Welcome to the latest edition of True Romance. Last week we dove headfirst into the story of a married officer who resigned from the force after her affair with an 18-year veteran was exposed.

That story has an update. The officer's husband, also a police officer, is the one who turned her in after finding the videos she recorded of herself having sex with the veteran of the force.

Incredibly, her story wasn't the only one recently involving law enforcement and an alleged affair. A police chief also resigned after he was alleged to have been in a brief affair with a suspect's wife.

Some officers are doing more while on duty than just busting criminals. I know you're thinking that could have been a story that was in the headlines this week. You're right; it could have.

I decided, however, not to go back-to-back weeks with an officer-related love story. Was it a mistake not to let the romance lead the way? I don’t think so. There's plenty of it to go around.

Just ask former CNN anchor Brooke Baldwin.

She went from pretending on TV to be offended by OutKick founder Clay Travis' use of the word boobs to making what the NY Post describes as "eyebrow-raising admissions" about her current romantic situation.

She claims to have turned four men down recently, despite the fact that she says, "I love sex. If I may be so bold, I’m pretty damn good at it."

I guess we'll have to take her word for it. Let's get the rest of this going, shall we? We have tales of wife swapping and messy co-worker affairs to get to.

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A man's father-in-law is pouring cold water on his wife swapping fun

What's the move when your wife of almost eight years has allowed her father to ruin your bedroom activities? Is it time to give into temptations and give the woman at work who is into you a chance?

This is where a heartbroken man who is used to having fun and even wife swapping with his best friend and his wife finds himself after six months of being shutout in his own home.

His wife's mom died back in January and, somehow, that's become his problem because his father-in-law is spending more and more time at their house.

"We have a very ‘friendly’ relationship with my best mate and his wife, which has led to a bit of swapping over the years, and sometimes group sex. This always takes place at our flat, as they still live with his parents," he wrote to Metro.

Since his father-in-law has been there more often, the fun is gone. He continued, "Our wild sex life has been reduced to almost nothing... Our adventures with my mate and his wife have also been put on hold."

That's where the noticing of the other woman comes into play. He's at an obvious crossroad. He can continue to suck it up and hope his wife's old man finds a bingo hall or something or he can take action.

Those are his only options. It's been six whole months now. If he doesn’t start wife swapping soon, who knows what unforeseen tragedy could take place? He doesn’t want that. He doesn't.

What if, after the dust settles on the father-in-law overstaying his welcome, there's no more sharing with his best friend. He needs to get his wife's attention before it's too late.

What if stepping out on his marriage would accomplish that? I would never suggest he should do that. However, it could bring the most important aspect of his life back.

This guy's been through enough already, hasn't he?

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I'm having an affair with my married coworker at my new job, and I don't know if/how I should tell my husband

Now to someone who has taken that step and crossed the line into an affair with a coworker. There's no mention of cold water being poured on a wife-swapping situation here.

In fact, the 31-year-old cheater describes her husband of seven years in her Reddit post as "not a bad person" and "a good father."

"I started a new job a little over 6 months ago. It was a huge adjustment. I went from spending most of my days at home to being the new person at a company where everyone already had their friendships and routines," the former stay-at-home mom said.

"I met a male co-worker there. He’s 42, married, and has two older kids in middle and high school. He’s been at the company for 10 years, so he’s very established there. When I started, we had to work together a lot while I was learning everything. We clicked immediately."

It was harmless at first before turning into an emotional affair that eventually turned physical. They've started hooking up at lunch and after work. She doesn’t think her husband has any idea.

She knows the affair isn't going to last. Her 42-year-old coworker is married, with a family of his own. She's torn about what to do next.

She doesn’t really want to confess. She wants to get a new job, end the affair and live happily ever after. Why can't she have that?

The answer is she can. As long as she can execute her plan to end the affair and, like an adult, bury those feelings of guilt over having it.

People who've witnessed a wedding objection that actually worked: What happened?

Wedding objections aren't just in movies. People are actually doing them in the wild with some mixed responses and results, according to folks on Reddit who say they've witnessed it or heard stories of it occurring.

