Amy fears her relationship is in trouble. She's been with her man for more than a decade and, while everything is hunky dory (well sort of), it's suddenly dawned on her that she's never going to see another man naked … ever again.
It's not that she actually wants to see any one man's naked butt in particular, but it's more about the fear that her beau may just be the last man she's ever going to sleep with. This wouldn't be such a bad thing if it weren't that he's also the second man she's ever been with. Which makes her magic number a whopping big "two".
Was she missing out? Did she not play around enough before she settled down? Was something perhaps missing from her relationship… that she might never discover?
While many singletons out there complain incessantly about being lonely, bored and horny, long-term couples don't always have it so easy either. There's the issue of toxic in-laws, mismatched libidos, the threat of infidelity, the fear of falling out of love and of course, the toilet-seat conundrum.
And then there's that niggling thought at the back of many a twosome's mind, which makes them wonder just how it would feel to have those butterflies and first-time hanky panky jitters being conjured up all over again … with someone else other than their partner.
What if there was a way? What if you could solve all your relationship issues and get the spark back into your union, simply by doing one tiny little thing?
The new film The Freebie, seems to provide an answer that might actually be satisfying to some: what if a couple decides that after many, many years of being together, it would be a good idea to give their partner a "freebie"? That is giving them one night off from the relationship in order to shag someone else, just to ensure that they don't feel hard done by in the bedroom department?
Now before you jump down my throat and tell me what a ludicrous notion this all is, I'm with you. I'm sure that, in real life, such a thing would never successfully occur (although I bet the blokes reading this now are contemplating suggesting it to their wives). Nevertheless, the film does pose an interesting question.
So here it goes: if a couple, like the central couple in the film who have been together for seven years, now find themselves faced with a marriage devoid of spicy sex and kinky moments, what is the solution? A guilt-free freebie? And if it's granted, can such an arrangement ever really work?
Not according to the myriad loyal readers who all seem to be vehemently against the idea.
Reader Tash says there's no hope in hell; Ben says if a partner suggests it, they can leave immediately; and Marone says that a freebie would destroy a relationship forever.
Eddy says that one freebie is often followed by two, then three, then four … and Marie says that if a man is in love he shouldn't even be thinking of sex with another woman, let alone being able to envision his partner doing it with another bloke.
But here's my question: how many people do you need to sleep with to be satisfied that your partner's is going to be the last naked body you're ever going to see?
And, if a freebie isn't the way to salvage a long-term union gone sour, then what is? A romantic holiday for two? How about having "one night off" from sleeping under the same roof, as Mr Big suggested to Carrie in the second Sex and the City film? What about dressing up in naughty costumes? Or starting to implement a "date night"?
Or ... perhaps there are some relationships that are simply unsalvageable no matter what solution you try. But, if so, how do you know when to call it quits, or when to just bloody well give them a freebie, because it would hurt less than losing them for good ...
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