***Based on a Personal Experience***
When your husband works overnights things can get pretty lonely, this you knew well. All the logical reasons were there – the money was better, you were both saving up to move into a new home, etc. But you couldn’t help feeling the loneliness creep in with the sunset and when he walked out that door at 10:30 the need overwhelmed you….
Your husband leans over the bed, tells you he loves you, and kisses you while you lay in your sheer nightdress with nothing underneath. While there was sincerity in his voice his eyes did not linger at what was under the nightgown and, almost ritualistically, leaned over to the edge of the bed and shut off the light leaving you in the darkness. He would then, as usual, walk out the door closing it quietly. Then in the distance you heard him open and then shut and lock the front door. Finally, you would hear his car start up in the parking lot of the apartment building and drive off to work, not to be seen again until after the Sun had risen.