Not only do people of character NOT react to tragedy in their life by choosing to violate sacred vows they made...
...they also don't choose to lie about it for several years...
...they also don't do their level best to convince the suspicious spouse that they are losing their mind with false accusations...
This is amazing to me. As much as I am a supporter of marriage, this support for a man who has wreaked so much havoc and brought so much damage is a complete surprise to me.
Thank you Bill, for having the balls to say it up front. Over and over here, it's the same old thing, the story of the Emperor's New Clothes:
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An emperor of a prosperous city who cares more about clothes than military pursuits or entertainment hires two swindlers who promise him the finest suit of clothes from the most beautiful cloth. This cloth, they tell him, is invisible to anyone who was either stupid or unfit for his position. The Emperor cannot see the (non-existent) cloth, but pretends that he can for fear of appearing stupid; his ministers do the same. When the swindlers report that the suit is finished, they dress him in mime. The Emperor then goes on a procession through the capital showing off his new "clothes". During the course of the procession, a small child cries out, "the emperor has no clothes!" The crowd realizes the child is telling the truth. The Emperor, however, holds his head high and continues the procession.
The colloquial use as a metaphor:
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The story has given rise to its common reference as a metaphor in numerous situations. Most commonly, the statement "the emperor has no clothes" is used to refer to a situation in which (at least in the opinion of those using the phrase) the majority of people are unwilling to state an obvious truth, out of fear of appearing stupid, unenlightened, sacrilegious, or unpatriotic, or perhaps out of "political correctness". In such cases it is often implied that the motive and rationale for not seeing the obvious truth has become so ingrained that the majority do not even realize that they are perpetuating a falsehood.
Again, thank you Bill. As it stands, Kalni takes a HUGE risk to take this man back right nowor if at all.
Kalni, your H is a NOT a man of integrity and I disagree with most of the advice here to take him back as it stands.
FIB
Me 55; XW 47; 2 kids (S13, D11) Bomb 05/19/06 Original thread http://tinyurl.com/yg2ou2t Last anniversary 04/25/10, Divorced 5/12/10 Status: Loving father of 2 beautiful children;
