Work-wives and work-husbands are all the rage these days but now far is too far? Every slippery slope has a point of no return. Although we didn’t recognize it at the time, it was the chance encounter we shared at the all-office happy hour that put us down this path. Morning chats about work bullshit inexorably turned into long lunches together. Late night texts turned to finagling the powers that be to ensure that we ended up at the same conference, which in turn evolved into booking the same hotel. And, making sure we met after each day’s proceedings. One cocktail became two, then three. My work-wife’s hand reached across the table, her fingers intertwined with mine. Her work-husband’s hand hungrily grasping, parting, then gliding up your inner thigh. The two of us headed upstairs together. Lips locked; hands now desperately fumbling for belts; undergarments roughly tugged down. Hands grasping parts both soft and hard. Shoes clumsily kicked off with undergarments binding our ankles. Your clothes haphazardly strewn across the floor, mine next to yours. Both of us conveniently forgetting about the ring on your hand and the lack thereof on mine. After all, it’s just work.
We were powerless to stop it. We couldn’t figure out where to draw the line: just how far was too far. I’ll be honest: I still don’t know where that point is and I’m not sure if I’d recognize it if I saw it. But, what I do know is that right now, I’m watching my work-wife struggle on the delivery table with her thighs tied to high and wide birthing stirrups. I’m watching my work-wife suffer through yet another long and painful contraction: her chin pressed to her heaving chest, her knees up by her leaking breasts, her widely spread thighs shaking and straining against their restraints, the enormity of her swollen belly rising high and suddenly contracting down without rest. I’m watching work-wife shudder in pain, and hearing my work-wife scream in agony as she finally pushes her work-husband’s overdue baby—my baby—to a full crown.
How far is too far? I don’t know; what I do know is I want more. Much more.










