It's been 24 hours since Weiner's Press Conference. Has his wife said anything?

[brooklynite]

If not, I think that says something in and of itself.

[elleng]

1. Says nothing except she's smart, sad, and angry, imo.

[Tx4obama]

2. Why should she? She is very private person and this is a private matter. n/t

[ChrisBorg]

3. Pray tell, what do you think that tells? Be specific.

[Jumping John]

4. Weiner's wife has

kept quiet and out of the public eye, and put her head down at the State Department, where she is a top aide to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.

In fact, Abedin will be on a plane bound for Africa with Clinton Wednesday evening, officials told ABC News' Claire Shipman. The officials said Abedin's been working non-stop since the scandal broke, and "hasn't missed a beat." They added that "she is committed to her marriage," and that "they love each other."

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/huma-abedin-wife-anthony-weiner-stay-married-man/story?id=13774687

[Rhiannon12866]

5. I heard today that she offered to stand up there with him

But he decided to handle this alone. On some news show they said she was reportedly "disappointed," though he confessed to her when they were first married, but I guess the implication was that she thought he'd stopped doing this stuff. They were only married last year. This must be excruciating for her. x(

[JDPriestly]

9. The two of them will have to work on this together.

This sounds like an addiction to me. Weiner needs to get some help. It's some kind of obsession.

It doesn't appear to interfere with his work or other aspects of his judgment.

[oldlib]

17. I agree

that this is an addiction. This will take a commitment, by him, to seek the medical and mental treatment needed to break this addiction. I believe that Anthony has displayed the courage and the capability to make this happen. I wish him well.

[aquart]

6. Well, it says nothing to you since it's none of your business, is it?

Prurient window peeper. What kind of nightgown does she like?

[JackRiddler]

7. This is why Weiner's Wiener is so damned important.

Without that and the fourth day of Palin and Paul Revere, we might end up talking about how many people the government killed today in our names in Asia and Africa, or why gas prices are so high, or stuff like this:

'Melt-through' at Fukushima? / Govt report to IAEA suggests situation worse than meltdown

The Yomiuri Shimbun



Nuclear fuel in three reactors at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant has possibly melted through pressure vessels and accumulated at the bottom of outer containment vessels, according to a government report obtained Tuesday by The Yomiuri Shimbun.

A "melt-through"--when melted nuclear fuel leaks from the bottom of damaged reactor pressure vessels into containment vessels--is far worse than a core meltdown and is the worst possibility in a nuclear accident.

The possibility of the situation at the plant's Nos. 1 to 3 reactors was raised in a report that is to be submitted to the International Atomic Energy Agency.

If the report is released as is, it would be the first official recognition that a melt-through has occurred.

...

That would be terrible! We need right now to focus on Weiner's Wife, and what her silence about his Wiener may, in fact, mean!!!

[azurnoir]

8. no she has not but there was this in HuffPo

Huma Abedin: Weiner's Good South Asian Wife?

"Don't be another Pakistani Good Wife" one Twitterer posted after Weiner's confession. Don't follow your boss's advice, said countless others, referencing Hillary Clinton's well-known history of standing by her man even after the fact of his cheating was beyond doubt.

What is interesting in Abedin's case is that despite a public image that puts her allegiance to the United States and its foreign policy in little doubt -- she could, after all, have pursued a political career in any number of other places considering her heritage, linguistic skills and cultural knowledge -- she is still viewed as somehow foreign, even by Americans with a similar heritage.

Even though her boss, a white woman, stood by a cheating husband, if Abedin were to do it, it would be the South Asian wife in her -- that traditional notion of a woman who will put up with anything simply because society demands it of her -- that will have compelled her to stay, so this argument goes.

There is very little discussion about how her overall political trajectory and life decisions might play into her staying with this man after he has shown little regard for their marriage.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/shirin-sadeghi/huma-abedin-weiners-good-_b_872264.html

[JDPriestly]

10. Wise women weather male midlife crisis all the time.

It's called love -- and maturity at least on the woman's part.

It sure beats divorce -- even in recent marriages. Marriage is not just about sex. It's about sharing a lot of things that are fun but also difficult. Weiner has his problems, but then she could be married to a bore. And that would be much worse.

Weiner is probably very communicative and a good listener. Those are things that make a marriage work.

He has a problem. He will have to work on it, but he can overcome it with help, I should think.

Kids must have made fun of him and his name from the time he was just very young. That may be why he has this obsession.

[Maru Kitteh]

11. That's a hell of a narrative you have worked out in your imagination there. n/t

[JDPriestly]

13. I'm an older woman, and I have watched my friends go through similar things.

The ones who get divorces end up miserable and lonely.

[anneboleyn]

14. Really? I divorced my first husband, and thank my lucky stars, as my second husband is wonderful

The man I wish I'd been married to all along, in fact. What a pathetic life I would have had if I'd sat around like a meek little mouse, miserable in my first marriage to an immature loser who was trying to find himself.

[azurnoir]

15. yep besides Huma is hardly 'middle aged' and she is quite beautiful n/t

[JDPriestly]

18. Good for you.

You were very lucky, and I am happy for you.

Two of my friends have had experiences like yours, but most of the others are just miserable. One of my friends just drank herself to death after her divorce. She tried to date guys but they were all just jerks using her, one after the other.

For the most part, older women stay alone. That is my experience.

[Sonoman]

12. Hey dude...

from out here...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwBirf4BWew

Sonoman

[mysuzuki2]

16. I'm sure she has had quite a lot to say

to him!

[Fla_Democrat]

20. This

^^





:smoke:

[City Lights]

19. I'm sure she's said something to someone in the past 24 hours.

I have no idea whether or not she's made a public statement. I haven't been looking for a statement from her because it's really none of my business.

[Dappleganger]

21. That's how I feel, none of my business.

[madmom]

22. Maybe, just maybe she just flat out loves the guy! Would that be such an

egregious thing? If everyone else treated this the way she is, so far, it would be the non story is should have been in the first place. Jeeesh people get over yourselves and let this couple get on with their lives and mend their marriage.