Strollerderby : extramarital affairs

Confirmation: Jon Gosselin of “Jon and Kate Plus Eight” Cheated

SunnyChanel — Wed, 06 May 2009 04:40:00 GMT

Following in the footsteps of oodles of TV reality star couples before them, it appears that Jon and Kate of Jon and Kate Plus Eight fame may be even further on the road to marital ruin. According to US Weekly, there is truth to the rumor that Jon Gosselin is stepping out on the mother of his eight children.

The tabloid reported in this weeks’ issue that for the last three months Gosselin has been having an affair with a 23-year-old third grade teacher Deanna Hummel (no relation to the figurine). This is fresh on the heels of Jon being caught leaving a bar at 2am with Deanna but no wedding ring. The magazine got confirmation of the hot and heavy action from five people “close to the situation.” Both Deanna and Jon have denied the affair. Deanna recently told People Magazine that "We're just friends…it's absurd that anyone would think otherwise." And Jon released a statement that they were just friends and going for a ride in her car at 2am was “in poor judgment.”

Deanna’s brother, one of those who confirmed the affair, did an over share with the mag and said in regards to Jon and Deanna’s rendezvous’ at the house, "A lot of the time, it was pretty, um, gross listening to her, you know, um — how do I say this? The walls are thin. Let’s just say that. I mean, no one wants to hear his sister having sex, let alone with a married dude who's, like, almost twice her age and who has eight kids and a maybe-crazy wife. Ick. Nast."

For more details from US Weekly check it out here (and more of the story will be revealed when the issue hits the stands) and they also claim to have obtained a video of Jon leaving Deanna’s home at 7:30 in the morning.

Regardless of if the affair is fact or fiction, do you think having a camera crew in your homes and airing your life for the world to see would ruin a marriage? Or do you think there has to be deeper issues at play?

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Dad Denied Despite DNA

Amy Kuras — Tue, 06 May 2008 14:03:00 GMT

Imagine having a kid that you know is yours, that you've spent time with and become attached to, and that a DNA test proved is yours. (you're a guy, obviously, in this scenario, because usually we womenfolk pretty much know when a baby we're caring for is genetically ours).
The kid you fathered and developed a bond with, though, is the product of an affair with a married woman, who stayed with her military-man husband. And that guy, who was away at an Air Force base during your relationship with his wife, gets to be the legal father of your child.
That's the situation faced by James Rhoades of Tallahassee, Fla. The Supreme Court of Kentucky (where the boy's mother and her husband now live) ruled 4-3 last month that Rhoades could not press his paternity claim despite DNA evidence.
The reason is a centuries-old legal precedent called the "marital presumption" which holds that if a woman is married when she gives birth, that man is presumed to be the father of the child even if all parties involved know otherwise.
Which made sense centuries ago, before we understood anything about genetics much less DNA. Now, though, when establishing paternity is as simple as swabbing a cheek, is it really right to keep this child's real father, who is eager to continue a relationship with him, out off his life? Or, conversely, to force men who are already dealing with the fallout from a cheating spouse to be financially responsible for a child that is not theirs because they were married to the child's mother?
"... We are in need of a bold declaration that the marriage circle, even one with an errant partner, will be invaded at one's own legal risk," Justice Bill Cunningham was by quoted Time as writing in his judicial opinion.
GAH. I'm pro-marriage, for EVERYBODY that wants it, but that's just — wow. When at least two of the three people involved showed no respect for the institution, why in heaven's name should the law? Especially when a boy's right to know the truth of his life is being trampled. And a father is left, as the Time article describes him, "devastated."

Image: TIME

They Say: Married Mothers are Floozies

Rachael Brownell (Redsy) — Fri, 02 May 2008 15:26:00 GMT

A recent Cookie Magazine/AOL survey found that over 30% of moms have had an affair since having children and over 50% have seriously considered extra-marital activities.

The three men women are most likely to fantasize about include...

George Clooney, Barack Obama, and Tom Brady (the latter indicates there's no accounting for taste).

Also interesting: while some moms would rather have sex than lose 10 pounds (29%), many women practice pity sex (69%), and over 60% say sex ranks at the bottom of their priority list.

Nearly 50% of the 30,000 women polled indicated that they suspected their husbands of either cheating currently or in the past.

Whatever happens to married couples after they have children, it's clear that some people turn to "outside help" when the going gets too tough.