Misplaced Loyalty

There was a man who was madly in love with his beautiful wife.  Even after 3 years of marriage, he felt the same way about her as he did the night he proposed.  He loved her.  Deeply and completely.

The feeling was not mutual, however.  And though the wife spent a lot of time telling her husband how much she loved him and how much she supported him and how she was always working to make his life better, the truth was she did not really believe any of that.  She had a hunger for other men as some have a hunger for wealth and power.   As often as she could she would cheat on her husband.  Sometimes just one night or one afternoon stands with men she met in grocery stores.  Sometimes a longer-lasting affair with standing dates at a local motel.  The bottom line was that she was in no way faithful to him or supportive of him and simply told him things he wanted to hear to keep him around and provide her with a certain standard of living, wealth and prestige.

Others became aware of the wife’s behavior.  They began to talk about her lies and her infidelity and her lack of commitment to her wedding vows.  Some even risked sharing their concerns with the husband.

But the husband could not see it, could not believe it, and would not believe it.  As the evidence grew more and more obvious to others the husband dug his heels in and attacked those who would say bad things about his wife.  He ended friendships with the critics and developed new friendships where the only prerequisite is that the new friend supported his wife.

The world knew he was a cuckold, a fool, a blind believer in a false image.  But he persisted in his blind loyalty and denial of the facts.  The world assumed that someday he would wake up and become angry and heartbroken.  He may have secretly known that as well.  But on the surface, he continued to proclaim his devotion to his harlot wife, loyalty to those who supported him and his devotion, and attack anyone who criticized her. 

He was like a Trump supporter.