Blame it on Viagra...
2004-05-10 14:29
Singapore - Viagra "Romeos" in Singapore are wrecking their marriages by putting the anti-impotence pill to good use outside their homes, private investigators said in a published report on Sunday.
The pill, which is marking its fifth year in Singapore, has enabled impotent men to have a normal sex life, but the flip side shows it has enabled males to be unfaithful, The Straits Times said.
Each of five private investigators (PIs) interviewed said the little blue pill has been implicated in enough cases that they know it's not a chance occurrence.
"The typical male using the pill to fool around outside his marriage is aged 40 or older," one private investigator was quoted as saying.
"He tells his wife he is too tired and stressed to have sex, but he will stay out until early morning, claiming he is working or with friends," he said.
A couple identified only as the Lims, in their 60s, did not have sex because he had problems getting an erection - or so Mrs Lim thought.
Lawyer Foo Siew Gong, who handled the woman's divorce, said her client couldn't live with his infidelity.
"Viagra is a strong proof of infidelity in this case," Foo was quoted as saying. "If he's not doing it with her, of course he's doing it with someone else."
The PIs said the husbands often tell the wives they stray because the spouses are not adventurous and attractive enough, but most don't end up in divorce.
The wives "think going to court over this is shameful", the newspaper quoted PI Albert Chim as saying. - Sapa-dpa
- SAPA