A girlfriend posted a message on my Facebook page this week saying: "Ok, so I've been single for four weeks now, why is it that I have had two offers for 'liaisons' and both from guys who are in relationships. Do any men 'do' faithful anymore?"
You can imagine how I went to town on my answer but, more importantly, this highlights that there are two women out there in relationships with two men who are looking for entertainment elsewhere.
I wonder if these women even know or care.
Could you be reading this and wondering if it's your partner who propositioned my friend?
I wasn't surprised to hear this tale, as it's at this time of year infidelity issues often surface.
The nights are drawing out and British summertime has begun.
People are shedding their winter clothes and soon there will be more flesh on show.
The fake tans and mini-skirts will imminently appear, and temptations will start to run high.
So ladies I ask you, can you trust your man, or are you living with one of the above two culprits, or at least a man similar to him?
A good way to find out is by using my Wife School rules on how to spot a cheat, as well as how to prevent being cheated upon.
Feel free to write to me for more information on that.
It's spring, and Wife School is in session!
Whatever your status, April is the ideal month to spring-clean a relationship.
A time to evaluate if this is the partner you really want to be with, or whether you've just been dragging things out through the winter months for company on cold dark nights.
Could you be a man or woman planning to keep your relationship ticking, or limping along while hoping to initiate a secret affair to help you function?
Alternatively if you're single, count your lucky stars you're not in a situation to be cheated on, and always keep your radar alert for potential predators!
One man who is not functioning very well due to an affair is soap character Peter Barlow, on ITV's Coronation Street.
Anyone who watches the show will have to agree that the current love-triangle between Peter, his wife Carla, and the local barmaid Tina, is excruciating to watch.
Not to mention highly unbelievable that such an open secret could take place in a tiny cobbled street where you couldn't change your mind without everybody knowing.
This week I wanted to scream to the beautiful Tina, played by actress Michelle Keegan: "Get to a Mistresses Anonymous meeting so I can help you walk away from this loser for good!"
In fact I think the producers of Coronation Street should write one of my Mistresses Anonymous (MA) meetings into the script.
We could even make it a joint MA and AA meeting, since Peter ceremoniously fell off the wagon, through the stress of thinking his wife and his mistress were pregnant, he may well need a good support group!
Tina was desperate to be pregnant to try and "catch" her married man.
Why women think a child is a smart way to trap a man I'll never know. Babies have become commodities these days.
Thankfully the ITV soap's scriptwriters did us (and Peter's liver) a favour by going with his mistress not being pregnant.
But it was a close one.
A Someone who was not so lucky is the very fertile Liam Gallagher.
The former Oasis star was discovered to be having an affair last year after his mistress had their child.
Regular readers will know that my number one rule is never have a married man's child.
It is selfish for all concerned.
But kudos to his wife, sorry exwife, former All Saints singer Nicole Appleton, who divorced him when she found out.
Their divorce was granted this week in just 68 seconds because he admitted adultery.
I ask you, was it all really worth it?
His ex-mistress is suing him for $3m in child support for fathering her "love child" (a phrase I hate - oh well, that's another woman's pension sorted out.)
Liam has already moved on to a new girlfriend, his former PA.
Hopefully he'll be saving some money there with the two roles merged into one!
And on the topic of children, Katie Price recently announced in her magazine column that she wants more children but is not yet ready, adding: "If doctors say I can't have any more children, I'll freeze my eggs and then find a surrogate."
What message does that send out to young women? That you can just "outsource" your reproduction and create a baby by design?
The icing on the cake was when she admitted how she and her spouse "don't use contraception", increasing her chances of an unplanned pregnancy. I fear for humanity. I really do.
Readers' letters
Dear Sarah
I was in an affair with a married man for almost a year. I have always been against dating a married man. He pursued me through a singles website. His intelligence and witty replies caught my attention first of all.
Then we met and the chemistry was mind-blowing. It was new and refreshing.
I tried to break up with him every single week for almost a year because I was ashamed of dating a married man. He kept fighting to keep me and he declared his undying love for me.
I am 44 and ashamed to admit I was taken in. Anyway I got tough and gave him an ultimatum. He chose the wife and his precious home that he loves so much and calls his empire.
I'm telling the wife the whole truth this week because he has been unfaithful to her for 10 years with various women, and will likely continue doing so.
So for her sake, and not from spite, I am telling her everything. I have printed all his emails that state he loves me, and the ones where he puts her down as a wife. It will be hurtful for her to read but I'm trying to be cruel to be kind. I am heartbroken but I'm not wicked and just want to do the right thing for my fellow female. Am I wrong to do this?
Leslie
Dear Leslie
First of all lets get our heads out of the sand here. One could say you were wicked for being in the affair to begin with. One could also say you were weak for trying to end it so often but failing.
Thankfully I am not one of those people. I understand that the longer you stayed with him, the more manipulative and bitter you have become by default. Being close to a man who has been a liar and a cheat for over a decade means you will have started to operate like him on some level, an ally in his transgressions.
You ask if it's wrong to tell his wife about your affair and his serial philandering. The truth is, in an affair it's all wrong. So one wrong isn't really worse than the other.
I understand where you're coming from, but be aware it may come back to bite you if you tell her as, take it from me, she probably already knows. If she doesn't, she may not welcome having her apple cart upset by you. On the other hand, as you say, you could be doing a fellow sister a favour by letting her live in the truth about her marriage.
Either way, it's best now to focus on yourself. Whilst you can't get that wasted year back, you can make sure you live the next year well. If the only way for you to move on and expunge this episode is to tell his wife, then so be it. The choice is yours.
Sarah
One last thing
Congratulations to Jermain Jackman, the 19 year-old winner of The Voice. What a lovely young man.
I worry for Jermain, though, as the show's winners tend to disappear into thin air.
I hope that won't be the case with him, as he's someone who gives me a little faith in humanity.
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