When Life Has Its UPS And Downs

Shipping and Handling Is Included.

My lull period where there are no extracurricular activities (read: affairs) lasted from 2004 to early 2006. That is to say, I didn’t have sex with anyone outside of my marriage. My previous story involved Eric, a coworker of my ex-husband. He was my return to infidelity after having lived in California and returning to Florida. For those of you keeping track, I am up to six affairs at this point.

When reflecting on all my infidelities, there are many reasons I can point to for having them. However, as mentioned when I started this journey, I’m not trying to justify my actions by rationalizing the reasons. My goal is to understand my behavior with the benefit of hindsight—looking in the rearview.

To recap, we purchased a house southeast of Tampa in early 2004; and my daughter was born that summer. My oldest son was about to start kindergarten and I wanted to have some stability for our family—the irony is thick with this statement, I know.

Let’s bring you up to speed with my life before I met the UPS driver who would be my next conquest, so to speak.