
concern for a woman you’ve repeatedly wronged proves that you’re a
“self-deluding girl,” and your desire to accomplish all of this without
paying any price yourself—you don’t want to out yourself or risk
ruining your “friendship” with the CPOS—proves that you’re a
“selfish girl” and a “cowardly girl.”
Come on, OOMOW: The reason you want to do
this anonymously is because your top concern is having the CPOS all to
yourself, and that means sticking a knife in his current relationship
without leaving any fingerprints. So it’s a good thing—a useful
thing—that you weren’t the only “other woman” in his life, OOMOW,
because he’ll never know for sure which one of his other women ratted
him out.
Setting your highly suspect motives
aside…
If I were in the fiancée’s shoes, I
would want to know what was going on before the wedding. So I do think
you should tell her. But if you have any shred of decency—even
the tiniest bit—you will tell her personally, apologize
profusely, and provide her with some proof. An anonymous tip won’t cut
it: A CPOS who has successfully hidden a collection of other women from
his fiancée will be able to talk his way out of an anonymous
accusation of infidelity. He’ll either claim the e-mail was sent by a
vindictive ex-girlfriend of his, which has the benefit of being very
nearly true, or he’ll claim that an ex-boyfriend of hers is trying to
destroy her happiness.
Finally, OOMOW, why do you want to be with
the CPOS? He cheated on his fiancée, he cheated on you, and he
probably cheated on the women who he was cheating on the both of you
with. He’s a piece of shit, his fiancée is a fool, and you’re a
vindictive, self-deluding, selfish coward. I’m not sure if you can all
do better, or that any of you deserve better, but I do think you should
all try.
I’m a hetero girl. I love
masturbating, but I get nothing from hetero porn. I can’t stand the
girls’ annoying voices. So I rely on gay porn. I tend to go for what
you gay guys call “twinks.” (Who the hell is a twink, technically
speaking? Please don’t tell me it’s anything statutory!) I’m not
concerned, just curious: I get really intrigued when I meet gay guys in
real life because I get off to so many in porn. I would love to watch
two twinks in reality at some point, but I’m not sure if gay guys would
be into that.
Twink Lover
Twinks are boyish gay men—boyish
men, not boyish boys—in their late teens to
mid-20s with slim-to-slightly-muscular bodies and relatively hairless
chins, chests, crotches, etc. So long as you’re getting your
live-action porn from reputable porn sites and companies, TL, you don’t
have anything to worry about on the statutory front.
As for watching a couple of twinks go at it,
there are lots of bisexual twinks out there—perhaps you could
date one and have the odd three-way with others? There are also,
without a doubt, some twink couples out there as turned on by the idea
of some straight girl watching them go at it as you are turned on by
the idea of watching. And thanks to the World Wide Interfluffer,
finding them—or renting them—is easier than ever. And
speaking of twinks…
However much Playgirl paid Levi
Johnston for that photo shoot, it wasn’t enough. Most people thought
Playgirl—which ceased publishing in print a while
ago—was dead and gone forever. Prior to this photo shoot with
Johnston, who even knew that Playgirl had a website? Or that
Playgirl had a publicist? A publicist who had this to say
after the shoot: “We were talking in the greenroom about gay
categories—bear, cubs—and Levi asked what his type would
be. We decided a twink, but older, so we anointed him a ‘twunk.'”
I love the idea of a twunk—an older
twink—but Levi Johnston is 19 years old. How old is a
twink supposed to be if a 19-year-old is already an aged twunk? No, no:
Johnston was never a twink. He is a high-school jock—the hockey
variety, to the delight of gear fetishists everywhere—gone
slightly to seed. But what’s more interesting than sorting Johnston
into his exact gay etymological category is watching Johnston, once a
major homophobe, become increasingly comfortable with teh gays.
Celebrity—that’s what he is now—means having to hang out
and work with (and work for) a certain number of out homos. Homophobia
is a luxury that Levi can’t afford anymore.
And, psst, Levi? If you did that
Playgirl shoot only to drive your former future mother-in-law
crazy—and if that was your plan, kiddo, it worked—imagine
how much crazier she’ll get if you do a little gay-for-pay porn. Just
sayin’.
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