Stand By Your Man

As I flipped through one TV channel after another, everyone seemed to be talking about the prostitution predicament involving New York Governor Eliot Spitzer.

Discussions steered towards questioning why someone in his position would hire prostitutes. Since I think it’s a really nasty thing to do, it is a fair question, I suppose.

Several authorities on the subject debated on whether the cause was too much testosterone (which they could tell he had because of his neanderthal man type facial features), an adrenaline addiction, some leftover caveman genetic instinct to spread his seed or perhaps a secret, kinky overwhelming fetish that perhaps his wife would not fulfill.

Maybe he’s like Rachael Ray’s husband! The tabloids report he likes to do weird things with feet and get spat on by prostitutes!

No one suggested the cause could be plain old idiocy, so I’m just going to throw that in myself.

Whatever his reasons, I have no doubt that Mr. Spitzer knows what he did is not only wrong, it’s illegal, and not to mention gross. I don’t care how high priced a hooker is, they’re still a hooker. (And there were at least 8 before you, Client #9.) Ick.

Step down. Move on, Mr. Governor. Your wife might forgive you, but I seriously doubt the public will. An affair, maybe, but prostitutes? I don’t think so.

I am wondering (along with all the news reporters and sex and relationship experts in the country)if his wife will stay with him.

There was a lot of people questioning Mrs. Spitzer for standing by her man during his big announcement yesterday. What’s wrong with that woman? How could she do that?

I don’t think that’s all that hard to answer. She would stand there because, oh, I don’t know...maybe she loves him? Hard to believe, right? She might be completely pissed off, but love doesn’t turn off so easily.

Why is it that when one spouse does something like this, the other spouse is criticized for staying in the relationship? If they want to stay and try to work it out, that’s their business and it’s honorable, in my opinion.

It’s supposed to be for better or worse. Granted, this is pretty bad, but he did it, not her. The public should kick him out of office, but if she doesn’t want to kick him to the curb does that mean there’s something wrong with her?

I don’t think so.

One reporter asked a relationship expert if a marriage in this predicament can be salvaged. The therapist responded that, statistically, it was unlikely.

I don’t think statistics can be applied to any individual marriage. Every relationship is different. I totally believe that if she loves him more than he hurt her and he stops doing what he did, the relationship can completely be saved and even move forward in time.

It won’t be the same as it was, but that change might be a good thing. You know, considering he was hiring prostitutes with his daughters’ college fund, after all.

What do you think? Do you think there’s something wrong with Mrs. Spitzer if she ends up standing by her man?