I have a great deal of sympathy for public people who are asked questions about their sex lives or whose sex lives are made public despite their best efforts. However, I receive with some sadness the news of John Edwards' admitting to his affair with Rielle Hunter.
It's not that I thought John Edwards was a saint. It's just that I think he should have had strong second thoughts about running for president once he had that affair. The American people are not the French public, who have a much more relaxed attitude toward the sexual adventures of their leaders. Did Edwards think the affair would remain a secret? If he had won the Democratic nomination, imagine the ammunition his affair would have provided the Republican Party, which touts itself (erroneously, but too often successfully, unfortunately) as the moral and Christian party! And what about Elizabeth Edwards? Had he thought of what such a story would do to her, the wife who supported his bid for presidency despite her serious health problems? Bleh!
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What I don't understand is why people risk so much to have an affair in the first place. It seems like self-destructive behavior to me. Though, granted, I've never been in that position.
Well, benton g, there probably are as many reasons for having an affair as there are people: strong libido, opportunity, past experiences that influence one's present behavior, sex-addiction, revenge, self-centeredness, cultural expectations, drug-addiction or drunkenness, poor self-control, ambition, misplaced admiration, pity, curiosity, loneliness, love. . . . . Self-destructive? Perhaps, depending on the circumstances. Understandable? Yes, in that being human is understandable. Forgivable? Depends.
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