Two More Ways to Leave Your Lover
Paul Simon, in his famous song, told us there must be fifty ways to leave your lover. I wonder if he counted the two new ways we saw on television this week:
1. Use Your Reality TV Show.
Monday night, John and Kate Gosselin announced their separation and intention to divorce on cable tv. This came amid months of tabloid speculation concerning extramarital affairs. The show got its highest ratings ever. The parties say they are going to split custody of their eight children equally. The children will stay in the house and the parties will alternate living there in what is called a nesting arrangement.
2. Call a Press Conference.
On Wednesday, Mark Sanford, 49, governor of South Carolina, held a news conference and announced that he had been unfaithful to his wife. He had been missing for several days and told his staff that he was going hiking on the Appalachian Trail. However, a newspaper report confronted him in Atlanta getting off a plan arriving from Buenos Aires, Argentina. His public confession came just before the newspaper broke the story of his mistress in Argentina.
Tags: adultery, Affair, Custody, infidelity, John & Kate Gosselin, Mark Sanford, mistress, nesting, Paul Simond, unfaithful
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