Herman Cain Wishes he had Taken the Advice

There is a simple admonition in the scriptures that says, basically, "Don't allow event a hint of sexual misconduct to tarnish your reputation or give people cause to wonder about you."

Herman Cain is about to pull out of the Republican primary process because he had a 13 year relationship with a woman who is not his wife. I'm not saying it was  an illicit relationship or even an adulterous one. I am saying it was dumb. If it was proper why didn't Mrs. Cain know about it? The best answer Herman Cain can come up with is, "It was dumb."

I know a married man who gave diamond earrings to a woman who is not his wife. He bought them at a charity auction and publicly reasoned his inappropriate gift away saying, "This sweet lady is divorced and it has been a long time since any man gave her something nice." I cringed as he stood up and presented the stunned divorcee, sitting at his table beside his wife, with the gift. Dumb.

There are four women a married man can give a gift to: his wife, his mother, his wife's mother or his daughter. All other women are off limits. Men, if you're married and know another woman who needs something (like a loan, earrings, conversation, friendship...) ask your wife what she thinks. If she agrees the help is needed, she can give the gift.

"Don't allow event a hint of sexual misconduct to tarnish your reputation or give people cause to wonder about you."