[TrustingMyHP]

Hmmm, I have a little different view on this.

I think it might be a bit simplistic to call what happened with McCain a MLC.  I'm no fan of the man, although I think anyone who survived 5 years as a POW in Vietnam deserves respect. 

The horror of what he'd been through as a POW had to have severely affected him mentally.   It's difficult to say, I think, that he abandoned his first wife simply because he was having a MLC.  I suspect it had a lot to do with finally realizing he had been given his life back and wanting, as his first wife said, to make up for lost time.

None of our MLCers have undergone anything close to what McCain endured.  Again, I don't admire the guy but I can see how the experience of being a POW would warp his mind as to what his "duty" was and that he would have felt an overwhelming compulsion to live again.

His wife's accident may or may not have had an effect on what he did.  He could have just as easily cheated on her if she was still the beauty she'd been when he left.

I think it's more the fact that McCain was ambitious, wanted money to fund his political aspirations, wanted to sample all the candy that he could, and found a woman who was willing to commit adultery with him.

This story was out there during the 2008 campaign, although not widely discussed.  I remember the Washington Post did an article (or maybe it was Vanity Fair) somewhat similar to this one, although not as negative during the campaign.  It covered the same facts, though.

The concensus of the articles I read then was that McCain's first wife kept silent because of the medical support McCain gives her.  Obviously, she has had, and will continue to have, medical issues.

A sad story.  I've also read that Cindy McCain has not been the greatest step-mom in the world and that she is, herself, the result of a mid-life affair and then marriage of her father to a younger woman.  She has an older half-sibling who she has no relationship with whatsoever. 

TMHP

[Trustandlove]

I seem to remember that the quote from McCain's first wife (who never bashes him, btw, yes, likely a stander) was that "it was more to do with John turning 40 and wanting to be 25". 

So yes, MLC.... triggered by POW experience?  Well, hard to imagine a more traumatic one....   and we all know that much lesser things can trigger it. 

[Musica]

I have absolutely no sympathy for this man. His POW experience was horrific no doubt, but so was the accident and traumatic surgery which his wife went through, whilst bringing up children alone. On his return he should have been so grateful to her for being there holding his family together through the bad times and waiting for him. His behaviour was despicable in my opinion, and she is left to feel grateful for the medical care she gets. Unbelievable, what a slime ball.

Thanks for posting this WGH ... makes my H seem really caring and even honourable!!

[Dandy Lion]

My marriage ended because John McCain didn’t want to be 40, he wanted to be 25. You know that happens...it just does.’

She seems so blaze about the fact that it just happens...................I don't think I can be so cool about it!

[OldPilot]

My marriage ended because John McCain didn’t want to be 40, he wanted to be 25. You know that happens...it just does.’

She seems so blaze about the fact that it just happens...................I don't think I can be so cool about it!

This was 31 years ago! 
I hope I have figured this out by that length of time.

[WarriorPriestess]

Apparently it's going around-  Even our galaxy is having a MLC!

http://news.yahoo.com/why-milky-way-may-facing-midlife-crisis-210401548.html

[Anjae]

 

the milky way in a midlife crisis?...we're done! 

[ziggee]

Where not DONE... we just need to except the process

[WarriorPriestess]

Lol, gives a whole new perspective to just HOW LONG it can take, doesn't it? 

Hey, this is my 1000th post- Yay! 

[ziggee]

Lol, gives a whole new perspective to just HOW LONG it can take, doesn't it? 

Hey, this is my 1000th post- Yay! 

I would have figured that for your 1000th post it would have been something a little more special?? 

Then again... depends on how you look at it... if your 1st post was number 1 and then all the posts in between was that actually your 1000th or the 999th?  Maybe the next one is the big one?  I am expecting big things out of it... something with candles..

Z.