Have you seen this man? He cheated on his wife, she caught him by snooping through his cell phone, and rather than throw him out she decided to punish him by making him wear this sandwich board on one of the busiest intersections in the D.C. Metropolitan area for a week during rush hour. When he receives the end of rush hour text message from his wife, he's allowed to stop his public humiliation for the day. (information and photo from Lemondrop.com)
In an online survey of almost 200,000 votes, 55% said it was a fair punishment and the cheater deserves what he gets. You have to laugh, it is funny. Does the punishment fit the crime? Is the humiliation his wife feels equal to the humiliation he feels standing out there every morning while hundreds and hundreds of cars pass by laughing at him? I do have to give this guy a lot of credit though, I don't know too many men who have cheated on their wives who would agree to this form of punishment. They'd rather grovel with flowers, jewelry, fancy vacations, or whatever else their wives are longing for.
What I really want to know, is what Bill Clinton, Elliott Spitzer, or any other cheating official thinks of this guy's punishment. Do you think this sandwich board guy was also forced to resign from his job? Do his co-workers now feel he's incapable of performing the job he's been doing for the past, I don't know, 10, 20, 30 years? Don't get me wrong, I'm not in any way condoning cheating! I just think what a man or woman does behind the curtain, has nothing to do with their performance in front of it (which is why I don't care whether or not Bill Clinton had sex with that woman. OK he definitely shouldn't have lied, but our economy was certainly booming. Maybe we can bring him and Monica back in three and half years). By the way ladies, don't fool yourselves, plenty of women cheat too. I'm sure one of your girlfriends has confided in you about an escapade she's had with one of the many men who come to her house to perform a service, I mean fix something.
I'm thinking sandwich board's wife is on to something. There'd probably be fewer divorces if cheaters were punished in some equally humiliating way. I like the sandwich board, but how about a Youtube video apology that gets forwarded to the cheaters entire email address book with a note on the bottom saying if you pass this email on to 10 of your friends, something really wonderful will happen to you.......
I like it. What do you think?
I think this is a fabulous punishment. Kudos to the wife..wish I thought of it! The husband got off the hook in this case. He spends one week humiliating himself while the wife has chosen to spend a lifetime, after being humiliated and embarrassed, living with a man she truly will never trust again. Who wins??
ReplyDeleteThe comments from "Jacquiwendy" are very accurate. Once the trust in a relationship has been destroyed, it is almost impossible to restore. Good and lasting relationships require alot of hard work.
ReplyDeleteLove your writing. Keep up the good work!!!
Carrie Bradshaw has nothing on you.
I say...humiliate him a while...then dump him!!
ReplyDeleteGreat writing, Lizzie. xoxo
I personally think that the punishment was too much. I think he will remember the humiliation more than the fact that he loves his wife. You should never punish your signifigant other. I hope they can get past this petty stage.
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