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DryHump

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42. I laugh here at my keyboard!

Reply to aletier_v (Reply #29)

Sat Nov 10, 2012, 08:19 PM

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Was Paula Broadwell threatening Patraeus' wife? [View all] malaise Nov 2012 OP

I vote for 2 + n alcibiades_mystery Nov 2012 #1

Very true malaise Nov 2012 #4

That's true. It happened to me a little after 40. :) aletier_v Nov 2012 #12

It starts at 14 or 40 alcibiades_mystery Nov 2012 #22

It Is Called Swamp Dick HangOnKids Nov 2012 #47

Perhaps both. DURHAM D Nov 2012 #2

I think Miss Paula knew she had some competition. TwilightGardener Nov 2012 #3

Still she must have suspected something malaise Nov 2012 #8

Hell hath no fury rocktivity Nov 2012 #5

Love this!!!!!! DryHump Nov 2012 #40

Stupid self absorbed females......fighting for a stupid self absorbed man.... Gin Nov 2012 #6

Only the names change malaise Nov 2012 #10

Petraeus is not stupid, to the contrary Inuca Nov 2012 #11

No it's really stupid malaise Nov 2012 #13

Albert Einstein disagrees. aletier_v Nov 2012 #18

I don't think he even cared what his wife or anyone else thought, based on what I've read... CTyankee Nov 2012 #23

LOL malaise Nov 2012 #25

No, I was mostly joking. aletier_v Nov 2012 #26

I think he was an opportunist form the beginning. He wooed the daughter of West Point's CTyankee Nov 2012 #32

"Why are we even surprised?" aletier_v Nov 2012 #37

Well, if you mean that others became jealous of both her and him, yes, I can see that. CTyankee Nov 2012 #39

Not just the money but the recognition aletier_v Nov 2012 #41

Oh, I dunno. It's a pretty glamorous situation, better than the wife's surely. CTyankee Nov 2012 #43

Read up on Monica Lewinsky aletier_v Nov 2012 #45

She may be. But what was she going to be anyway? CTyankee Nov 2012 #48

Did you know Cirque du So-What Nov 2012 #28

... Louisiana1976 Nov 2012 #34

Thank you, thank you Cirque du So-What Nov 2012 #36

++++ Whisp Nov 2012 #19

I stand with malaise on this one. Chiyo-chichi Nov 2012 #21

You're right. But Paula Whats-Her-Name did a stupid thing too. randome Nov 2012 #33

No, obviously NOT Patraeus's wife - think about it. scarletwoman Nov 2012 #7

Valid points malaise Nov 2012 #9

"Too many power driven nuts" - Amen! scarletwoman Nov 2012 #15

Yes, she may have projected herself onto another woman aletier_v Nov 2012 #14

My initial thought, too. She prolly thought the other woman was "encroaching" on what she CTyankee Nov 2012 #20

no, she was using Petraeus' email account for those threats. Whisp Nov 2012 #16

I may be wrong, but this would not be "impeachable" or whatever in Europe, right? libdem4life Nov 2012 #17

Petraeus didn't resign because of an affair. Indpndnt Nov 2012 #24

Exactly. How do people keep missing that and thinking only of sex? nt redqueen Nov 2012 #30

because that's what we think about most! aletier_v Nov 2012 #31

Well there is no impeachment in Europe but I'm sure affairs are not tolerated malaise Nov 2012 #27

yes, especially for Reverse CowGirl. aletier_v Nov 2012 #29

I laugh here at my keyboard! DryHump Nov 2012 #42

Enough British MPs and other government officials would tend to agree... regnaD kciN Nov 2012 #44

Found this on the web....about her husband..did he write this? Gin Nov 2012 #35

No. That has been debunked. Someone else wrote the letter. Caroline-Vivienne Nov 2012 #46

He watched too many James Bond movies? FarCenter Nov 2012 #38

Face it. The US is still stuck in the Victorian Age. Affairs=sex=bribable offense. Europe, libdem4life Nov 2012 #49