Not disputing that he deserved that — and much more. I just don’t think it was appropriate. But looks like your opinion is more in line with most here. We will have to agree to disagree.
mark
Maybe you have helped me realize I seem to have a bias--that one of the reasons folks get away with horrible treatment of their spouses soooo much . . . is this, imho, absurd 'decorum' issue. . . . this standard, expectation to keep talk about such in the closet, behind closed doors, in hushed terms.
Maybe--maybe--folks would think two seconds instead of a microsecond--about how shabbily they treat their spouse. The most horrible lack of decorum was the way he treated his wife. imho, he deserves to be called on that in any and every venue. The marriage is not compartmentalized.
The marriage doesn't only exist when the husband walks in the door from a tryst with a mistress. The marriage doesn't only exist when the husband condescends to give a lavish birthday gift out of guilt over extra-marital romps.
The marriage exists until it is ended. Acting-out behavior against the marriage is NEVER actually isolated to the bedroom of the mistress with closed doors. Acting-out ALWAYS affects the spouse, the children and the society--their public lives and their closed door lives.
So, I've made a transition toward favoring shining the light of truth on acting-out behaviors that destroy marriages--whenever and wherever remotely the least bit fitting.