MEN WILL BE BOYS

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I'm going to take some heat for this one, I know, from any guys who happen upon this post; but since this blog reflects my life experience and opinions, bolstered by factual history, so be it.

The story this week about former Presidential candidate John Edwards being "caught" at a Los Angeles hotel under questionable circumstances has saddened me. The story is that a married Edwards and a former campaign worker, Reille Hunter, are having a child. If this wouldn't be bad enough on its own, Edwards' wife, Elizabeth, is in the late stages of cancer. They have several small children of their own. The "love child" story is given legs by several things, one that Edwards appeared visibly shaken at being seen by reporters in the L.A. hotel and sequestered himself in the men's room until a security guard escorted him past the press. Additionally, the story has been rumored for several months prior to the recent incident.

Charles Kuralt, always considered a kind, family man, died suddenly in 1997 and left a ranch in Montana to his longtime mistress, Patricia Shannon. His wife and children must have been devastated to learn of all those years of deception. Frank Gifford, while espousing his love and devotion to Kathie Lee and their kids, was unzipping for flight attendant Suzen Johnson.

71-year-old Nelson Rockefeller died while in the midst of a sexual encounter with his mistress, 27-year-old, Megan Marshak. John Kennedy and Bill Clinton had notorious sexual escapades in the White House. Then there's Ellioitt Spitzer and his recent call-girl scandal. The list just goes on and on.

There are many reports of long-married men dying and afterwards their secret lives with other women are discovered by their wives. What an injustice that those wives can't even have a dialogue with those dead, cheating husbands. There is no fairness in this world.

I realize that females cheat as well, but the statistics show that men far outnumber women in their extracurricular marital activities. What never ceases to amaze me is that cheating men never seem to realize that the odds are they will eventually be found out, but they do it anyway. Yeah, yeah. I know all the "biological" arguments that attempt to excuse men's behavior, but I don't buy it. A couple of additional lame excuses are that 1) men feel increasingly powerless in a society that is giving women more rights in the domestic and business spheres; and 2) that schedules and routines destroy a man. What a buzzstomp all this is. Men cheat for SEX; men cheat because they CAN; men cheat because they WANT to.

Someone once said, "Women need a reason to cheat. Men just need a place."

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