Hypothetical Scenario: So let's just say a woman is married to a man who works away from home 28 days out of the month. For years this man has been chatting with other women on dating sites, single sites. The talk is sexual and simple chit chat. Even has texted & mailed a few times, talking about going to movies, out to dinner...in addition to the dirty talk. If the wife truly believes it's all just been 'online'...is it cheating? Let's also throw in that every time this man is 'caught'...he is never apologetic and is a complete jerk about it. Angry and threatens to leave his family. That is his 'trump card' to get his wife off his back...because he is the sole supporter of the family & the wife truly has no ability to support her children on her own. And lets face it...child support is a joke. Men dodge that all the time, and let's just say that this man is the type who would do that and not pay a dime. And let's say this has been going on for 4 years, that the wife knows of...and every time after she finds out he is on dating sites, talking with other women...she has no choice but to go back to being pleasant...just so the husband doesn't follow through with his threats of leaving her and the kids in poverty....what do you think of this situation? What do you think of the woman? Is she a fool? Is she pathetic? Is she strong? What if I said that the young children were turning out phenomenally well. Let's just say this wife has done an extraordinary job at sheilding the children from most of the heartache this marriage causes, and the children are doing exceptionally well in school, socially they are kind, positive, happy children...and the wife is doing this so the children can grow up well, because leaving her husband would certainly put them below the poverty line. The children would have to give up their almost ideal childhood, have a single working mother...and all the statistical hardship that comes with that. Poverty has a horrific effect on children and their mental, emotional and social development. If the mother is willing to tough out this marriage, and keep her husband at all costs until the children are grown....what do you think of her?
