Wives of cheating spouses who choose to remain in the marriage do struggle with inner turmoil
By
Cara van Miriah
Although Datin Wong Sek Hin's husband embarrassed her with his widely circulated sex video in January, she says he is a good husband and father. -- PHOTO: FEMININE MAGAZINE
HER husband cheated on her repeatedly for three years. She forgave him but he went back to his womanising ways when she was pregnant with their second son.
Then, Jane (not her real name), a 39-year-old accounts executive, was determined to divorce him. Yet the mother of two is still married to the same man today.
The Singaporean woman's plight comes as cases of loyal wives forgiving their unfaithful husbands have been in international headlines lately.
Take the chief of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Dominique Strauss-Kahn, 59. His wife, Anne Sinclair, has publicly stood by him: He had a sexual relationship with a female employee who left with a payoff in August and he is now under investigation for allegedly abusing his position.
In February, ex-New York Governor Eliot Spitzer's tryst with a 22-year-old hooker was exposed, yet his wife Silda Wall has been his bulwark during the resulting media circus there.
