Spring Break
Sometimes things cannot go unsaid
Ashley Slocki
Issue date: 7/18/07 Section: Forum
There are some things that just cannot be ignored. Things that are happening in the world that people don't mean to ignore, but seem to be left out of the list of important issues.
This Saturday I was doing my usual weekend routine, browsing CNN.com, as lame as that may seem for a Saturday morning. I came across an article I had to assume was just a spoof, but oh no, it was the real deal.
The story begins with a Chicago man named Arthur Friedman and his wife. The couple had been married for 10 years and apparently he grew bored with their sex life. The husband had a request for his wife: to begin sleeping with other people in front of him ... so she did it. Friedman said her doing this would "keep their marriage going," as stated by The Associated Press, as well as many national newspapers. But hey, that is their business and who are we to judge any one's sex life?
Natalie fell in love with one of her multiple partners, German Blinov, and stated she had fallen "out of love" with her husband.
"If he'd been such a great husband, wouldn't he protect me instead of making me do these things," Natalie said in a Washington Post article. Yes, she agreed to it, but the circumstances behind her agreement are unknown.
As soon as Friedman discovered his wife's new lover he filed suit against Blinov. Why do you ask? Well, according to the Washington Post Illinois is one of the only nine states that allows what is called "alienation-of-affection" lawsuits, which are also sometimes referred to as "heart balm torts."
The whole basis of the suit relies "on the belief that a wife was the property of her husband."
Meaning if a wife becomes not only sexually but also emotionally involved with another man she is considered to be stolen [the husband was robbed of his wife.]
It is not exactly the wife being stolen, but her love and affection for her husband. Just to clarify, the legal definition of robbed according to the Web site Law.com is "the direct taking of property from a person through force, threat or intimidation." However I never thought it was possible to steal something intangible, let alone an emotion.
This Saturday I was doing my usual weekend routine, browsing CNN.com, as lame as that may seem for a Saturday morning. I came across an article I had to assume was just a spoof, but oh no, it was the real deal.
The story begins with a Chicago man named Arthur Friedman and his wife. The couple had been married for 10 years and apparently he grew bored with their sex life. The husband had a request for his wife: to begin sleeping with other people in front of him ... so she did it. Friedman said her doing this would "keep their marriage going," as stated by The Associated Press, as well as many national newspapers. But hey, that is their business and who are we to judge any one's sex life?
Natalie fell in love with one of her multiple partners, German Blinov, and stated she had fallen "out of love" with her husband.
"If he'd been such a great husband, wouldn't he protect me instead of making me do these things," Natalie said in a Washington Post article. Yes, she agreed to it, but the circumstances behind her agreement are unknown.
As soon as Friedman discovered his wife's new lover he filed suit against Blinov. Why do you ask? Well, according to the Washington Post Illinois is one of the only nine states that allows what is called "alienation-of-affection" lawsuits, which are also sometimes referred to as "heart balm torts."
The whole basis of the suit relies "on the belief that a wife was the property of her husband."
Meaning if a wife becomes not only sexually but also emotionally involved with another man she is considered to be stolen [the husband was robbed of his wife.]
It is not exactly the wife being stolen, but her love and affection for her husband. Just to clarify, the legal definition of robbed according to the Web site Law.com is "the direct taking of property from a person through force, threat or intimidation." However I never thought it was possible to steal something intangible, let alone an emotion.
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