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#2982375 10/07/03 11:44 AM
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Stand By Your Man?
If your spouse cheated, would you stand by him or call it quits? Meet Amy, who's having a hard time forgiving her husband for a one-night-stand that resulted in a child. Another woman can't decide if she should marry her fiancé - who's cheated on her more than 30 times! Also, is a woman with a medical condition to blame for her husband's infidelity?

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Swan,

Well...how about the Readers' Digest version for those of us who can't watch and work out of the home?

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OK He had on three couples 2 of them married 1 engaged but not sure if she should marry him.

1) Married couple #1 (H had a one night stand, (he claimed) which resulted in an child, the wife knew something was not right and because he beacme distance and cold and withdrawn, she asked him if he was cheating he said no. She received in the mail an large vanilla envelope that had info on how to tell if your mate is cheating. Again she comfronted him and he said no. Later she received an flower arrangement for her newborn
girl Bella , flowers were addressed to her by the way. Finally one of his coworkers called her and told her about some rumers that were going aroud the office when he got home she comfronted him and would not let ti go until she got the truth from him. He confessed it all, she said she attacked him hitting and scratching and all the works. Mean while I think she said that she was pregnant with him twin boys at the time, they also had an older child a girl.
Now every time they fight she throws up in his face, she said everything that the BS says here that what made it so worse was the fact that he made her doubt herself by saying no he was not cheating, when comfronted.
I think he was remorseful for me it showed in his face and his demeaner. BUt like you all say here the BS has to do most of the work (as in forgiving the WS)

2) The engage couple met on the net and she moved to be with him, she is twice divorced and both ex's cheated on her. She was engaged for a yr, when she found out about the OTHER 30 WOMEN that he cheated on her with in the bed that they shared, she found out by accident when she was doing some thing on his computer. LOts of pic of women posing and naked. He confessed that yes he was and that he has never been faithful to any of his partners and was twice divorced because of his cheating. He admits that he is an sex addict
but claims he wants to get help. Dr Phil was brutal to the guy he asked if he was cheating now and the guy says know but Dr. Phil looks at him like bullS**T and say I know and you know the truth, he looked like he was going to cry.
He told the woman to walk away from this because what you see is what you get. Now she looked so sad and hurt.

3) The third married couple was young, and had a young child. He cheated before they were engaged
during the engagement and during the marriage.
She had left him SIX TIMES but kept coming back to him. She developed a bladder disorder that made sex extremely painful, after they were married, now get this HE CLAIMS THAT IS WHY HE CHEATED ON HER.. Dr> Phil was quit to point out that he cheated on her before the disorder so how can this be true. The husband says that if she loves him that she should not leave him and and blames his cheating ways on her not be able to have sex with him.. Oblivious,went in one ear and out the other (no brain inbetween his ears) he did not get and from the looks of it won't.
Dr. Phil told him to be a man and father and stand by his wife and put aside his sexual desires for awhile and help her.

He talked to the couples at the end of the show and and asked them what were they going to do after they leave the show

The first couple she said that she would stop throwing his affair up in his face abd that she would forgive and move on from this.

The couple that were engaged she said that she was going to stay with him. he told if you do that you know what you are getting into so do not play the victim, because you know that facts and should know what is going to happen in the near future. When she said she was going to stay with him the audiance kind of gasped and moaned

THe last couple not sure what was said but more that likey he will cheat again plus during the talk with DrPhil he looked like he was going to cry. He told him to get a tape of the show and keep watching it.

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PS I forgot to say that the former engaged couple he asked the guy if he loves his fiance' he said yes that loved her and was never in love before he met her. Dr.Phil gave him this look like bulldorkey, you have never loved anyone else but her, In one word Dr.P says I don't believe that, the man retracts and says well maybe I was or thought I was in love before. I Think Dr. P knows a bullS***ter when he sees one.

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My FWW and I watched this show. Dr Phil said one thing to the W of the first couple which really stuck out to me, and I could tell, my FWW recognized it too (recognized that I felt this way).

Dr Phil, when asking the W why she could not forgive yet, asked her if she felt like forgiving him meant he got away with it.

Do any other BS feel this way, like if you totally forgive the WS, they have gotten away with it? That they got to have thier fun, and in the end pay no price?
Michael


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