Woman Awarded $2 Million from Husband's Mistress

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[Leroy S. Mort]

Alienation of affect SHOULD be a law in every state.
As the wife said, the other woman infiltrated an intact unit with full realization that she would cause irreparable damage.

And I would argue any "unit" that can be infiltrated in this way isn't so intact as it might seem. Of course she may have been wearing camouflage and sporting night goggles...

[WhyisaTexasgirlinPA]

LOL! I'd have to agree with your wife.... and, after careful consideration, I don't think I would share my husband with any woman either! (Of course I was just kidding about that anyway...)

[Hard Case]

So what you are saying is that once you do all the wining and dining and get the person to marry you, all the effort you need to put towards the relationship is over? "Sorry baby, you signed the dotted line, I did all I needed to do, now get out of the way, football is on. If you want to leave, I get everything." People leave for a reason, to bind somebody in a miserable situation is worse than heartless. People do change over time. Why would you penalize the ones that actually have the courage to try and make their lives better?

[xzins]

isn't so intact as it might seem.

And in a store that has surveillance equipment and a security staff, then we should let shoplifters go free because they beat the system. After all, "it wasn't so intact as it might seem."

This is no different than shoplifting and should be a civil suit with damages awardable. In fact, this judge agreed with me.

[xzins]

sue their spouse for NOT having sex

There is no comparison between the two. In one case, a husband and wife negotiate the times and frequencies of sex. That is a legitimate part of marriage.

In the other, someone has stolen what isn't theirs. It is not different than shoplifting.

[ofMagog]

Your sheep may need a lawyer.

[Khepera]

No problem with adultry. Whats a little sex between adults? No big deal the bible is just an old book

[Leroy S. Mort]

This is no different than shoplifting and should be a civil suit with damages awardable. In fact, this judge agreed with me.

Interesting that you assign no responsibility to the errant husband in this case. I guess "men are weak"?

[Phantom Lord]

What if the spouse who is cheating is still having sex with his or her spouse? Then it seems nothing was stolen since the spouse is still getting it.

And I can assure you, no spouse in America readily agrees to NOT have sex any more. And I wasnt talking about only getting it a couple times a year, im talking about spouses who refuse to have sex ever. And trust me, it happens far more than you would ever guess.

[joathome]

Ping for wives everywhere!

[joathome]

You know, a number of men who commit adultery do so because of the lure of the forbidden, not because their wives aren't having sex with them. I've had the opportunity to work (in a Christian setting), with couples who are trying to put their marriages back together after adultery, and, frankly, you might be surprised that some husbands were having trouble keeping up with both. :( What's that phrase? Compartmentalization? Wifey and girlfriend just meet different needs. :(

[joathome]

Considering how well some men can compartmentalize their lives, the unit at home might be doing a lot better than you think. Some men have trouble resisting the lure of the forbidden, but have no intentions of leaving their wives. As a woman, that's very hard for me to conceptualize, but if you'd take a poll of the guys on this board who committed adultery, I'd bet you'd find a number who would admit that they love their wives.

No wife should have to put up with that, however.

[xzins]

Come on, dude, you didn't even read my original post all the way through. Go up now and read the last line. It says something like, "the guy shouldn't be the only stuckee with alimony and child support....etc., etc.,"

Now, how bout them Americans? Kickin' taliwhackus keester in regurgistan, aren't they!!?? Figured I'd bring up something we agree on 'cause you seem like a decent person...I AGREE with your point about the guy being an integral part and he shouldn't be the only one who has to pay for screwing his wife and kids out of their economic security.

[joathome]

I 100% agree with you. A contract with no enforcement, and no penalty for breaking it is just about worthless.

[Constitution Day]

Careful consideration?

Personally, I don't need to consider whether I would share my wife with anyone else!! :)

Also, anybody who tries to mess with my wife will have lots of time to consider things from a hospital bed!

[Constitution Day]

IW,

I can always count on you to get right to the root of the matter! LOL

I agree with you, too... let's start calling them what they are.
So many people are worried about hurting others' precious little feelings. It's sickening.

[xzins]

And trust me, it happens far more than you would ever guess.

You are exactly right. And I'm a trained marriage and family therapist, so I've got thousands of counseling hours that agree with you. I'm amazed at the numbers who come in who've cut each other off over some silly pis_in' contest between the two of them.

But you miss my point. I wasn't talking about payback because of missed sex....I was talking about payback for FINANCIAL DISRUPTION. In alienating affection, the infiltrator usually causes a wife and kids to enter into poverty. There's a financial poverty that's a real danger BUT there's also a poverty of parental presence and child-rearing help that leads to children of divorce being more likely to live in poverty, have lower educational achievement, be more likely to become drug/alcohol abusers, be more like to engage in or be injured by physical/sexual/emotional abuse, and be more likely to have their marriages break up in divorce years after the fact.

With all of this baggage that these two are causing in the lives of this wife and kids, then NOT JUST the cheating husband should be required to pay. The cheating mistress should also be held accountable for disrupting the lives of others.

[sneakypete]

I'm sure this will get the attention of the trial lawyers.

Which is why it and other idiot laws never get repealed. The vast majority of politicians are lawyers,and they are in the business of creating more laws to provide full-employment for themselves and their friends.

[Leroy S. Mort]

In alienating affection, the infiltrator usually causes a wife and kids to enter into poverty.

I'd be interested in knowing how many husbands have been awarded $2 million from male "infiltrators". Any stats?