In fact, all the older women in the “Florida-via-northeastern-suburbs group” married the men with whom they’d had affairs. A few went on to have additional affairs and husbands. Anthropologists might characterize the Florida group’s particular style of having an affair as “bridging.” Among women worldwide who have extra-pair involvements, some do it as a way to test out a potential mate while still garnering the benefits—mostly material, but also companionship and partnership in child-rearing, plus enhanced social status—of being coupled.
