A Very British Sex Scandal

Quote paddyann54 Mon 06-May-24 14:01:22
Annie perhaps a woman who was emotionally/socially naive and gullible ,maybe he told her his marriage was a front and he'd leave when the children grew up .I know one woman exactly like that and I know she believed every word the lying toad told her .Doesn't your bible say Judge not lest you be judged?

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Yes the bible say ‘judge not lest you be judged’ , and
‘Thou shall not commit adultery’ . One does a murderer
‘Thou shall not kill’

She was free to make the choice was she not

We have our own sex scandal / fraud trial going on here right now. The former “head cheese” is playing the victim as hard as he can. He’s always the victim - he can do no wrong. Except switch our democracy to fascism, which he is striving for.

But if elected in November (you have to wonder about his dim-witted supporters!) then I’m moving to England… Canada doesn’t want us… too many threatening to move there.

Horrible man
I remember the whole sordid thing .My husband and I were on holiday with my Mother in Wales , I stood outside the local Post Office for so long rifling through the papers the owner stepped outside and told me to buy them not just read them !🤣

Annie perhaps a woman who was emotionally/socially naive and gullible ,maybe he told her his marriage was a front and he'd leave when the children grew up .I know one woman exactly like that and I know she believed every word the lying toad told her .Doesn't your bible say Judge not lest you be judged?

sluttygran and your opinion of the mistress?

It's not the affairs that matter to me - it all seems pretty routine for MPs these days, and Boris Johnson and his fans seem admiringly satisfied about his serial philanderings.
What I find hard to stomach about the Parkinson affair is the neglect and pain inflicted on that poor child, not to mention the children of his marriage.
In the documentary, Parkinson came over as a sly, smarmy and unprincipled rotter.
I suppose I feel a little sympathy for his wife, but she almost certainly knew what was going on, and tacitly carried on enjoying the advantaged lifestyle which she was afforded in the marriage.

Thatcher’s favourite. Never stopped backing him the silly woman

Galaxy

I am not moralising about her I am moralising about him. Its actually quite important to moralise about the welfare of children. When I have made mistakes similar to cossy I have been nothing but grateful when I was told to stop being an idiot by a friend who had the welfare of my children at heart. Her moralising was a good thing.
I appreciate you sharing cossy, my guess is like me you understand that actions have consequences, and one of the consequences of a man not having contact with his child is that lots of people will express their view of him.

We are all human, many of us make mistakes, some large, some very large, some of us own them! One cannot change the past, but it is possible to move forward and be a “better” person for owning one’s mistakes and acknowledging the hurt it could, or has, caused other innocent parties.

Yes we agree Galaxy 😀

I don't watch such rubbish. What's a sex scandal anyway?

I think we are agreeing annie.
I think Cecils wife was in an impossible position, many women tolerate all sorts of behaviour as to leave would be worse for the children.
I will continue quite happily to judge a man or woman who does not have contact with their child.

Is a 12 year affair a mistake?

I am not moralising about her I am moralising about him. Its actually quite important to moralise about the welfare of children. When I have made mistakes similar to cossy I have been nothing but grateful when I was told to stop being an idiot by a friend who had the welfare of my children at heart. Her moralising was a good thing.
I appreciate you sharing cossy, my guess is like me you understand that actions have consequences, and one of the consequences of a man not having contact with his child is that lots of people will express their view of him.

Agree eazybee Anne Parkinson was a victim yet is criticised

Most women with any kind of conscience wouldn't be able to live with the behaviour of a man like that.
I wonder, Desdemona, Ilovecheese and Allsorts, if you have any idea of the feelings of Anne Parkinson following the actions of her husband and Sarah Keays, who tried for twelve years to wreck their marriage? So she and her children should suffer as well? Possibly she stayed with him because she put the welfare of her children before her pride?
Does anyone give a thought for the wives of Robin Cook, Chris Huhne, David Mellor, Matt Hancock et al or their families?
Spare us the moralising.

Cecil Parkinson and Sara Keays. no accounting for taste is there, wouldn't do if we all liked the same

'slimy toad' a very apt description.

Ilovecheese

Allsorts

What a slimy toad of a man punishing his child, her differently from his others, it must have been a marriage of convenience, no one would take a man back after 12 years of cheating and neglecting to maintain his child. If he were my husband I wouldn’t touch him with a barge pole.

I would feel the same. What sort of woman could remain married to a man who could treat a child like that?

Because HER children with Cecil weren't treated like that and she didn't want to rock the boat and mess up her and the children's future?

Most women with any kind of conscience wouldn't be able to live with the behaviour of a man like that. The cheating was bad, but treating a little girl like that was beyond the pale.

Allsorts and ILovecheese, we none of us know how Anne Parkinson felt; she was humiliated enough without people blaming her for saying in her marriage.

Anniebach

Thank you Cossy

No worries

Ilovecheese

Cossy it was brave of you to post your experience, you should not have to explain yourself to anyone on here.

I really don’t mind, I made a huge mistake and wouldn’t change my wonderful son for the world!

Thank you, it happened, it’s not something I’m proud of, but neither myself or my son’s biological father are bad people, neither is my husband who has spent years and years making up for his “mistake”

Thank you Cossy

Cossy it was brave of you to post your experience, you should not have to explain yourself to anyone on here.

Allsorts

What a slimy toad of a man punishing his child, her differently from his others, it must have been a marriage of convenience, no one would take a man back after 12 years of cheating and neglecting to maintain his child. If he were my husband I wouldn’t touch him with a barge pole.

I would feel the same. What sort of woman could remain married to a man who could treat a child like that?

crazyH

Anniebach good question - I’ll give you the answer, they never do …

I don’t believe you can possibility speak for everyone!

Perhaps it’ll make you feel better to know that my now husband had an affair when all three of our children were under 6, with a woman he worked with. I was devastated and somehow felt I deserved it and we managed to get through it and I’ve never been unfaithful to him.

Sorry that should read “I was young and naive and both of us felt guilty”