The Mutually Beneficial Affair
My sister and I both started having extramarital affairs about the same time. She was 31, me 28. Misha had been married 8 years; I’d been married six. It all started when I was talking to my sister at her birthday party. Misha just turned 31, had three kids, and a husband that works far more than he earns. She was telling me his boss was taking advantage of Bert’s work ethic, ‘do the job until it’s done’. I thought she was hinting for an influx of cash but I couldn’t help, not much anyway, “Ah, sorry Misha, I don’t have a lot of spare cash right now, with Connie furloughed.” My sister looked at me surprised, “Oh, no, Pat, I didn’t mean it like that. We are fine that way, I just don’t like …