Wedlocked: A Memoir

When a married writer finds himself infatuated with a woman other than his wife, he writes a manuscript to explore his feelings—and then his wife discovers it

For many marrieds, attraction to people other than their spouses has long been a classic refrain, with even President Jimmy Carter famously admitted to Playboy, “I've looked on a lot of women with lust. I've committed adultery in my heart many times . . . The guy who's loyal to his wife ought not to be condescending or proud because of the relative degree of sinfulness."

With Wedlocked, Jay Ponteri lays bare his inner life as he struggles with living deep inside his thoughts and dreams while yearning to be known and loved by either woman in his life. In doing so, Ponteri provides all of us in monogamous relationships rich material to consider, offering readers an intimate, idiosyncratic view of a human institution that can so often fail.