Scorned wife advertises husband's infidelity on £2,500 billboard

And just how "innocent" is the public? It is more like public lessons like this are needed, when "Desperate Housewices" is a ratings winner.

In a way, it reminds me of an episode of "Desperate Housewives" when Susan learns that her father was not some deceased war hero as she was told by her mother but actually ran the local feed store so she visits the store one day and tries to start a relationship with the "dad" she's never met. Well, the father's suspicious wife thought he was cheating with her so, one morning, she splashes Susan's white garage door with bright red point that spells out "W H O R E".

The next morning Susan goes out to pick up the newspaper and neighbors pass by with jaws agape while she waves at them with this big happy grin until she turns around and sees what's painted on her garage.

Turns out the old man was cheating on his wife, just not with Susan, and the wife had leapt to conclusions.

I'm not sure if she needs support from here since it looks like she got her inspiration here to start with.

I knew I had seen this earlier and someone said it was publicity for a TV show she was trying to sell.

http://thatgirlemily.blogspot.com/

Check out her billboard.

In any event, i don't care for these types of antics either. Nobody is a saint, and it's entirely possible that hubby (if he could still afford it) could fill a billboard with info about his wife, too.

Seems to me neither billboard is good, nor productive.

Good point.

If she was a sucky spouse, I don't blame him for looking for affection elsewhere. What's the alternative - continually enabling a poor spouse and living a terrible life, or ditching a dead-end person in a dead-end relationship?

Some folks who've had hard times in their marriage, like myself, would say the alternative is keeping a promise you made in front of God, your family and your community. Marriage is tough work sometimes, but there is no excuse for adultery, only reasons it's slightly less despicable than committing adultery on a hypothetical perfect spouse. I don't mean to diminish the importance of affection and sex, but your post reminds me of these lines from The Last Boy Scout...

[Joe has just found out that Mike was sleeping with his wife]
Mike Mathews: Look Joe, it just happened.
Joe Hallenbeck: Sure, sure, it just happened. Could happen to anybody. It was an accident, right? You tripped, fell on the floor and accidently stuck your d*** into my wife. "Oops, I'm sorry, Mrs. H, I guess this just isn't my week".

And let me tell you this: I hate divorce, but the guy who divorces his sucky wife and marries somebody else (even her best friend) without ever having cheated on her is a freakin' hero compared to a guy who cheats, and that goes for guys married to downright hags just as much as it goes for guys married to someone great.

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