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Would you cheat on a desert island?

116 replies

ElizaZ · 27/12/2019 14:15

More of a WWYD actually.

Hypothetical situation.

Imagine you’re very attracted to another man. He’s flirted with you, made it a little obvious that he’s attracted to you too, etc. You haven’t succumbed to him because you’re both married and it would be wrong.

However, you’re both stranded on a desert island in some kind of unexpected shipwreck. You have no idea how long you will be there. It could be a day. It could be forever.

Would you kiss him? Would you have sex with him? How long would you resist for? A week, a month, a year, 20 years, a lifetime?

What if this was your husband/brother/male friend? Would he kiss her? Have sex with her?

Thanks

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Casander · 27/12/2019 18:06

I'd definitely eat him before I shagged him.

Tbf if I got stranded with DH I'd probably eat him alsoGrin

Casander · 27/12/2019 18:08

Plus with a a 14 year old, and 10 year old and a 6 week old baby the thought of living alone in silence is very appealing.

Can I just have a volleyball to talk toGrin

Spartonian · 27/12/2019 19:15

I'd definitely eat him before I shagged him.

Both at the same time, it would bring a whole new meaning to "Love bites"

Emeraldshamrock · 27/12/2019 19:36

I'm pretty sure that's why affairs are more common amongst the police, medical staff etc. traumatic shared experiences, high stress etc
I don't think so, I think affairs are common in most work places purely based on the time spent together.
Emergency services probably have a better excuse for time away than John who works 9 to 5pm in an office.
I don't think I have ever worked anywhere without some affair going on.

puddingbowlee · 27/12/2019 19:54

I would disagree & have friends & family in the Met & who are doctors/surgeons etc, much more common there then in other places I've worked. The shift patterns help to conceal it for one.

Regardless this is a lighthearted thread. You don't think stress, trauma, stranded with loads of time to kill & no one else to talk/interact with except this one other person on a deserted island would increase the chance of a sexual interaction. I disagree.

Emeraldshamrock · 27/12/2019 20:03

Is this scenario related to your RL feelings OP
Yup
Well I have no idea how you are going to get him on a boat to plan this.
Are you very unhappy with your current partner? Is he unhappy with his? Are there DC involved?
If you feel strongly about this person and your current relationship first.

Happinessinapeartree · 27/12/2019 20:10

Are you asking if I'd cheat on a desert island 🏝 with another desert island?

Only if it had been shady.

I thank you!!!

Milsplus3 · 27/12/2019 20:10

Grin love your imagination OP you should be a story teller I’d be a big fan! Reminds me of that old movie with the two kids on an island - blue lagoon?
I’m single so I’d probably jump whoever it was within a week and a baby on an island away from drama and expensive crap doesn’t sound so bad Smile

dontcallmeduck · 27/12/2019 20:14

Absolutely. I’d give the rescuers a couple of days though so I don’t look bad for giving in too quickly.

BlueCornsihPixie · 27/12/2019 20:21

I reckon id wait a week or so

But realistically once you have set up shelter you are going to be really bored. You've got nothing else to do but each other, I wouldn't last long

DonaldTrumpsChopper · 27/12/2019 20:22

I'm imagining being in this situation with a friend of mine. I fancy him, pretty (definitely) certain that he fancies me, but we are both happily married, and are both good people..

I'd give it the first night. He's had the snip, so no worries there. If we got rescued, we'd simply pretend nothing happened.

SarahTancredi · 27/12/2019 20:28

Well if I'm.gonna die of starvation on some deserted island then I'm gonna get a shag before I'm too weak and/or too smelly to enjoy it.

What happens on the island stays on the island.

ElizaZ · 27/12/2019 20:51

Donald, If we got rescued, we'd simply pretend nothing happened.
Would you be happy to give him up after rescue? Wouldn’t you be emotionally attached and want to keep him for yourself?

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80skid · 27/12/2019 20:55

Sounds a lovely quandary. Mind you, whenever I watch a Pirates of the Caribbean, I always think I'd have had a bit of Captain Jack straight away Blush

LadyTiredWinterBottom2 · 27/12/2019 21:07

No, of course not. What if you get off the island the next day and your DH is so happy you've been found alive and the whole time you've been bonking someone else....?!

DonaldTrumpsChopper · 27/12/2019 21:33

Eliza depends how good he was 😁

Mind you, I reckon we'd be fine. Good friends anyway, prefer my family and life to his, so we'd just slip back into our normal life. Like a holiday romance.

peaceanddove · 27/12/2019 22:20

If I was shipwrecked with Chris Hemsworth I'd do him twice before we even made it off the beach.

Branleuse · 27/12/2019 22:20

Yeah i might do.

FudgeBrownie2019 · 27/12/2019 22:24

Christ, no.

The thing is, I'm a bit of an arsehole underneath. On the surface I'm alright and not many people know what a knob I am, but if I was stranded I'd give it a week or two at best before my crush realised I am a complete tool and killed off the mutual crush, simultaneously crushing what's left of my fragile ego, so I'd just kill him, eat him and let sleeping dogs lie.

Plus I don't want to shave my legs, even on a desert island.

FruitcakeOfHate · 27/12/2019 22:28

Stinking, dehydrated, nothing to eat, having the shits from eating something bad, no. Not sexy. I've used IPL so much I no longer need to shave, but can you imagine how yeti you'd get otherwise? He'd have some gross beard. No toothbrushes or toothpaste. No toilet paper. I'm perimenopausal and have extremely light periods so no worries there, but can you imagine, with no tampons. Or getting pregnant?

Babynamechangerr · 27/12/2019 22:50

I think for this to be a fun fantasy I'd have to know that I'd get off thd Island eventually otherwise I'd be too sad about never seeing my kids or family again and the impact it would have on all of them.

But in that scenario I probably would once the hope of rescue was becoming fainter, and I had accepted my new reality. I don't think I would until then. I would also have to avoid a pregnancy at all costs as I had to have a c section for all of my births so I guess without the wonders of modern medicine I would die in childbirth.

SarahTancredi · 27/12/2019 22:50

Stinking, dehydrated, nothing to eat, having the shits from eating something bad, no

That's why you do it on the boat before you get there or as u wash up WinkGrin

BeanTownNancy · 27/12/2019 23:10

Had 2 emergency c-sections so a pretty good bet a natural birth would kill me.

So hands only. ;)

Spaceprincess · 27/12/2019 23:13

I would 100%, what happens on the island stays on the island.....

OneDayAtATimex · 27/12/2019 23:18

I'd shag him then eat him.