Dr. Phil talks infidelity with Jenny Sanford and Cynthia Shackelford, forgiveness and revenge

With spurned wives in a world of love, marriage, and infidelity women take different routes to work through pain.
The healthy way is to let go and move on. But some wives choose revenge and suing their husband’s mistress — a sad route given that each day of trial preparation and litigation they are living out their anger.
On Dr. Phil, Jenny Sanford, who frequently talks forgiveness, said she was looking for love. Jenny Sanford to Dr. Phil: I’m Looking for Love
And in watching her glowing face these days it is apparent that her internal peace helped her to attract a new beau, South Carolina businessmen Clay Boardman.
The path of revenge, a lawsuit
Cynthia Shackelford decided to sue her husband’s mistress — an archaic practice that is only permitted in 7 states in the union. Despite the fact that she was awarded millions, she will probably not collect a penny. Either the suit will be overturned or the mistress, who has nothing, will simply give her nothing. But Cynthia obviously felt a sense of superiority knowing “she won” but of course, she lost her husband. And if there was a chance in the world of getting him back, her behavior probably ruined it.
CBS Marketwire noted yesterday, “This Thursday, Dr. Phil brings together for the first time Cynthia Shackelford, who sued her estranged husband’s alleged mistress and was awarded an astonishing million, and Jenny Sanford, former wife of South Carolina governor Mark Sanford.
“The two women discuss their high-profile marital breakups, their former husbands and what point they are in …

“Both women talk about characteristics of behavior that came forth and made their husbands seem like completely different people,” said Dr. Phil. “I think it’s trite to call it a mid-life crisis. There’s something that goes on that’s much more complex.” In a Daytime Television Exclusive Spurned Wives
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Where are they now given forgiveness and revenge?
Today, Jenny Sanford is a happy woman . Maria Belen Chapur and Mark Sanford; Jenny Sanford and Clay Boardman
As for ” Cynthia Shackelford, the North Carolina woman with the $9 million judgment, she said she had no idea her marriage was even in trouble and had been in the process of remodeling the marital home when she found out about her husband’s extramarital canoodling.

For Shackelford, it was really more striking a blow for the institution itself. “I would much rather be with my husband today and have our marriage the way it was than have $9 million,” she told the magazine.Jenice Armstrong: Mistresses beware!
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This woman also says she wanted to send a message to would-be mistresses. She is in La La land. Lust is far stronger than the fear of possible litigation. And as you can see, she would rather have had her husband. She might have thought of that before seeking revenge.
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