What was he thinking?

You've got to wonder what motivates some of these powerful politicians who get caught with their pants down being unfaithful to their wives. The latest case of this is, of course, New York Governor Eliot Spitzer, who had a promising political career ahead of him but instead decided to squander it on a liaison with a high priced call girl. It boggles the mind. What are these guys thinking? Why do they do this? Is it for the thrills of doing something forbidden and dangerous? Is it some kind of power thing? And why is it that, when they they're caught and have to step forward and make their public apologies, that their wives stand stoically next to them looking for all the world as if they still support their wayward husbands? If that were me, I think that I would be as mad as a wet hen and that I would refuse to stand there looking stoically at my husband as he admitted to infidelity for all the world to hear. I know that somehow, this is expected, that the wife is supposed to look as if she still stands by her man, but honestly, what woman would do that if her husband had an illicit affair, especially with a call girl, to boot! And the day before Valentine's Day on top of that! I mean, if that doesn't add insult to injury, I don't know what would! Why can't these guys just keep their pants zipped and their sexual appetites in check? Is it that their wives have gone cold and don't want sex anymore, or have their sexual lives gotten unbelieveably boring and they want something more exciting than their spouses can offer them? Is it the midlife crisis that hits so many men and makes them act like risk addicted adolescents again? I don't know, I just don't pretend to understand what drives some men do to this sort of thing. All I know is that everyone involved in this sad saga had better be sure to be tested for HIV/AIDS and deeply examine their personal lives to figure out what made them act so irrationally. I just don't know if I would ever trust my husband again if I were one of these poor wives whose husbands were caught with their pants down making it with a much younger woman. I think that my inclination would be to request a quick divorce and get it overwith so that I could just get on with my life and find someone a bit more risk averse to spend the rest of my life with.

CH-CH-CH-CHANGES!

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