Kelly - I was thinking the same thing. My brother once told me that I was something of a “bum magnet” and I realized he was right. I hope Christie is willing to do some soul searching like I did (with a good therapist) - it’s worth the work. These days I’m a lot better at spotting losers.

The door swings both ways. She must have contributed to the break down of her marriages on some level. I feel for her children most of all. It’s a shame that the divorce proceedings will not be private.

Kelly Kelly, I Couldn’t possibly have taken the time to…………. say it better.

Yeah, Lorraine, thank you for bringing that up. I’ve been reading through all these comments, wondering if these people here have no memories of Christie’s own modus operandi when it came to her previous divorces. To me it is the pot calling the kettle black, here. So maybe her infidelities weren’t with teenagers, but they were infidelities nonetheless. Her desperate need to air her private dirty laundry is revolting to me. The world knows he has cheated, she knows he has. It was a rat-bastard thing to do but she did stuff like that herself, so she should know. When my own husband took up with a mistress 13 years ago, I remember my mother persistently trying to talk me into suing his mistress for “alienation of affections,” trying to get me to pour all my energy into being angry with him and expecting that everyone else was just as angry. I agree that it would have felt really great at the time if all of my/our friends had ostracized him and judged him and all of that. But that didn’t happen. And even in the midst of all of that, all I could think of was to save my own dignity and preserve my own positive outlook, if not for me, for our 3 year old son. Looking back now, the healthiest thing I did was to hold my head up high and not make a spectacle out of his infidelties. I’m not saying I got over things easily. I was depressed for years about my divorce, but I am thankful that I didn’t make it into everyone else’s business. Of course, I had NOT, nor would I ever, have an affair of my own… So yeah, Christie’s reasoning behind making this a public spectacle is just unfathomable to me especially in light of her own past indiscretions…

I agree. It’s complicated at best, and my feeling is that it takes two, and no judgements should be made. Ruminating,judging, and talking about infidelity,anger, etc. is akin to detachment. Each situation is unusual and different, and often boring. And personal. I would not want to ventilate about my marriage and/or divorce. Private and ultimately boring to others, and maybe even to me.

Excellent post, Erica. Yours is a very welcome voice on wowOwow.