Let's face it: mistresses have a bad reputation. But is the judgment justified? Sometimes a woman becomes a mistress by no fault of her own. There are hundreds of men out there who take off their wedding bands as soon as they enter the bar and never mention the wife or girlfriend waiting at home. The Internet has also helped facilitate attached men hiding their marital status. Just go to any sex dating site. Since those sites are catering specifically to casual sex, married men don't need to be worried about full disclosure. Once you make arrangements to meet, it's usually a wham-bam-thank-you-ma'am type of deal and not a wine-and-dine, let's tell each other our life stories kind of event. If the woman doesn't press the "is he or isn't he" question, she can become his beautiful mistress without even knowing it.

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