Mistress, Please

In light of Senator John Edwards´ recent confession to having a Mistress, I thought it would be a good time to inform others who are not in the know, that while in one society, the term, ´Mistress´ might mean one´s lover, in some old fashioned societies, it could mean something else.

And even though I have not been or am I presently anyone´s Mistress, here is the importance or lack thereof, of the word, Mistress.

For example, say someone who lives in a Commonwealth or more old fashioned region of the globe encounters a male friend or relative when away from the home front. Say that someone asks the friend or relative something like, ´how´s the Mistress?´

For in that part of the world, the word Mistress means the lady of the house, or the man´s wife. And people who live there, know that it does not mean his extra marital lover, or the outside woman.

So you see, sometimes things or people are not always what or who you think they are, or it might depend on where you are.

Because in one part of the world, a man´s Mistress could be his outside the marriage lover, and in another, she could be his lady of the house, or wife.