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> David and I began an affair shortly after that night and we were together for years. The first time we got pregnant was in 2005. I was travelling in Europe wh

> David and I began an affair shortly after that night and we were together for years. The first time we got pregnant was in 2005. I was travelling in Europe when I miscarried, about 3 months into my pregnancy. I phoned David who was in Hawaii closing on a house we’d found together to give him the sad news. We were pregnant again a year later. David assured me of his imminent divorce and our son was born in May 2007. The first child would have been ~14/15 now. His son is ~12 and some months and could very well be reading this site and these comments (FYI). I got to be honest here, I don't know what Ms. Blakely was thinking at the time. I don't know her age during the affair, her mental state, or her upbringing. None of that really matters. What David did, and what he continues to do to his closest family members, is wrong. Apparently, he has been doing such ghastly things to his family for the last ~15 years. Compare and contrast this to former CA Gov. Schwarzenegger and his various children. He had an affair with Mildred "Patty" Baena and hid the affair for 14 years, ending in his divorce from his wife of 25 years. Though his relationships with the mothers is 'rocky', his relationships with his children is seemingly better. He recently attended the college graduation (Pepperdine) of his son with Ms. Baena and posted the event and celebration on social media. It is no wonder, then, that Google has become what they started out to not become, namely 'evil'. Such behavious by these childish people (the noun of 'man' cannot be applied to such immature boys) should alert everyone to the aims of the C-suite at Google: I've got mine, screw you.

strikelaserclaw 7y ago
C Suite at google? like these guys are some type of mafia? This happens with rich, powerful men everywhere world over. I'm reminded of the bill burr bit, if a lot of women are throwing themselves at you, i wonder how many men would be able to be faithful.
- Balgair 7y ago
  Fair! But that many C-Suites in many other companies behave like this does not excuse Google or the behaviour of the other companies. > I'm reminded of the bill burr bit, if a lot of women are throwing themselves at you, i wonder how many men would be able to be faithful. I'm reminded of the Roman Triumphs of the republican era. Though the victorious general was paraded through Rome as a god-like figure, faced painted Jupiterian Red, with a full purple toga, there was often a slave very publically riding along in the chariot, speaking into the ears of the Triumphant :"you are mortal" and "look behind". Indeed, Cesar was killed by the Senate with small knives for being too ostentatious (among many many other things). Alexander the Great was killed by the smallest of things, a tiny little bug, likely the plauge (many theories abound though). Lincoln was killed not by great generals and massed armies, cannons and ships, but by a crazed and misinformed stage actor with a small Deringer and a single bullet. Hitler likely died similarly to a small mouse, in a deep and dark hole, convulsing and foaming at the mouth from eating something very bad. Though martial infidelity by C-suite a-holes is not nearly the same as the deaths of famous men (in the case of the article, it is the exact opposite: birth), the lesson is the same: Memento Mori.

strikelaserclaw 7y ago

C Suite at google? like these guys are some type of mafia? This happens with rich, powerful men everywhere world over. I'm reminded of the bill burr bit, if a lot of women are throwing themselves at you, i wonder how many men would be able to be faithful.

Balgair 7y ago
Fair! But that many C-Suites in many other companies behave like this does not excuse Google or the behaviour of the other companies. > I'm reminded of the bill burr bit, if a lot of women are throwing themselves at you, i wonder how many men would be able to be faithful. I'm reminded of the Roman Triumphs of the republican era. Though the victorious general was paraded through Rome as a god-like figure, faced painted Jupiterian Red, with a full purple toga, there was often a slave very publically riding along in the chariot, speaking into the ears of the Triumphant :"you are mortal" and "look behind". Indeed, Cesar was killed by the Senate with small knives for being too ostentatious (among many many other things). Alexander the Great was killed by the smallest of things, a tiny little bug, likely the plauge (many theories abound though). Lincoln was killed not by great generals and massed armies, cannons and ships, but by a crazed and misinformed stage actor with a small Deringer and a single bullet. Hitler likely died similarly to a small mouse, in a deep and dark hole, convulsing and foaming at the mouth from eating something very bad. Though martial infidelity by C-suite a-holes is not nearly the same as the deaths of famous men (in the case of the article, it is the exact opposite: birth), the lesson is the same: Memento Mori.