wedding road trip

Temptation Island

After last night’s Mortified show, I found myself chatting about infidelity with one of the other performers. “Kyle” is the kind of guy that everyone’s mama warned them about and the type of character that inspires many a CW bad boy. He’s also exceptionally smart and entertaining, so I’ll forgive his predatory nature.

Kyle told me a little story about a woman that he met a year ago at SXSW. The woman was apparently married, but that didn’t stop her from sidling up to Kyle at the bar. A few hours later, he found himself back at her house. Dying to know why she’d chosen him as her first extra-marital, extra-curricular activity, he asked why she was cheating on her husband with him. The woman looked down at her hands. “I’m not going to leave my husband for you,” she said sadly, as if she was about to break his poor little heart. Kyle, of course, tried not to laugh in her face.

The conversation left me with a lot to think about. When you get married, you make a vow to stay faithful until “death do you part.” It would seem to follow that breaking that vow would be a more serious decision than choosing to spontaneously hooking up with some hot guy at a bar. In some ways, the woman’s decision reminded me of that really ridiculous reality show, Temptation Island. Except no one won.

Well, except maybe Kyle.

Ladies and gents… get your pencils and pens ready. I am adding a new question to our list of road trip questions… how do you remain faithful after marriage when the world is one big temptation island?