degree of comparison.

So can a mistress save a marriage?

Top Tories are still getting caught out with their mistresses. And even if their wives decide to stay with them, it's nonsense to say a mistress would ever improve a marriage.

As far as I'm concerned it would destroy it. If my husband Len ever cheated on me that would be it. I would never ever accept him back.

Len and I have been together for 28 years. It's a long time and he was my first and only steady boyfriend. He is my rock and I'd be devastated if he had an affair...I really would. And so would our 17- year-old daughter Danielle.
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Nothing can ever be the same again, whatever couples say later about forgiveness and reconciliation.

I think it's okay to have a little humorous flirt. But when it goes beyond that and a man thinks that maybe the grass is greener out there somewhere, the nightmare begins. And nine times out of 10 the man usually wants to come back anyway.

They've had their fling and think: "Right, been there, done that, I've read the book...now I'm going home."

But that bond of trust is broken forever. It will always be there simmering under the surface, forever poisoning the air.

Faith Brown - currently starring in Summer Holiday in Blackpool - was talking to Yvonne Swan.

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SAYS 'OTHER WOMAN' LADY BIENVENIDA BUCK

In my experience, a good affair can rejuvenate a bad marriage. People should stop and think before they condemn a man who takes a mistress.

You have to see an affair for what it is - a chance to flirt, have fun and sparkle.

When men or women are enjoying an affair, they are happier...and that happiness spreads all around them.

All the men I've had affairs with have treated their wives very well. They buy them expensive presents and take them to good restaurants. Sometimes, they organise luxury holidays for them, too.

Most men who are unfaithful worry about hurting their wives. But because an affair focuses their mind on the state of their marriage, they often come to realise how much they appreciate the woman they married.

When one or other of a couple start an affair, their ego is boosted. They lose weight and start wearing new clothes.

It can also make their sex lives more raunchy. Sleeping with a new person can open your eyes to new sexual positions or fantasies, which can be introduced into the marital bed.

I've always believed it is a shame to throw away years of marriage over an affair, which is usually just a bit of fun. I have never wanted to break up marriages.

The most important message I can pass on to any mistress is that she should never ask the man to leave his wife. If he does, he will leave his mistress too.

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