Having been embarrassed by a cheating first husband, I can empathize with Holly Petraeus. But having said that, look at her-she looks like a typical screw-my-appearance liberal woman of any age-little or no makeup, 25+ extra pounds, blah and unflattering clothes-all that is missing are sandals and unshaven pits...
Any man who signs checks, supervises people, etc, whether he merits a general’s paygrade or not is going to be noticed by advantage-seeking females-and so is his wife’s appearance. You can’t be overweight and frumpy, no matter how comfortable it is-wrong as it is, your man is going to stray-the other woman may not be younger, but she will be better kept, will listen to all his bulls*** and will wear a lace-and-satin teddy instead of flannel to bed if he wants her to.
Conservative women seem to take way more pride in a nice appearance at any age, so I can’t feel totally sorry for the general’s wife-she looks like her Birkenstock-wearing friend, Fauxcahontas Warren-or the divorced old hippie chicks who live out here...
Hell, I may not have a man now, but I work with them and I won’t let myself go fat and frumpy just out of personal, female pride. My sincere apologies if I sound judgemental, but we women have developed over 10’s of thousands of years into superior stealth predators ..
Don’t tell xs or her hubby, but George Will agrees with me on election running.
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/cols/will111012.php3#.UKKoV-SdN2A
“Elections are run by governments, so it is unwise to expect them to be run well, but really: Are hours-long waits at polling places inevitable?”
Holly’s appearance doesn’t excuse him, but i agree with you that it might explain it. i saw a comment to some article yesterday saying Holly became a marshmallow over time and had no chance against that “hardbody.” well it’s a sad state of affairs if a man cannot control his penis and comply with his vows just because an attractive woman comes on to him, and his wife has visibly aged. Holly Petraeus is 20 years older than the whore who took up with her husband. Women really can’t compete with that kind of age spread. I agree that one should never let oneself go, but mostly out of personal pride rather than to keep a man. If he’s bent on cheating he will cheat regardless.