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My Name is Mark and I found my soul mate. I want it ALL
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My job allows me to travel a lot. My wife found out that I have been having an affair and told me to stop it immediately. I tried to get her to give me permission to keep seeing this other woman and instead of letting me, she kicked me out of the house until I "came to my senses".

I told my wife that I broke it off with my mistress in Argentina, but I lied and was visiting her anyways. When I got back, I had to explain to just about EVERYBODY - God, my wife, lots of people in my home state and basically the world - just what the heck I was doing. I told some bible stories to excuse my behavior and told everyone that I would try and fall back in love with my wife, even though I also told everyone that my soul mate is in Argentina and when I was in Argentina I cried and cried the whole time.

I also have been sexually inappropriate with 6 other women, but I didn't have actual sex with them like I did with my soul mate in Argentina.

I have a job where I am in the public eye and I use my position to tell other people to stick to family values and to go to church and be true to the Lord. Now people are saying I am a big fat hypocrite and I should step down. I said, NO WAY and that all those haters should learn to forgive and let me continue to do what I want.

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Comments (47)
If you think what you are doing is okay and if you have to question if you are normal.... then it seems to me like you have already answered your own question! NO THIS IS NOT NORMAL AND NO IT IS NOT OKAY. Get some therapy, go to a marriage counseler, do something. You are playing with fire, my dear, and you will get burned.
Omg are you sure your not that recent politician who got caught having an affair with a hispantic woman while on a "vaction"??? you said you were in the "public eye" and "christian"
Listen dude, if the girl in Argentina is your soulmate, then you need to seriously think of the option of leaving your wife. But at the same time, you also need to consider the fact that she might not be good for you. Have a talk with her about it.

And if you're Mark Sanford, I don't know how important your career is to you, but if it is, I suggest going with your wife if you're keeping to "family values". Career or love, its your choice. But yes, this is normal. Men find other women all the time.

And if you're Mark Sanford again, you shouldn't be taking people's advice over 'is it normal' and then leaving clues like you had an affair with this woman from Argentina, six other women, had to tell the people of your home state and "the world" and your name is Mark.

I'm Canadian, but I hope it works out.

-Hekate
Mark...Mark Sanford is that you? Shouldn't you be fucking up your states government instead of on IIN. LOL. I have say..this did make me laugh.
Well, if you want to go by the bible, then you must marry them all! Because adultery is one of the 10 commandments! What bible blasphemy are you reading? Just be with one woman or don't settle down with anyone. You are being extremely..EXTREMELY selfish and immature. You're still a child and God, I'm sure, is waiting for you "to come to you senses". Ass.
Seriously, you had to ask? NO. IT IS NOT NORMAL.
Yes, you are the normal loser with know heart that makes all the good peoples lives so hard.How could a guy seriously think there wife would let them keep seeing somebody else, you don't love her and I am sure respect is not even in your vocab. If you have any ounce of love or respect for your wife you would just let her go so she could move on instead of dragging her through all of this, just to do it again.
I can understand not being in love with your wife and falling in love with someone else. I can understand trying again to make it work with your wife, if that's where your heart lies.

Wanting affairs and still staying married makes the marriage a sham. Get a backbone. Make a choice and live with it.
No you are not. You think there are a set of rules for everyone else but you. That is hypocrisy.
this is the problem with religion, even the priests are hipocritical of their own values, i'm assuming this man is a priest, having talked about bible stories etc
you realize... God was pretty mad at the people in bible who did have affairs or multiple wives he didnt like it one but he put up with it because there were alot fewer women at time and earth needed to be populated... that and the people who did marry multiple woman did keep up with all their wives n took responsibility... im sure the ones who didnt he was pretty mad with... but other than that he really hated when people did that its against God those people he let get away with it just cause of that but... theres no excuse for it anymore we got a fairly good population and theres no reason even if we keep up with the wives we shouldnt get multiple marriages and man.. you shouldnt be engaging in sexual acts outside marriage you committed to your wife at altar... so you should be with her love isnt all feelings... its a committment and bond.... you shouldnt let ur hormones or feelings speak for you... speak for yourself and control yourself.... God taught that
btw to u junior lol religion is made by man.... so its quite obvious that priest r flawed n God isnt at fault lol many r hypocrits or fall short pretty much its said in bible and shown many times
so surprised how many people on here dont keep up with current events?
its not particularly abnormal. but u did betray your wife and threw all respect for your relationship out the window. my wife mucked around with 6 guys and screws another, gess what I'd do. pummel her face. If I did it, she'd cut my scrotum off. simple as.
it is normal for men to select a newer, better, more attractive mate once their first wife shrivels up and gets all cunty
Mark, if your heart is shared with the other, divorce your wife and follow your heart. Be sure to love those who do not understand you and honor your bed.
If you have children, you may take care of them with your mate. If your wife do not agree, let her take care of your children.
haha these people obviously don't get the joke. Completely normal life of a politician and I congratulate you. I want to be you.
I still can't believe how stupid these people are. Not one of you realized that he is impersonating the politican and is not actually him.
You are one mixed up individual,bi-polar I think they call it!
leave your wife and go live in Argentina with your soul mate. it will make you happier. and dont worry about your family, their better off without you.
God... you're too DAMN SELFISH.. you just care about yourself.. who cares if u got a soulmate in Argentina ??? Well take that.. YOU GOT UR WIFE WAITING FOR YOU AT HOME .. WAITING FOR YOU TO COME BACK! ..and you're only cheating on her



