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For June, 2009
From Pauline Askin, Reuters:
Having an affair? It pays to keep it low-tech, with a new Australian survey finding that a quarter of mobile phone users had discovered their partner, or heard that someone else’s, was cheating because of text messages.
It’s the next paragraph of Pauline’s report that cracked me up.
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Anger. One of most volatile emotions one feels. To some people, it just isn’t an emotion that consumes them.It could be some mild irritation. It is something they can get under control.
From Expert Click:
[Infidelity expert Ruth] Houston, “No matter who is cheating, or accused of cheating, the public always wants to know more. People have an insatiable appetite for anything related to infidelity, cheating spouses, and extramarital affairs – especially if celebrities, sports figures, politicians and others in the public eye are involved”
Bingo. Like rubbernecking after a car accident.
“If the TLC Network wants to keep the ratings from slipping any further, they need to capitalize on the infidelity rumors by putting a positive spin on things,” says Houston. “Handled properly, there are valuable lessons that can be learned on Jon and Kate Plus 8″
She’s talking about their record breaking season 5 premiere. Since then the ratings have returned to normal. But you have to wonder if TLC (which incidentally stands for The Learning Channel) would be willing to put a positive spin for an obviously teachable moment.
Update: Actress Archives nails it.
If Kate and Jon have taught us anything, it’s that nobody becomes a truly big star until their marriage starts to fall apart.
Have you ever met a married couple that was so lovey dovey that it just about made you sick to your stomach? You wouldn’t mind so much if they were newlyweds, but for crying out loud these two have been together for years.
Yet every time you go out with them, they are in full mushy mode.
Lack of communication is listed as one of the main causes for an unhappy marriage and even divorce. That’s really not unexpected. When you were a baby and weren’t able to communicate, what did you do? You cried and threw a tantrum until somebody figured out what your needs were. Now that you’re grown up that won’t work although it’s tried in some form by many spouses.
No one can fully understand romance or human compatibility. It is what it is but that does not mean women love everything about us.
