SILENCE OF THE LAMBS

The reviewer, the author and the straying married women interviewed for “The Erotic Silence of the American Wife” (June 14) seem to ignore what would likely happen 10 years down the road if the women divorced, and then married those “wonderful” lovers.

You guessed it: With a decade of overfamiliarity, an aging and heavier woman, a couple of kids and lots of “licit” sex, most of those considerate and caring lovers would change into just what the husbands are now!

Proof: The divorce rate for second marriages is even higher (and faster) than for first unions.

MICHAEL KLEIN, SANTA BARBARA