Last night I was watching television and this promo for a show called "Diary of an Affair" came on. Its on the Style Network, Saturday nights. In the promo it said "Should she stay in a broken marriage or follow her heart, the affair made me feel 16 again"

I went on their website and this is how they describe the show.

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Imagine hearing true confessions of real women and men who strayed from their partner to pursue perilous and provocative acts with another. Diary of an Affair allows you to live vicariously through the intimate details of an infidel's torrid tale.

Each steamy episode recounts real stories from real people. The excitement, the fear, the passion, the remorse, the pain and the eventual resolve of the rendezvous--all told from their own point of view--in their own words!

</font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Has anyone seen this show? It seems to me the show is glorifying having an affair.

We've heard about it....some tart from the show came on here and posted asking for fresh meat for the vermin who live off this stuff.

Blech. Where's the vomit icon?

- Kimmy

That even makes it worse. How can someone profit off of our hurt and pain. Wonder who the sponsors are. I know some sponsors already pulled some of their spots off the show "Desperate Housewives" I know reality tv is hot right now, but this is so wrong.

I watched the show a couple of weeks ago. It might have been that particular show but I thought it portrayed what happens pretty well.

I didn't think that it glorified adultery. The W did make some fog-like comments about the OM but in the end they (H & W) reconciled.

JMO

Doug

<small>[ October 28, 2004, 04:13 PM: Message edited by: d_rose ]</small>

Yes I have seen one show aired last Friday evening. I found it to be fairly well done for the subject matter at hand. It gave perspectives from both the H (WS) and W as to the why/how the affair happened. Feelings involved...which I found VERY interesting and also typical as the H said the OW stroked his ego but he never felt the deep connection and love that he had for his wife.

Also portrayed the pain that the W went through and steps that she took to intervene; which were very ingenious. Made me wonder if she hadn't been on MB.

I did not get any sense that they were glorifying the affair, but trying to present a picture of how it happened, the emotional fallout and pain felt by all involved, and the resolution.

I think the commercials are probably trying to get people to watch and feel they would not have much luck just saying this show is about affairs you should watch it as I did not see anything steamy or glamourous about any of it.

<small>[ October 28, 2004, 04:21 PM: Message edited by: victoria farrar ]</small>

I thought that title sounded familar. I saw part of it the other night. I was flipping through channels while folding laundry and then I happened to look over and see my child also watching...... all that pain came rushing back..... couldn't turn it off quick enough. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Mad]" src="images/icons/mad.gif" />

Reality is that there w/b always those ready to make a profit off of others pain. I remember someone coming here with an and even though they thought their intentions were good, they (the shows staff) have no clue of the pain. Maybe if they actually went through it, they would not sooo callous. Yet the need to let others have some insight into the pain also has its merits. Still it is a controversial stance. Very frustrating. Lessor or greater of 2 evils kinda thing. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Frown]" src="images/icons/frown.gif" />

L.

<small>[ October 28, 2004, 04:23 PM: Message edited by: Orchid ]</small>