Frank lost interest in the game and joked, "Well, I'm more than happy to check out whatever she wants to show me," then he showed his sense of humor, "but only as a favor to you, of course."

I responded, "What are friends for?" We both chuckled.

This conversation was going good so I decided to go for broke, "What if you had the chance to make love to her?"

"I would never, ever do that to you Kevin. I value our friendship more than anything. I wouldn't risk trying to sneak behind your back with your wife."

I mistakenly put him on the defensive again and tried to clear...