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I've never understood why Al wouldn't want to have sex with Peg.
Actually, there were numerous reasons. Aside from the obvious schism between a man who hates his life and the woman who he blames for his shitty life, economic factors stemming from a dead end job played a significant…..
Wait, wait, wait.
Yes?
Just say “it’s a comedy”
A comedy it is, sir!
I never considered that angle. It always surprised me that they could afford all that on a shoe salesman’s salary. Was there any subtext in the show that suggested Peg was a sex worker?
There's an episode where on Father's Day, Al made Peggy do the work around the house which made him become aroused and wanted to have sex with her despite her not being in the mood
Peggg, let’s have sex.
Ehh-no, Al. 🚽
Eugh, no.
He was able to afford a house because many American sitcoms are heavily influenced by early sitcoms like I Love Lucy and the Honeymooners, that aired in an era in which a single working class man could support a household. Same reason Homer is able to do it.
It’s ubiquitous and a standard contrivance for the genre, though occasionally a show will comment on it, like Frank Grimes did.
There's that one episode her mother worked at a phone sex line. "You're cooking with Butter"