Setting aside wealthy men, even ordinary men may harbor a secret longing for a mistress. Hold your judgment (if you're a woman) and refrain from applauding (if you're a man) while we examine the N traits of mistresses:
1. Mistresses aren't bothersome.After a long day at work, men dread returning home to endure their wives' nagging. While some mistresses can be bothersome, my friend insists, "Well, then she's not a mistress—she's a second wife."
—It's curious how women, after finishing their own work, often pester their husbands with endless questions. Don't they want a husband who won't bother them? And if their husband happens to be quiet, they'll ask, "What have you been up to?"
2. Mistresses keep men feeling like they're in love. For instance, unlike wives, mistresses won't have plastic wrap on their faces (women claim it's a beauty mask), wear sweats from their college days, or sit beside men watching boring TV dramas. Mistresses, however, will have their plastic wrap on before he arrives, slip into his favorite sheer lingerie, and rent a sexy DVD to watch together when he gets home.
—Strange, if a man shaves, showers, puts on neat pajamas, watches "Fujishima Ai's 18 Techniques," and kindly invites his wife to join him, she'll frown and say, "Why are you shaving in the middle of the night?""Watching porn again? Go help with the laundry!"
3. In the mistress's mind, there's only one man (I agree—maybe she's pretending, but at least she acts like it). Everything revolves around his opinion. If he says, "Looks like rain tomorrow," even if the TV just reported clear skies, she'll agree, "Hmm, a little rain would be nice and cool."
—Strange, my wife also has only one man, yet she treats this one man completely differently. For example, just as her husband gets excited, she’ll say, "Did you sign our son’s homework notebook?"
4. This may seem minor, but it’s absolutely crucial. A mistress would never say, "It’s your turn to wash the dishes!" or "Stop by the utility office on your way to work tomorrow to pay the bill!"She certainly won't say, "Did you leave your stinky socks on the couch again?" A mistress will only ask, "Are you hungry?"
—It's strange. Wives constantly complain about being overworked at home, worse than maidservants, yet they always demand—or at least expect—their husbands to take initiative in household chores, work tirelessly without complaint, and never utter a word about how hard it is.
5. When a mistress receives money from her man, she offers a kiss and a grateful look. As for the wife? She'll say, "Huh? Where's the missing five hundred? You hid it again, didn't you?"