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	redwarrior 2008-03-11 08:39 pm UTC (link)
	Wow, double standards much? If it were the wife who had cheated, I bet Dr. Laura would call her a slut. (Reply to this)(Thread)

	lil_miss_stfu 2008-03-12 12:40 am UTC (link)
	If it were the wife who had cheated, I bet Dr. Laura would call her a slut. Probably, stupid cow that she is. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	rosehiptea 2008-03-11 08:42 pm UTC (link)
	Wait, Spitzer inspired this? I thought he cheated on his wife with a prostitute. Somehow I doubt he was paying her because she respected him and made him feel like her hero. But I've given up expecting Dr. Laura to make any sense. (Reply to this)(Thread)

	doomsday 2008-03-11 08:45 pm UTC (link)
	Maybe that's what he paid her for; they didn't have sex, she just gave him foot rubs and listened with a sympathetic ear while he talked about how hard it is to sign all that paperwork. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	rosehiptea 2008-03-11 08:47 pm UTC (link)
	I read somewhere that this particular agency charged thousands of dollars an hour. If you can get someone to pay that for footrubs and sympathy I'm changing jobs tomorrow. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	iwanttobeasleep 2008-03-11 09:22 pm UTC (link)
	I've said it before, but it bears repeating: "Dr" Laura, go die in a fire, kthxbai. Of course if someone puts out every time their partner wants it, the partner is much less likely to cheat, but relationships aren't supposed to work like that. (Reply to this)(Thread)

	soupspooks 2008-03-11 09:36 pm UTC (link)
	I adore your icon. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	iwanttobeasleep 2008-03-11 09:37 pm UTC (link)
	Thank you! (Reply to this)(Parent)

abharding
2008-03-11 09:31 pm UTC (link)

And here I was wanting to smack Spitzer (and every other politician who has been caught cheating on his wife) for making said wife stand there while he goes on about he regrets what he has done and so on and so on. "Yes honey I cheated on you and broke the the vows we took, but I need you to make look good right"

I guess "Dr." Laura would say that this is what she deserves and should do it.

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	soupspooks 2008-03-11 09:36 pm UTC (link)
	That's... it's... appalling. wordless (Reply to this)

	shark 2008-03-11 10:37 pm UTC (link)
	I prefer the Roseanne method of Keeping A Guy: YOU'VE GOT TO TREAD HIM LIKE DIRT ONCE IN A WHILE! It's certainly worked for my parents for going on 23 years. (Reply to this)

	chaimonkey 2008-03-11 11:13 pm UTC (link)
	Forwarded to my mom, who's a Dr. Laura fan. Ugh. (Reply to this)

	t_boy 2008-03-12 03:21 am UTC (link)
	I feel now that is appropriate that we start a "Dr." Laura tits thread. Now, I've heard that there were nude photos of her. Come on now, Anonymous, do not disappoint! (Reply to this)(Thread)

	altoidsaddict 2008-03-12 04:13 am UTC (link)
	I really, really hate you for making me do this. There are things you can't unsee. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	chaimonkey 2008-03-12 06:56 am UTC (link)
	Holy crud, and according to Wikipedia they're authentic. AGH. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	lil_miss_stfu 2008-03-12 12:31 pm UTC (link)
	Is it bad that I laughed myself silly at the one where the Shrub's head was used to obscure her pink bits? (Reply to this)(Parent)

	t_boy 2008-03-12 02:17 pm UTC (link)
	lol so wrinkly. needs more pooper. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	tehrin 2008-03-12 05:29 pm UTC (link)
	My dad actually told me about when those came out. He listens to the radio station she's on but when she comes on, he rags about what a bitch she is. That's the one thing we really agree on. (Reply to this)(Parent)

Oooh, oooh, I have an opinioN!

marciamarcia
2008-03-13 02:45 pm UTC (link)

Based on personal observations:

In short-term relationships, cheating is usually solely an issue of the cheater.

In long-term relationships, although the cheater is more to blame, there's usually stuff that both partners have done to lead up to it. That's not to say that I'm agreeing with Dr. Laura, though. There's a big difference between saying "You're responsible for your husband's self-image and if you don't make him feel manly, he'll find that somewhere else" and saying "Problems with personal and sexual interactions between to people can make one of them more likely to cheat...and that applies to both sexes and gay/lesbian relationships, too."

Hell, that later point is something Dan Savage says all the time. But he'll still call you a fuckhead if you decide that the only way to solve those problems is cheating. And he's right.

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Re: Oooh, oooh, I have an opinioN!

funwithrage
2008-03-15 12:48 pm UTC (link)

Yeah. Sexual compatibility is a major thing, and if you're not getting your needs met *by and large**, it's understandable and reasonable to look elsewhere. If you're in a long-term relationship, the best thing to do is to talk to your partner beforehand, though--and if that doesn't work out, it's pretty much always better just to leave, which is a point where my thinking diverges from Savage's.

*If, once in a while, I want sex and my boyfriend doesn't, whatever: I've got two hands. But if he wants it way the hell less, and isn't willing to put some effort in when he's not absolutely in the mood, then we've got trouble. Dumping trouble, if it doesn't get resolved or the relationship's new.

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