Posted on 08/13/2008 8:39:41 AM PDT by pollwatcher
you’re correct -— really hilarious! hahahaha
I did not say it was ok to cheat. What I meant to say was that I could understand why your spouse would cheat on you.
maybe or maybe not
According to Deceiver.com ( a GREAT source! BTW):
"Some say this very special lady’s name is pronounced “Riley.” Some say it’s “Ree-elle.” According to commenters ...pronounced “Real.” ... Of course, we might have nailed down the correct pronunciation by now if the n-e-w-s hadn’t waited for John Edwards to let them off the leash. For now, I’m sticking to the way I’ve been pronouncing her name: “Koo-Koo Nuttington III.”
She's not attractive but she's not excessively ugly. And now that I'm middle-aged I can understand the dynamic.
Men who marry power women find that, by age 40, 45, and especially 50, the power women totally turn off in bed. Totally. The ladies were taught that sex is something that they control, not their husbands, and if they are not in the flippin' mood, well tough sh-t to him. There are lots of books out there documenting this. [Try the articles and books by Caitlin Flanagan.]
Flanagan says that this is the logical outcome of the women's movement and sexual freedom. The same women who did sexually risky things before marriage with countless partners -- which we'd think would mean a lifetime of sex for their husbands -- paradoxically turn off once they reach middle age, and actually take a perverse joy in watching their nice-guy, polite husbands beg for a little time in the sack once every few weeks. Based on their incidence of sex, today's power woman is more frigid than a 1950s housewife, who supposedly was the ultimate in frigidity.
Elizabeth Edwards is the ultimate in power woman. So if Rielle came on to John, and provided him some wild times in bed, like he had as a single man in his twenties, I can see why he did it.
The sad thought is that he probably WAS pretty faithful to Elizabeth all his marriage, until the 5-10 year dry period (Elizabeth's 58) and the moment Rielle got him excited. Because if there had been more affairs we would probably know. It's hard to hide the money trail, and gals who are dumped will talk because there's no shame in being a great man's mistress anymore.
ping
Edwards, (like any good, MANIPULATIVE lawyer, politician, televangelist and used car salesman) is the kind of guy who'll say anything - ANYTHING - to gain your trust. (look up about what he said to Kerry about his dead son!)
His power was getting people to personally believe in him, and now they feel personally betrayed.
People just don't think this stuff through and seem to keep falling for these types again and again.
Very astute observation. Noobody's ever gonna pull the wool over your eyes.
Excellent idea.
Actually the “Hunter” part is left over from a marriage.
“What I don’t understand is how Edwards found this woman attractive. Maybe she threw herself at him hard enough and he was weak willed.”
She stroked his ego and he ate it up.
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