Man charged after reading wife's email on shared computer

[Knewz]

She shouldn't get anything anyways. I hope she signed a prenup that said in the event of infidelity, she gets NOTHING! Not woman bashing here, i'd feel the same way if the organs were on the other pelvis.

Also, ownership of the email address will come into play. He can claim it was a shared email account, which many couples have. Of course if its jane.doe@somewhere.com, its less likely believable but take doe123@apk.com - Male or female? It's a stretch but i've seen far more elastic things go over in a court.

 

[EarlyMon]

No flip flop at all. I read the post as calling out trust in relationships as a critical issue, that neither belonged in the relationship.

If you read it differently, then our mileage varies.

Your behavior spoofing your ex's friend is a subject for another day. Sad that you would brag about getting away with impersonating someone.

 

[Sweet Chaos]

Personally, I don't think he was in the wrong. I don't know the specifics of the law they are saying he violated but they said, "...he violated a state law typically used against hackers intent on making money or mayhem." He's not a hacker... she left her password sitting where he could get to it. If she didn't want him reading her stuff she should have hid her passwords. He also wasn't trying to make money or mayhem. According to what he said, he was concerned about the safety of his children. I think it's a pretty valid reason to find out what your wife is doing if you think someone she's spending time with is a threat to your children.

I think the entire trial is a joke, and I really hope the wife gets laughed out of the courtroom. Not only was she cheating, but she is trying to pull something like this? Five years in prison for reading her email? Did she consider how that was going to affect her children? Probably not. Sounds to me like the only person that matters is herself, and she'll pulling this case to try and take some of the negative attention off her. Very sad that this is where we are in life.

With all that said, I'm not sure I trust what the article is saying. They go from saying, "he was concerned that his wife’s lover — the second of her two former husbands — might be abusive to her around their young children," which gives the impression that he knew (for a fact) that she was cheating, and was only reading the email to make sure the kids were ok, to "he learned of his wife's affair by reading her e-mail on their computer," which says that he DIDN'T know she was cheating until he read it on the computer. Those are two pretty big differences.

 

[Dark Jedi]

Moral of the story. If you want to cheat. Leave no evidence behind.

 

[Snow_Fox]

"You can't make a housewife out of a ho."

One thing that does make me happy... is even though our relationship ended..

When my girlfriend realized she was getting more emotionally attached to other people, she left me before she cheated on me.

I suppose I would go so far as to say that was her final act of love was not totally betraying my trust.

Her and I are still friends and although we don't talk much, it atleast isn't awkward or distressed.

I just think it is sad that people feel the need to cheat.

I saw one person on a tv show one time just flat out bragging and acting smug when they got caught "its so easy, I mean, the other person just doesn't pay attention and is totally unsuspecting!"

And it baffles me. A relationship isn't about keeping your partner from cheating on you, and constantly monitoring them to make sure they aren't betraying your trust.

I don't believe you should be naive however, why would you want a relationship where your constantly looking down upon the other person as stupid, just because they do love and do trust you?

We are a sad and miserable species.