Get Out of Jail Free Pass

Couples, seemingly happily ensconced in their smug together lives, still have the need to stray. They are open about it, share it with their respective others, sometimes even laugh (smugly) about it at their Monday Night Trivial Pursuit party. It's the allowable fuck, most often (for the sake of the relationship) the out-of-this-orbit celebrity. "Margie says that I can cheat on her with Angelina Jolie," chuckles Ted with his golf buddies. "I told Jimmy, if Christian Bale ever becomes available, I get to spend the night with him, no questions asked!" giggles Jen to her Mommy & Me group. But, what if it WERE possible? Or what would we think of a couple who, instead of the daydream-like quality of celebs, pick, say, the president of the PTA or your next door neighbor? Why, we'd call them swingers, freaks, perhaps polygamists in training. But still, as long as the choices are safely out of reach, it's "OK".