You guys really cracked me up. Feeling sympathetic is a good way to tell that you believe the story. I still fail to be sympathetic, though. Sorry! It also reminds me of the famous Jackson scandal. When someone posts a story about "she said he said" with an implicit welcome for a spring break, it is very difficult for me to take the full words as a truth. Frankly there are more romanticized stories more appealing there in the USA than this freaking story; if I have some sympathy at all, right now I am outa it. There are moments when I sympathize just because it touches my heart. When we talk about marriage life, sex life, sex scandal, divorces, I look through them totally differently. Seen them a lot! I've heard literally a hundred of stories similar to one quoted here. In one event, I have been led to believe the combination so much I could have lost a lot; I just some trust, that's it. The mentioned couple still live in the USA, though separate. Together they also have 5 children, though for me it is very difficult to see which is which. I'd still wait for the boy's story before having antipathy for him. Right now I'd rather make fun of these scandals.