Threesomes versus pretending to be pregnant

Threesomes are the modern day fake pregnancy.

I'm lead to believe that in previous generations, if you wanted to trick your man into staying with you you'd cry pregnancy and then have a phantom miscarriage a few weeks down the line. These days it seems that the thing to do, if your bloke looks like he's fetching his hat and coat, is to pretend you have lesbian tendencies and hint that you'll be prepared to have a threesome. I know which leaves the better taste in my mouth.

In the BBC series "Coupling," Jane cries lesbian tendencies when Steve tries to leave her, Linda manages to win back Patrick by displaying a sudden passion for threesomes and in series three of "Peep Show" Michelle manages to prolong her relationship with Jeremy by offering a threesome.

And yes, I am aware that sitcoms are fictional but I know of countless straight women who've cried bisexuality in order to keep bored boyfriends interested. On the one hand it's irritating but on the other hand, it means there are more femme women out there having lesbian sex!