Every time you say something bad about a banker, you make him cheat: "Reviled by the public and spurned in private, bankers have been looking for solace in adultery, according to a dating website for people seeking affairs.... The list shows that public revulsion for bankers combined with a lack of affection in private was the top reason for having an affair, followed closely by the excitement of doing something risky, escaping boredom, feeding the ego and one-upping the boys with a trophy mistress."
I am not given to open displays of banker-related animosity, but jesus, these guys do it to themselves.
I have a high school frenemy who married a big hedge fund manager. She says she doesn't feel sorry for "regular people" because none of them were guaranteed anything. She also says she "can't help it if her husband is smarter than the federal regulators." Since he broke no laws, she doesn't see what the big deal is. After all, she's still riding in a private jet to one of her three homes.
I feel like sending her husband a link to this website.
Don't forget ashleymadison.com
mom, I am keeping a storyboard of your cast of characters
I know...it sounds like I'm making stuff up.
I'm really not....I'm just older than most of you, have moved around a lot and happen to work in an industry where I meet a ton of people (as does my long-suffering spouse).
Plus, I have a crazy family.
So I've got stories.
My life is a god-damned picaresque, I also have stories - LOVE YOURS!
Keep 'em coming, I should be set for next NaNoWriMo!
I hope you don't mind if I cast you husband loosely based on Evgeni Malkin.
OMG. My husband would die of happiness RIGHT NOW if he knew the of the Malkin reference. too funny.
I have a picture of my husband with the Stanley Cup and he's standing about two feet from it. He said it was bad luck to touch the Cup unless you actually won it. I didn't have the heart to tell him that at 45, he probably wasn't going to be getting that call from the NHL.
I am glad, I was worried he might be a Fliers or Red Wings fan!
My sister's husband played goalie and decided at 37 to come out of retirement (on the local level); she was encouraging him to take up yoga (or something) beforehand to regain his flexibility ... long story short, he just had to have surgery on his hip! The dream never dies, and nor should it, so long as you have health insurance.
oh, i'm sure he has the link already.
Anyone who has lived in Manhattan and worked or even worked temp on Wall Street would not doubt hockeymon's stories at all. I remember one Friday evening, I was counting out the change from the bottom of my purse. I was wondering if BF and I could afford to buy train tickets from Woodside to Long Beach so we could eat at his parents' house there that weekend, or have to stay home because we had to buy cat food. Meanwhile, my office mate (in a non-profit)who was from a rich-ish family and had very rich friends was on the phone talking to HER BF. "Oh, fuck the traffic on the LIE. Let's just splurge and the four of us take a helicopter for a change".
And that was in the 80's. Can't imagine how scary those people would be in the 90's-00's.
Um wow, so many questions!
1. The study doesn't cover the bankers' spouses, who are no doubt also cheating, right? hockeymom, does your friend have house boys for each home?
2. What if the banker's spouse is another banker? And they go to their first blind date or whatever and it's their spouse?! which would be awesome.
3. Reason # 6: To avoid costly divorce. Wouldn't a divorce be far more costly if it involves adultery?
Does she have house boys? No.
I believe counting her husband's money is all the stimulation she needs.
They ought to know there's a penalty for early withdrawal.
heh, double entendre...
One would think that the "excitement of doing something risky" would have been satisfied by having destroying the global economy.
"Destroying the global economy" was so 2008.
It's a scorched earth policy, first they destroy the economy, then their marriages, then their bank accounts in the messy divorce proceedings, then hopefully themselves when they jump out of a window.
Are these guys really trying to make us believe they give a shit to what the unwashed masses think about them ? Your adultery is on you, man. On YOU. Take responsibility for once in your life.
And if you want to be cuddled, start a support group with the Mafia, they know what it's like to be universally reviled for racketting vulnerable people.
End of rant.