Did I just see Cate's face freeze? Or was it my imagination?

[CTyankee]

When Edwards started his ramble about his dtr Quinn, I my heart sank for Cate, standing right next to him. It seemed to me she just froze for a moment with a little smile but obviously some pain.

I'm not sure why Edwards went there in the way he did. It was a bit over the top when he could have been a bit more circumspect, even tho he certainly should not leave Quinn out as his child as she is now in his care and is innocent of her parents' actions. But I was kinda embarrassed for Cate and for Edwards' parents...Edwards just made it awkward...

[freshwest]

1. Children suffer for their parents' foolishness. It's hell growing up in public.

Hope the family and children can get off the media radar soon.

[CTyankee]

2. I think he should have just left the courthouse without further explanation.

It just brought the whole thing back to lots of people, such as myself, who once supported him and who hope they never see his face again...

I wish his family well, tho. They are victims, double time...

[freshwest]

4. He won't win in the court of public opinion. If he'd said nothing, it wouldn't satisfy people either

This is the old 'There but for the grace of God (luck, upbringing or temperament) go I' thing.

Edwards is just one of many we treat as a straw dog whom we once adored, but even that hero worship was an error.

When the straw dog is no longer our idol, we burn him, hoping to absolve us of our faults. It never has and it never will.

We are not better or worse, but we enjoy the advantage of living more private lives.

n/t

[CTyankee]

6. Yeah, I see that. But I am thinking of the emotional toll on Cate nonetheless.

She seemed to be the one who bore the brunt of the attack on her father. And it must have been brutal to her to go through all of this. My heart goes out to her.

There is no "better" for her, unfortunately. It is only "worse."

How very, very sad...the sins of the father, so true...

[freshwest]

7. In time, she will be better. She will grow, reconcile or he will change. They have the time.

What wisdom she gained from her mother and seeing the wolves going after her father may radicalize her and make her more independent. Children grow up through trauma and nothing is going to stop it. Life is not over, it just follows a different pattern than we wish it to be.

It hurts, may always hurt; but it will go into perpective in time and she will probably grow in empathy. I don't see this youngster as being destroyed. This is just another one of series of bad days or weeks or crappy years, as most of us know we will endure. Send good vibes.

[CTyankee]

8. Her mother and father went thru a bitter turmoil over his infidelity and his lying about it to

her mother. To anyone who has gone thru this, it is a killer. Everything you think that is true about your husband (in her case father) is not all of a sudden. A rude awakening? More like a devastating hurricane...

She will never be the same, trusting person. It isn't bad. It just is. He has to live with that reality that he chose to visit on his children...

[freshwest]

9. They will all live with it. Her pain will become his, her rebellion will be his penance.

That's how it generally works out. n/t

[CTyankee]

13. I'm not worried about her rebellion. It is her grief and sadness over what happened to her

parents, particularly her mother, and their marriage, that I am sad about...

[freshwest]

14. I'm not worried about her rebellion, either. Anger is a natural part of the grieving process.

Not all children grow up in intact homes with successful marriages, without a parent's death and mistakes, without conflict and little pain.

Everything changes. Children will make their own world, that is not defined by their parents.

Take loving care of yourself, CTyankee, and think good thoughts for this child. n/t

[cali]

11. I always detested him.

I can spot a phony.

[elleng]

3. Dunno; quit watching after 'verdict.'

Hope not. She is young, of course, and subject to all the emotional stuff that comes along with this.

[snacker]

5. During all of this...

my heart has been breaking for Cate. I cannot imagine going through all of the trauma she has had to bear during her young life. She is one, very strong young woman...her mother would be so proud of her.

[cali]

10. she looked very uncomfortable throughout his rambling

crap.

[YellowRubberDuckie]

12. When you have a wife as wonderful as he did...

you don't do the things he did to her. He's an ass. I'm surprised the kids have anything to do with him anymore.