Love notes for that 'other' special someone [Greeting cards for adulterers]

Gazette.net ^ | May 18, 2005 | by Stephanie Siegel

[Aquinasfan]

Soon, you could also find cards for your mistress or the other man in your life, thanks to a new line of greeting cards...

"Everyone knows someone or has been involved in one themselves," she said...

For example, a holiday card begins with, "As we each celebrate with our families, I will be thinking of you."

Another card, meant for an office romance, says, "I used to look forward to the weekends but since we met they now seem like an eternity."...

"People who are involved in affairs are not bad people," she said. "A lot of people meet the right person at the wrong time."

"It's something that's in our society," he said. "We're not promoting it or judging it."...

Aside from the prospect of making money through her new business, Gallagher said she's also doing a service.

"This way they have a way to express their feelings. They're in this conflicting situation. They love this other person but they may not want to break up their family," she said. "It's very taboo, but I'm not judgmental about it. I feel like I'm helping them."

Several people have expressed an interest in the cards, either because they're in affairs and would like to buy them, or as a good business idea, she said.

"Business-wise, they understand that it's an untapped market."...

"We definitely do need a card like that because people do have affairs," she said. "But we'd have some problems when people realize what it is, they're not going to like it."...

When the cards are in stores, they will be discreetly labeled with words like "Love Expressions" or "Intimacy," so it won't be obvious what the cards are for, she said.

"There won't be a big banner that says 'infidelity,'" she said.

[Aquinasfan]

Looks like our culture hasn't bottomed out yet.

This reads like something out of the Screwtape Letters. The devil is good at what he does.

[Aquinasfan]

ping

[Critical Bill]

ping (incase)

[2banana]

And with pics of Clinton and Kobe?

[Lockbar]

""People who are involved in affairs are not bad people," she said."

Idiot, moron, and fool.

[numberonepal]

This sucks. Besides being just plain wrong, it's another way for the cheaters to get caught.

[goldstategop]

Adultery is so au courant. Cheating on your spouse no longer carries a high price tag. No one should be surprised by the lack of regard for marriage among those with contempt for the institution. It would be more honest to have it abolished. Then without anxiety or guilt, people will finally be free to celebrate the joys of the love that dare not speak its name.

(Denny Crane: "Sometimes you can only look for answers from God and failing that... and Fox News".)

[EmilyGeiger]

Yikes! Just proves that some believe their own selfish needs are more important than the families that they have. Another way to send morality down the toilet.

[Bones75]

"This way they have a way to express their feelings...."

Okay, let's all work together to make sure EVERY possible jackass in the world has a way to express his/her feelings.

Why can't we be more seeeeensetive?

Bones

[ncountylee]

Any one know if a separate line will be available for same sex affairs?

[jjbrouwer]

Aren't they more likely to get caught if they send these cards out...?

[BigWaveBetty]

We should get a subscription for 'you know who.' The way she operates she wouldn't even have to spring for postage. She could just hand the card to her 'lover' while he and his wife sit across the dinner table from her at community functions.

[PBRSTREETGANG]

"To my favorite 'ho..."

[wbill]

Another business destined for failure. Can't see this one being successful for the simple reason that I can't imagine two people that are cheating on their spouses sending each other cutsie cards. 'Course, I can't imagine cheating on Mrs. WBill, either. Maybe I'm just behind the times.

Next up.... "Sorry I slept with your sister" cards....

[rabidralph]

"There won't be a big banner that says 'infidelity,'" she said.

Although that banner would make them easier to find.

I think FReepers should jump on the bandwagon and make a line of greeting cards for those who disapprove of extramarital affairs. The cards could say things like "I know what you've been up to and I don't approve." "I hope your wife doesn't find out." and other funny sayings.

[Larry Lucido]

Coming soon to a card rack near you:

"No restraining order can ever keep us apart. I will worship you always."

"Ever since the acquittal, I've looked forward to resuming our 'sleepovers.'"

"Please marry me. Even murderers get conjugal visits."

[PBRSTREETGANG]

Aren't they more likely to get caught if they send these cards out...?

That's why I always use an alias and sign them using my left hand.

(Oops, meant to say "they" not "I".)

[Preachin']

PUT ANOTHER LOG ON THE FIRE

Put another log on the fire.
Cook me up some bacon and some beans.
And go out to the car and change the tire.
Wash my socks and sew my old blue jeans.
Come on, baby, you can fill my pipe
And then go fetch my slippers.
And boil me up another pot of tea.
Then put another log on the fire babe,
And come & tell me why you're leaving me.

Now don't I let you wash the car on Sunday?
And don't I warn you when you're gettin fat?
Ain't I a-gonna take you fishin' with me someday?
Well, a man can't love a woman more than that.
And ain't I always nice to your kid sister?
Don't I take her driving every night?
So, sit here at my feet cause I like you when you're sweet,
And you know it ain't feminine to fight.

So, put another log on the fire.
Cook me up some bacon and some beans.
And go out to the car and change the tire.
Wash my socks and sew my old blue jeans.
Come on, baby, you can fill my pipe
And then go fetch my slippers.
And boil me up another pot of tea.
Then put another log on the fire babe,
And come & tell me why you're leaving me.


Written by Shel Silverstein. In addition to many artists, Tompall Glaser recorded it in, 1974.

[BeHoldAPaleHorse]

""There won't be a big banner that says 'infidelity,'" she said."

There oughta be.

[Smokin' Joe]

"This way they have a way to express their feelings

I guess screwing around on the sly in violation of a sacred oath just doesn't cut it as an expression of feelings?

Nothing quite like leaving a paper trail, either....