In 1977, Rupert Holmes had a hit song called Escape. (Most
everyone called it The Piña Colada Song.) It was about a man bored with his
relationship. In the personals column (people read newspapers back
then), he finds an ad that catches his eye. He arranges to meet the girl, only
to find she’s the lady he was bored with. The song played non-stop on radio
stations, then in elevators and grocery stores. After that, it turned up in
movies and TV shows. There was no escaping Escape. I hated that song – it’s so
unrealistic. And besides, what kind of happy ending can you expect when you’re both so willing
to cheat on each other? Then I read about a Bosnian couple who, bored with one
another, started sneaking off to online chat rooms. They each found someone
they liked, and when they decided to meet IRL, discovered they’d been cheating
on each other, with each other. They're divorced now.
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