'Does your husband know you've been touching Petraeus under the table?

[marions ghost]

76. We both have had to consult theasauri...

Yeah maybe there's a point to reviving the medieval word "par amour" (I think comes from Fr.) since it is uni-sex.

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Some poster on a blog points out that it sounds more chic than "Adulterer"

Paramour is not so much ‘illicit’ as ‘destructive, an indulgence of betrayal for momentary or temporary pleasure’. Perhaps the word paramour implies an affluent or aristocratic setting. The formality of referring to an adulterer as a ‘paramour’, as in, ‘affair of the heart (l’ amour)’ – a seedy and scarcely hidden refuge of those that marry for family or monetary advantage, rather than respect and affection for a mate.

On a lighter note, this was posted:

"Down south, we often confuse “paramour” with its homonym, “power mower.” Then again, it’s great when you can get your paramour to cut your grass."