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I have to admit if a spouse left me while i was fighting cancer for someone else ...I would likely just want them out of my life as much as possible.
Does anyone else (partially) blame the therapist he ran away with?
Ok I’ll resist. Percent Christian in the US is now down to 70% and dropping rapidly according to Pew. In another 10 years we’ll thankfully be able to say this is not a Christian nation.
I imagine the 70% is an enormous embellishment to begin with, by those who are polled who claim to actively practice but really don't.

My parents were aghast when a cousin said they wouldn't baptize their new child.

Yet they hadn't gone to church in nearly twenty years.

There's a reason Dante reserved the worst circle of hell for betrayers. I'm glad that she took the time to apologize to her ex-wife. It's better than nothing.

That said, the woman is promoting her new book on empathy, the implied claim being that she is now an expert.

No. You don't get to profit off of your redemptive journey (which I truly hope she doesn't think is complete). It boils the blood. I initially had a lot more expletives in this part of my comment draft.

hah, God prepared lowest level of hell for those who pretend to be believers but aren't, all Dante did was make fun of God in a book.
also, f her, f NY times, this whole time I thought Cris was a dude named Chris. Calling her wife like it ain't no thing is really getting old now, and throwing in those Jewish words like she asking from them too. Yep, she's a sellout, she sold her soul long ago, now she's selling her time, but you be careful with that Dante dude too, many people sold them selves for fame and recognition.
> throwing in those Jewish words like she asking from them too

What does this mean? What is asking from them?

I don't know what is worse; the abandonment or the enabling by the therapist.

Shitty people all around. And the entire article comes off as selfish, this guy didn't deserve the forgiveness he longed for.

The idea that you can "apologize" for your crimes and that somehow absolves you of your guilt or helps you to escape punishment is childish, and after a certain age idiotic.

Your mom accepts your apologies because she loves you. Nobody else cares about you, and they don't care about your excuses. If you really care so much that you would apologize for screwing up, then translate that caring into the actions you take so you don't screw up in the first place.

Or back off and let someone more capable take your place.

People need to grow up. It seems like this lesson is being lost on millions of men and women these days. Parents used to teach kids that the world outside your home is cold and indifferent, but recent generations are still acting like everyone else owes you your existence. That is delusional.