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Oh, please. What about the child, indeed. And what *about* the poor adulterous poverty-stricken wife? Sounds like she got what she deserved (as did the erring older husband), and the child got a stable, healthy, loving set of parents. There have to be consequences. I'm not sure what Quetico Loon was trying to say other than to whine about what he perceives as the unfair advantages given to women in divorce (and women, of course, are all scheming after men's wallets), but, having seen firsthand what my father's midlife crisis and exit affair did to my mother, I agree that the cheater in these situations doesn't get punished enough, and that our moral code has collapsed in this regard, leaving many to confuse respect, love, and responsibility with sexual puritanism.
I'm just surprised the polyamorists haven't shown up to deplore how unenlightened Gerd and Dina were and to try to claim that everything would have been better if they'd agreed to be a foursome, as the two cheating spouses would have had it.
