If one gets past the media paraphrases, past Dr. Laura’s usual least-common-denominator perspective, and past his own defensiveness, one reaches a bedrock of common sense. In general, people who are unhappy in their marriage are more likely to be unfaithful than people who are happy. Duh!
However, bringing this up in relation to the Spitzer situation is idiotic, in my opinion. That falls under the “Some people are absolute pigs, not matter what” exception to common sense.
i agree, it really isn’t men vs. women, it is PEOPLE, and both parties to a marriage are responsible for making it work. it really is tiresome to have all of these threads devolve into blaming the opposite sex. Each spouse is responsible for holding up their end of the bargain, when one or both fail to do so, it deteriorates. period.
BTTT
These guys completely miss the point with Dr. Laura. I am sure they never listen to her.
Dr. Laura has consistently stated that both men and women have responsibilities in marriage. That many people either are unaware of these or unwilling to live up to them results in many unhappy marriages. She consistently brings everything back to what I would consider a traditional view of marriage that requires both to sacrifice for the other’s happiness.
This may have been the wrong time to bring it up but this is her consistent message and she always comes back to it.