I am surprised that your Family section should carry such a gloating self-congratulatory article on how to lie, cheat and betray two marriages for the sake of a selfish thrill (My perfect affair, 23 April).
As one whose marriage and family were blown apart by just such an affair, I consider the cultivation of a lover’s wife in order to provide a “smokescreen” odious. As to the author’s attempts at justifying what she is doing, the Bard put it perfectly: “the lady doth protest too much, methinks”.
I would guess that the whole article is an attempt to sidestep the guilt and shame their behaviour deserves. The “lovers” might consider that there may be a heavy price to pay in risking the happiness and future emotional development of real human beings: their partners and their own children.
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