Affairs

[fatjax]

If you are having an affair, is there a way of describing what you are doing to your partner using the word affair?? e.g. "I am having an affair against my husband"...I'm after one that actually makes sense though!

[fatjax]

oh and incase anyone was interested, my uncle's partner was a bint so he's better off without her

[fatjax]

yeh balck noir, that could work...let's try and get it into the english language

[Octavius]

You could say that you are having an �affaire de Coeur� and that your husband is a wittol or a cuckold.

Although �affairing� would suffice.

[fatjax]

would affairing be followed by a preposition?

"x was affairing my uncle" or "x was affairing on my uncle"?

altho i am liking the shakespearean terms!!

[Ethel]

But an affair does not have to be cheating. The dictionary definition:

an intense amorous relationship, usually of short duration.

You are referring to an 'extra-marital affair' - so by saying 'I am having an extra-marital affair' you are stating that you are cheating on your husband.

[Octavius]

A preposition would be �I am affairing� or �I am far too busy affairing�

What you have written is a postposition.

You could always say, I am an adulteress.

[fatjax]

I think you're referring to an auxiliary octavious.

i was referring to a preposition in the following sense...

The most common prepositions are "about," "above," "across," "after," "against," "along," "among," "around," "at," "before," "behind," "below," "beneath," "beside," "between," "beyond," "but," "by," "despite," "down," "during," "except," "for," "from," "in," "inside," "into," "like," "near," "of," "off," "on," "onto," "out," "outside," "over," "past," "since," "through," "throughout," "till," "to," "toward," "under," "underneath," "until," "up," "upon," "with," "within," and "without."

(ottawa university)

[Whickerman]

the term is 'I'm having an affair on my husband', as the term indicates a transgression. You can expand by saying "I'm having an affair with John on my husband".

[Ethel]

That sounds downright rude.

Wouldn't John get squashed?

:)

[jno]

'I've been to the affairgrounds without my husband'

[Octavius]

ooh, kinky.

[fatjax]

Brilliant whickerman...this was one i mentioned to my mate when the whole discussion arose. it didn't sound right at the time, but with your convincing rationale, I'm going with that!

So, to conclude..."my aunt had an affair on my uncle"

[Whickerman]

that's exactly it - glad to help!

[jno]

yeah, let'em laugh, fatjax

[EngTeach]

See, I think one has to say I am having an affair. The implication is that you are not unattached, so why further explain it?

Affair is a noun, it does not seem to be a word that can be turned into a verb. If the two involved parties are not cheating you would not use the word affair to describe it.

The word's conotation explains the dishonesty of the relationship.

[jno]

the normal way of saying it would be 'I'm cheating on my husband'. (Not just 'cheating my husband', that sounds like you're playing cards with him.) As EngTeach says, you really can't make 'affair' a verb.