There is an old saying that you cannot make a purse out of a sow’s ears. I never fully understood that saying other than it is difficult to make something good out of something bad. Well, although the Governor Spitzer situation was bad, it has opened the door for many couples to start talking about their relationships. What surprises me is that this article is from St. Louis. So apparently it is not only starting up conversations in New York, but elsewhere around the nation and world, which is good news. The trend of discussing relationships is also spreading to politics, where another column talks about how the discussion of infidelity and its impact on politics.
The choices people make, especially when they are in politics and public leaders does influence others. Society still wants heroes and heroines that they can admire and look up to. Infidelity indicates poor decision making, and impulsivity. These are traits that are difficult to sell to the voters in the public arena.
