Robin and her husband Sam moved down the street nine years ago. Al and I met them at a neighborhood barbecue within a few weeks of their arrival. Robin and I quickly became friends, and I soon found myself talking to her about things that I’d only ever discussed with my husband. She felt more like a sister than a friend.
The one topic we rarely discussed was sex. We skirted the issue until last winter. We were sitting by the fireplace sipping wine while our husbands were out hunting when Robin mentioned that she’d recently cheated on Sam. I almost choked when she announced that she’d had a fling while her husband was away on a business trip. I didn’t want to ask her to give me details, but she told me all about her hookup with a coworker.
Four months after Robin told me about her affair, she dropped another bombshell: she hadn’t used birth control since she got married because Sam had had a vasectomy, but she was pregnant with her coworker’s child. It wasn’t long before she and Sam got a divorce. While she married her coworker and moved away, Sam hung out at our place feeling sorry for himself.
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