Tainted Love
A blogger becomes inspired by a friend's troubled marriage in this relationship guide.
While working in Arizona, La-Paz (Why Do Married Men Cheat with Unattractive Women? 2011, etc.), a five -foot seven-inch black woman who had to watch my weight continuously to fit the bill as a print model,: met blonde, "regal" Judie on a photo shoot. Although Judie "had graced the cover of numerous high-end magazines," she was desperately unhappy, having recently discovered that her photographer husband was cheating on her with an unattractive fast food worker. Judie's angry pal Jessie encouraged La-Paz to write a book about this phenomenon--men having affairs with women less attractive than their wives--which led to La-Paz meeting Judie's soon-to-be ex and his girlfriend. She also gathered together a focus group of "seasoned women who have overcome every aspect of a challenging marriage" and created a blog in which other people could sound off about infidelity. In this book, La-Paz shares highlights of these meetings and submissions; she also weaves in the relationship challenges of her own girlfriends and the women in her Bible study group. She wraps up by sharing Judie's 40-day journal, revealing the model's post -divorce journey to greater self-love and a new, happier relationship.