"He gave her a flower. She gave him her life. When it's over, He lost a flower. She lost her life."
Very clever!
Totally normal when you work in government.
It's pretty straight forward...If you're no longer in love with your wife, then a divorce would be a pretty smart option for you. I don't see why you'd stay with your wife, and continue on hurting her, when you're in love with someone else. It's unfair to her, and it's unfair to your soul mate...to be honest, you're just being incredibly selfish. And to continue lying about it is obviously completely pointless.

It's clear that you do not respect, nor love your wife, and it's obvious that you don't respect your "soul mate" either. Let your wife move on, she obviously deserves someone better.

You're just selfishly wasting their time. Personally, I don't think you deserve to be with anyone, and it's unfathomable to me as to how anyone would even want to be with you.

Congratulations on becoming another stereotypical mainstream lying, cheating bastard of a husband. Your mother would be proud.
you sound like our sc governor, how odd..
you can't break up with those latina girls. they put something in your mind. some voodoo or something. are you thinking about her now?
ok, so its not your fault you fell in love with someone else. thats fine. but at least just let your wife go. your hurting her and everyone you know by doing this. just go back to that other woman your so fond of.
Throughout history it has been normal for men to have both wives and mistresses. However Mark the past is a foreign country as they do things differently there. I would have said it was normal although WRONG!!! Normal however until you said your pro family values yet don't think you're a hypocrite. No matter what you protest from then on you are a hypocrite and even trying to believe otherwise is abnormal.

Sorry man just the way it is
LOL it made me laugh too
OMG not normal

you should just listen to your wife! if you don't love her then why dont u just get a divorce?!?!?!!
the guy is in their right to be happy lol
are you EXTREMELY insecure with yourself?
hahahaha nice one..thats the governor who just disappeared right? must be one heck of a lady
This is obscure, to cheat on a woman for someone you consider to be your soulmate is bad enough. To see 6 other women is even worse, In all reality of it, you don't deserve anyone. You're hurting people and it is all your fault. You are NO way in the right and you owe so much to your wife; who by the way you may have hurt.
That is so not normal! You're saying that you had to explain to God what you're doing, but surely if you believed in God and had any religious values whatsoever you would not be doing anything as such as even being 'sexually inappropriate' with anyone else.
If you want to carry on doing what you're doing at least have the courtesy to break things off with your wife. I think its obscene and extremely disrespectful; you have a promise to your wife of eternal love, which is obviously a promise been broken.
Seriously, break things off with all of these unlucky women and get yourself some therapy, because you're blatently crazy.
pssh messed up dude. seriously not cool.
You are an IdIoT! Either quit commiting adultry or quit bullshitting God. You need some help dude, maybe you should just quit being a little pussy, get your OWN place, divorce your fuckin' wife, and go back to your "Soul mate"
WHY THEN ARENT YOU LEAVING YOUR WIFE FOR YOUR SOULMATE IN ARGENTINA?? IS IT WORTH IT THE LIES, THE DECEPTION, THE WASTE OF TIME... I SAY GET UR ACT TOGETHER STOP BEING SELFISH CUZ THERE IS SOMETHING CALLED KARMA AND ITS GONA GET YOU... AND TRUST ME UR BIBLE STORIES WONT SAVE U..LOL
You're an asshole for cheating. Leave your wife for youre "soulmate" if you want her so bad.
Leave your wife, loser.
you and clinton should have an orgy
You are normal for a Republican politician.
Didn't this happen already...? Who was the actual senator that did this? This was recent.
Oh! Mark Sanford. Gotcha.