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Guardian article on cheating husband

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Destinysdaughter · 20/02/2016 09:32

Link didn't work!

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Claraoswald36 · 20/02/2016 10:01

Feck

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Claraoswald36 · 20/02/2016 10:09
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Kirk123 · 20/02/2016 10:17

I have just gone onto guardian website and read it , omg silly woman treated like shit by a man !

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BendydickCuminsnatch · 20/02/2016 10:19

That's really fucked up Shock

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ijustwannadance · 20/02/2016 10:20

Already a thread on this.

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sadsister4 · 20/02/2016 10:21

What a waste of a life.

I would wager he was wanting her to confront him. No passwords, shagging other people in the next room, etc.

Very strange dynamic going on there.

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Claraoswald36 · 20/02/2016 10:22

Ijust - where?

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suzannecaravaggio · 20/02/2016 10:27

Article my footHmm
It reads like someone's homework from their creative writing course
It's made up imo

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Yseulte · 20/02/2016 11:38

Suzanne you're aware that many women stick by philanderers for life? How d'you think they go about rationalising their choice?

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TheNaze73 · 20/02/2016 11:45

I'm with suzannecaravaggio I think it's made up. If, with the 1% chance that article was actually real, why would she share that?? Fantasist nonsense

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Yseulte · 20/02/2016 11:50

She sounds so much like other women who've made the same choice that there's nothing in the account sadly that is any way implausible.

You can't believe perhaps anyone would be so self-deluding, but it's not uncommon. You see exactly the same thing in abusive relationships.

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suzannecaravaggio · 20/02/2016 12:08

Yseult I'm not disputing that people forgive and rationalise the actions of cheating partners

The account however reads like fiction, because of the writing style.
I'd say its a fictionalised conglomeration.

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Yseulte · 20/02/2016 12:15

It's not so much as forgiving and rationalising, more choosing to self-deceive.

What particularly about the style?

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Offred · 20/02/2016 12:17

Ugh I read it earlier and have commented under the article a few times.

I think made up or not it perfectly describes the mindset of women who choose to 'turn a blind eye' and 'keep the marriage together'.

It's not about the kids at all though many claim it is, it's about 'winning' at any cost and keeping up appearances and not really giving your children a second thought.

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Yseulte · 20/02/2016 12:23

What I means is facr can be written as fiction, fiction was fact, you can't really tell from the style unless you know the person.

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Yseulte · 20/02/2016 12:23

*I meant

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