fourm member that made me laugh. "Honour intact" indeed. Sounds like boasting.

morddwyd , you sound like the lucky many who's truly fallen in "love", whatever that means. I was married for 12 years and partner went off with another regardless of what the children needed or wanted. I went through a bit of hell but dusted myself down, eventually, and now living with a partner, we've three children, for the past 17 years.

Reminds me to ask her to marry me... maybe next year.

Extract from the Guardian:

"The scandal involving former CIA director David Petraeus has deepened following allegations that another top US military commander, General John Allen, had sent thousands of "inappropriate" emails to a woman linked to Petraeus."

It seems these Generals have more time on their hands than I credited them with! I hope they put as much effort into fighting wars.

Both these Generals are at the top of their profession, and in their field wield enormous power and have proved they have a huge intellect. It seems quite amazing that their judgement seems to be so poor - they surely knew they could not keep their philandering secret.If ever there were cases of their brains being somewhere other than between their ears, this must be the classic example.

"The words 'bringing dishonour' should be their final military epitaph."

A soldier having sex with a woman who is not his wife is "dishonourable"?

What pompous nonsense!

"What is it that drives men with so much to live up to and conversely so much to lose, to risk it all because of a younger, good looking woman?"

Millions of years of evolution, that's what.