A woman who has been branded the "most prolific mistress" in the UK has opened up about her experiences with various married men, and claims that Valentine's Day is the best day of the year for
people engaged in affairs.
Gweneth Lee, a 47-year-old widow from the wealthy area of Chelsea in London, claims that she is currently involved with three wealthy guys - a banker, a stockbroker, and an international jeweler - and
all of them are going to be spoiling her for Valentine's Day.
"Married men may make a fuss of their wives on February 14th but they spend a lot more money on their
mistresses," she said.
And she's certainly looking forward to it.
"In my experience, the gift to the mistress tends to cost double whatever they give to the wife, and it is far sexier," Lee said. "I've been a wife on Valentine's Day, when I was married to my late oil executive husband, and all I can say is that being a mistress is a lot more fun."
Of the three men she is seeing, Lee says that the jeweler is likely to spoil her the most, and, in the past, she has received gifts such as "the most beautiful pearls and a gorgeous necklace from Tiffany".
The stockbroker, on the other hand, is apparently more about the experience than just one gift. "He loves lingerie so I am looking forward to lots of beautiful Agent Provocateur as a present," says Lee - adding that she will be expected to wear it while the pair enjoy champagne, oysters and strawberries.
And the banker? Well, Lee seems to be very excited about this date, as the man is apparently somewhat of a Christian Grey type. "[He] likes to set up his own Red Room of Pain just for me with all sorts of floggers, spankers and riding crops," she said.
However, as all of her flings will obviously be spending Valentine's with their wives, Lee has to schedule dates at other times during the month. "I've booked [the jeweler] in for early February," she says, adding that it will be "[her] first Valentine's treat!"
Lee met all three men on IllicitEncounters.com, a dating website for married people, and all of them know that the
arrangement they have with her is non-exclusive. In her ten years using the website, Lee claims to have slept with over 100 men - all of them wealthy and willing to splash the cash on her.
And - as for the wives she is complicit in betraying - she doesn't feel any guilt.
"The sad truth is that monogamy is unnatural. Who decided that it was good idea to commit to one person in your 20s or 30s and then stay with them for the next 50 years?" she said. "Where is the fun in that? Inevitably the sex is going to go stale."
"Go out on Valentine's night and you will see thousands of couples staring at each other vacantly over dinner.
"They have very little in common, sex has become a routine and they have stayed together for the sake of the kids or because it is too expensive to divorce."
It's clear that Lee is making the most of her single - albeit morally ambiguous - life, but what she says about Valentine's isn't necessarily true. You can still have a really special time in a
committed relationship on February 14th, just make sure there aren't any "vacant" stares over dinner.
