How It's Used

“Perhaps the funniest and most pathetic comment I saw [on the Tiger Woods scandal] on one website was, ‘There is no hope for this marriage. There was a smattering of hope seven mistresses ago, but not any more.’ As if seven mistresses was the cut-off point in the can-this-marriage-be-saved-sweepstakes. Well, I guess marriage does get cheaper by the dozen: When 12 or so women have had sex with your husband during your five-year marriage, he kind of ceases to be your husband.”

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