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In reply to the discussion: "She got her claws into [Patraeus]" [View all]Avalux
(35,015 posts)5. Bullshit. He had a choice and is responsible for it.
Both of them are to blame for participating, but the other woman didn't force him to do anything. It was his choice.
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He's lucky she didn't get pregnant. As Judge Judy says, "Keep your pants zipped up!"
Honeycombe8
Nov 2012
#51
Moral inflexibility? You seem rather invested in making this the woman's fault.
yardwork
Nov 2012
#41
Hubby was propositioned when I was standing right next to him at the airport going to a conference.
woodsprite
Nov 2012
#38
I remember quite well, Clinton's first election was the last time I participated in politics
aletier_v
Nov 2012
#40
Jay-sus, the sexism and misogyny are almost too much for this liberated
coalition_unwilling
Nov 2012
#18
and here it is, the evo biological necessity in the male sex drive. he cant help himself...
seabeyond
Nov 2012
#46
Evolutionary Psychology is our generation's equivalent of "Race Science" 100 years ago.
Odin2005
Nov 2012
#78
Certain types of people just LOVE pushing the idea that the poor cheater is the victim
redqueen
Nov 2012
#42
It's interesting to see emotional responses to what is most likely DNA programming
aletier_v
Nov 2012
#45
If, as the author here implies, a man can't be expected to act rationally ...
surrealAmerican
Nov 2012
#48
Unfortunately, in relationships like this one, the woman is the person that suffers.
bluestate10
Nov 2012
#55
actually, i believe she was married and they both put their partners on center stage. nt
seabeyond
Nov 2012
#69
Yeah. The poor sap was just wandering around being a good boy and....zap..caught!
Tierra_y_Libertad
Nov 2012
#71
That blog is written by a guy just out of J School whose military credentials consist of
leveymg
Nov 2012
#73
Business Insider is a barely credible site that probably pays next to nothing. Blhhhh
leveymg
Nov 2012
#91