I had the honor of watching the Barbara Walter’s special ’10 Most Fascinating People of 2009’. Surprisingly, two of the women are women who have gone through the pain of a cheating husband – Kate Gosselin and Jenny Sanford. I really enjoyed Jenny Sanford’s interview (Jenny Sanford ). She had such strong conviction in the way she felt, and her confidence was something that should be an example for all of us in our journey.
Jenny’s husband was the one who was cheating on Jenny with a woman in Argentina. After Jenny found out (and before it got out to the press), Jenny moved herself and her 4 kids out.
She told her husband not to contact her or the kids for 30 days. She was thinking that her cheating husband would come to his senses and see what he had to lose. Unfortunately, he still didn’t get it. At that point, she moved out for good and has never looked backed. While most famous women or women in political positions stand by their man during public appearances after the affair, she didn’t. She was moving on. The BEST thing that she said in the entire interview is this “Certainly his actions hurt me, and they caused consequences for me, but they don’t in any way take away my own self-esteem. They reflect poorly on him” WOW…..that was a powerful statement and something that I really needed to hear at this point in my personal affair recovery.
If we could all bounce back with this type of attitude after our spouses cheated the world would be a better place!! I think each woman’s journey after the affair is different. For me, I don’t think I am there yet, BUT I will get there. And you will too. Thanks Jenny for such a great interview, your story has helped many women.
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