This is Why a Man Will Never Leave His Wife for Another Woman

Here’s the universal truth about it.

Kim Petersen
Living Out Loud
Published in
4 min readMar 29, 2021

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“When a neighbor gets divorced everyone thinks of his own wife.”

~ Swiss Proverbs

Hmm.

The above quote can be taken two ways.

When a neighbor gets divorced:

a) A man thinks of his own wife and what new experiences may exist for him beyond his marriage, or,

b) A man thinks of his wife and the thought of facing his own divorce makes him shiver in his dirty boots.

Honestly, the latter option screams the truth here.

You know those lengths of sticky fly paper? They come in a box with the ribbons all neatly rolled up inside. Fresh as a daisy. Then, the box is opened and the sweet gluey film is unwound and dangled to attract flies.

Unable to resist the moist, gooey nectar, a fly lands on the strip for a taste.

The fly is happy. He sets about regurgitating his bodily fluids onto his piece of sugary territory and in turn, laps up all that is on offer — a warm haven that feels soft and comforting with the added food-on-tap perk. He can eat as much as he wants here minus the energy it…

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Kim Petersen
Living Out Loud

Award-winning & Bestselling Author | HH Prac. (Hol.Meta.Heal) | Writing About Soul. Love. Humor. Spirituality. Life. Relationships | https://kimpetersen.com.au/