• I was at a large Catholic wedding and during the ceremony a girl entered the back of the church and said loudly, "Please don’t do this Dan, please". Absolute silence in a church of 300. The priest counseled the couple for the longest 5 minutes. The wedding proceeded, and the bride got shitfaced at the reception. They lasted about 2 years.
• Small villages in Alaska aren't exactly diverse in the blood pool, especially if the men go around to different villages having children they aren't telling their families about. One old man found out who was getting married the day of the wedding, showed up, and said the bride and groom were half siblings. Fortunately, they didn't have kids together before the wedding.
• At my wedding the officiant said "If anyone has a reason why these two should not be married keep it to yourself."

• It was before I was born, but my dad was at a wedding where half the room objected. Turns out the bride and groom were cousins. I guess there was some family rift a generation or two ago so half the family stopped talking to the other half. This was before social media or common cellphones. Guests were looking around the room and basically like "wait a minute!" Bride and groom didn't believe it. They ended up having to pay for a professional genealogy search to figure how related they were. They were first cousins. They already had a kid.

• I went to a wedding many years ago and when minister asked "Does anyone know why these two should not wed?" Groom turned to his mother and told her not to say a word. Marriage lasted maybe 10 years I think.

• It's not a common question in Dutch proceedings (I certainly don't recall ever hearing it asked). But I did attend a relative's wedding where her father stood up, said: Are you sure? before the 'I do'. And she was clearly not, but went ahead anyway. Six months later they entered divorce proceedings.
• I'm an officiant, and I only ask for objections if the couple request it. The worst I've seen was a military couple (both of them AF) and a lady walked in with a baby and a toddler, objected, then presented a marriage certificate dated a year and a half earlier from the county next to where we were. Yes, this was in Florida.
• never seen one actually work in real life it usually just kills the vibe and the wedding continues awkwardly or the person gets escorted out and people pretend it didnt happen
• During my ceremony I awaited a visibly angry guest who decided she was going to wear sweatpants to object. I’d made my mind up that if she did I leave with her immediately…she did not

• best I can do is a wedding where the best man was univited by the bride for hiring strippers for the bachelor party....best man eventurally made back into the wedding, but he wasn't on the program. the marriage lasted about 2 years. to this day, it was one of the best bachelor parties I've ever been too.

• My buddy proposed to a woman he knew for like 3 months, moved her into his apartment and asked a few of us to be there when they got married the following month at the court house. No pregnancy or anything, just them being stupid. I told him I didn't support the wedding but he said he wanted me there anyways. I didn't object per se but when it was asked I cleared my throat as sort of a way to make it known how I felt. She ran off three weeks later with her ex boyfriend and left him an "apology" note to come home to.

True romance

• Adriana writes:

I read True Romance every week. I also read your other articles. Your writing style, perhaps even more than the content, is why I read.

The three loves was so perfect from the other reader because that is exactly my life. Married the first one, had two boys, and then had the second one, and just married the third one. I do not normally email but this was a great email from your other reader. Also funny because the song was Huey Lewis, who my husband and I both love.

"Happiness is neither virtue nor pleasure, nor this thing not that, but simply growth; we are happy when we are growing." - W. B. Yeats

SeanJo

Thanks for the support and thanks for reaching out, Adriana. I'm glad you found a reason to do so.

Keep the emails coming. I need more like these.

John Wayne and Logical Choice - Scene from Rio Lobo // Possible Theme Songs for True Romance

• Deep in the Heart of Texas writes:

Sean,

In this case, it’s the lady making the "logical choice" for John Wayne in the movie Rio Lobo. But he does not appreciate her reasoning.

As to songs for this week, any of the following could be the theme song for "True Romance". Two lists below depending on whether you prefer unbridled passion or painful consequence. Pick your favorite.

The passion songs:

Urgent – Foreigner

I Can’t Get No Satisfaction – The Rolling Stones

Bad Case of Loving You – Robert Palmer

The Heat of the Moment - Asia

The consequence songs:

What Was I Thinking – Dierks Bently

Kerosene - Miranda Lambert

Before He Cheats – Carrie Underwood

Suspicious Minds – Elvis

Your weekly post reminds me of a friend who watched the movie "Fatal Attraction" and come into work swearing that he would never cheat on his wife. He got it. There are always consequences . . .

SeanJo

Hey, Deep in the Heart of Texas. Once again, you hit a home run with this email. I chose The Stones this week.

I think it's fitting given the wife swapping frustrations. Have a great week and keep the emails coming.

That's it, another full week of romance. Feel free to reach out, anonymously if you prefer, at ** sean.joseph@outkick.com**. Send me whatever you want, keep the song suggestions coming.