While from the outside they appear to be a normal Luxembourg couple devoted to regular acts of infidelity, privately Fritz Hershman and his partner Luisa Sandoval have developed an unusual kink: being faithful.
They say that the idea came to them while they were planning their weekly Thursday-evening trysts with their respective lovers.
“We were in separate rooms sending steamy WhatsApp messages, him to this woman named Elly or Eloise or something, and me to Riyad, this guy I met in the shampoo aisle at Cactus,” said Sandoval. “I think that’s his name. No, sorry, Tobey. His name is Tobey. I’m getting confused. I met Riyad while standing in line at Gucci.”
While preparing themselves for their separate nights out, the two crossed paths in the hallway, made eye contact, and, according to Hershman, it was as if the atmosphere suddenly became charged.
“There was Luisa looking so good and tempting, wearing a perfume I didn’t recognize, and I realized that my life had become a dull series of mundane physical encounters, each unfolding in the same manner: quick introductions, dinner, hot but ultimately unfulfilling relations in a hotel room or parking garage. Sometimes a forest. Once in the waiting room at the commune.”
The couple say they looked at each other and said, almost in unison and with a very naughty smile, “Let’s give monogamy a try.”
Hershman and Sandoval now explore their kink in new and exciting ways – staying in and watching movies or giving each other saccharine nicknames like “honey bunny darling queen” and “lovey dovey hairy bear” – but they do not yet feel comfortable sharing their kink out of fear of social repercussions.
One neighbor, a 39-year-old man who might be described as having an average number of monthly extramarital dalliances, says he has caught sight of the now-faithful couple holding hands, kissing, and basically acting like they are the only two people in the world.
“I don’t mind what they do in their own home,” he said. “But I don’t want to be forced to imagine them having really vanilla, emotionally fulfilling sex. What if my kids see that? They’re going to think it’s normal.”
