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Three men, ladies, might be better than one

By Gracie Bonds Staples
May 10, 2016

After a divorce in 2003 and a breakup with a cheating man, Pouline Middleton found what she believes is the perfect way to satisfy women’s collective complaints that men are inattentive, unromantic and just plain lazy — her words, not mine — around the house.

Since “the perfect man” doesn’t exist, Middleton said women shouldn’t even bother looking and just get three of them to make a whole. One was for making repairs around the house. One was for great conversation. And the third was for sex.

The sex reference threw me, so I asked Middleton: Did you indulge with all three?

No, she did not have sex with three different men.

Find out what else she had to say on the subject in the next installment of This Life with Gracie Bonds Staples. Just click here.

About the Author

Gracie Bonds Staples is a freelance writer for AJC.

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