I'm really having a tough time getting my head around this one. Remember that what the NYT reported is the BRIDE's version of the events. Not necessarily all the truth as their are 2 sides to it. If you asked maggot how she came to be married to MY HUSBAND! - she would tell you the story you just read. In fact - she wrote the same story and submitted it to MY newspaper (not hers) the day after my mother's funeral. Telling how they are soul mates. Meant to be together. Getting married. BLISS!!! Ask my children if this is what really happened. Or me.

I believe in being honest. And up front. But the minute those feelings started happening - they owed it to themselves, their spouses and their children to get as far apart as possible.

It never fails to amaze me that people who feel they are in a close, loving relationship will tell you that their relationship was flawed, a mistake etc once they have met someone new. You know "rewriting history".

My marriage ended at the time of my 25th anniversary. I still have my card from my husband (I did not know he was already having the affair) "Thanks for a wonderful 25 years. Can't wait for the next 25". He was gone a month later. Did he have intention to leave? I don't think so. But he got "caught". A couple of months earlier (just before he met her) he wanted to renew our marital vows for our 25th on our romantic Carribean cruise. He would love me forever he said.

Sorry - I'm not buying it. This woman is a media star. She knows how to write the story and sugar coat it to make it palatable.

Barb