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May 16, 2008 3:39:01 AM CDT



'It Could Never Happen to Me': NY Wives  

Posted Mar 16, 08 4:12 PM CDT in Politics    Most Covered

(newser) – He may have strayed, but prostitutes? No way, say Manhattan wives who reflected on the Eliot Spitzer scandal this week with the New York Times. But "there is a trememdous tendency toward denial" among unsuspecting women, said Leslie Bennetts, author of The Feminine Mistake. “I’ve heard thousands of stories from women who got blindsided by a version of this."

Wives handle the shock better if his infidelity was private, says one New York attorney: “Most women who have a marriage of length have at one time or another tried to get past a private transgression." But the wife of a Wall Street exec said that forgiving his deceit only fueled his arrogance. “Once you feed that dark side, the monster grows," she said—and divorced him a year later, without their children knowing why.

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'It Could Never Happen to Me': NY Wives
Silda Spitzer, wife of Governor of New York Eliot Spitzer, leaves their Fifth Ave. residence after they returned from a press conference at the governor's New York office Wednesday, March 12, 2008   (AP Photo/David Karp)
'It Could Never Happen to Me': NY Wives
New York State Gov. Eliot Spitzer announces his resignation amid a prostitution scandal as wife Silda looks on Wednesday, March 12, 2008 in his offices in New York City.   (Associated Press)
'It Could Never Happen to Me': NY Wives
This photo from the Winter 2007 magazine article titled "Power Couples" and provided by 02138, a publication that focuses on Harvard University alumni, shows Gov. Eliot Spitzer and his wife Silda.   (AP Photo/Jake Chessum, 02138)
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