Topic: infidelity

Seriously Confused Teacher Quizzes Fourth Graders About Infidelity

Seriously Confused Teacher Quizzes Fourth Graders About Infidelity

When I was a kid, word problems were pretty straight forward critical thinking mathematical tasks. You know, something like If 8 workers can build a fence in 6 hours, how many workers would it have taken to do it in 2 hours? I guess there are also word problems that help to develop critical thinking skills. If you are a student in one Arizona teacher’s class, word problems also exist to plant seeds of doubt, confusion, and sexist stereotypes about infidelity. Fun! More »

5 Things I Never Really Needed To Know About Brandi Glanville’s Parenting

5 Things I Never Really Needed To Know About Brandi Glanville's Parenting

Ever since Real Housewives starlet Brandi Glanville‘s book has come out, Drinking and Tweeting, journalists have been skimming what I’m sure are some very exhilarating pages to juice even more details from the Brandi Glanville LeAnn Rimes debacle – which it turns out has been the perfect platform to sell a book. This is what I like to call MFTD — Made For Tabloid Drama. So much so that I can’t even properly investigate Kate Middleton’s pregnancy shawls without finding myself Brandi Glanville adjacent. Every time I suit up to go dig for pregnancy rumors or swim in the bowels of tabloid comments, I’m treated to a new gem of how mother Brandi Glanville handles the parenting thing.

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I Judged My Mom For Staying With My Cheating Dad, But I Would Now Do The Same

I Judged My Mom For Staying With My Cheating Dad, But I Would Now Do The Same

I grew up hiding in the hall when my dad would sneak home late at night. I lay in bed and heard my parents argue. I caught my mom crying in the bathroom, at the stove and whenever she thought we weren’t looking. And there were a few weeks, when I was eight, when my dad left on a “really long trip” as my mom called it. Years later, my dad again left. But this time it wasn’t under the guise of work. We were grown, so this time he used the word “divorce.” More »

Arnold Schwarzenegger Reportedly Admits His Douchebaggery

Arnold Schwarzenegger Reportedly Admits His Douchebaggery

It’s been over a year since his affair but Arnold Schwarzenegger is speaking openly about his whole love child situation for the first time. In promotion of his autobiography, Total Recall: My Unbelievably True Life, Story (what else?), the former governor of California sits down with 60 Minutes to share his assessment of the affair. But more importantly, how the events impacted his kids. Hint: not at all well.
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John Edwards Found Guilty Of Being A Lousy Father And Spouse — But Nothing Else

John Edwards Found Guilty Of Being A Lousy Father And Spouse -- But Nothing Else

John Edwards may have cheated on the late Elizabeth Edwards, denied it, and then confessed to it — but jurors could not discern if he was guilty of using campaign funds to obscure his affair. The father and politician, who famously sought out the legal counsel of his eldest daughter Cate Edwards, may be despicable to many, but a crook he reportedly is not — for now. More »

Another Day, Another Sex Scandal For Complex Family Man John Edwards

Another Day, Another Sex Scandal For Complex Family Man John Edwards

John Edwards is reportedly planning a second baby with his mistress Rielle Hunter while also confronting federal charges for using campaign money to covering up said affair. He’ll be tapping his eldest daughter, Cate Edwards, for legal expertise of course, but will she also be helping him deny recent reports that he used a prostitution service in 2007? Game Change definitely left out this tidbit! More »

John Edwards Rumored To Want Second Baby With His Mistress-y Lady Friend

John Edwards Rumored To Want Second Baby With His Mistress-y Lady Friend

The National Enquirer was certainly right the first time when they reported that the Presidential hopeful, John Edwards, was cheating on wife Elizabeth Edwards right before the 2008 election. Many rolled their eyes when the tabloid published assertions that Edwards had fathered that headline-grabbing “love child” with Rielle Hunter — a film producer he had hired to document his experiences on the campaign trial. And later, it turned out that the zero respect rag had actually gotten the story right, exposing not only Edwards’ affair but also his now 4-year-old baby daughter, Quinn.

So now that the Enquirer is alleging that the pair are hoping for another baby, I’m buying it. More »