Spotting a cheating Wife!

Last evening I attended the 'Make a Wish' Gala with my Wife at the Westin.  Third year in a row for me sitting at the Macy's table.  It was all for a great cause and the children that get their wishes fulfilled tug at my heart strings and there are dewey eyes moments.  This has been the case every year.  However during the first two years aside from the heart felt moments I was bored out of my mind sitting in my Monkey suit with other suits bored listening to the war stories at work or making small talk to my wife's coworkers and managers.  But I know it is my yoke to bare for my Wife.

But this year it was different.  After seeing the same people for the past three years I started getting aquainted with them and comfortable.  Big laughs and funny quips from the men.  Intimate inside chat between the women.  Drink a little bit more.  One husband got so carried away that he donated $2500 to the charity while his wife was doing her insider chatting.  She was stunned.  The husband was staring off into space not realizing that he held up his card for the $2500 donation.  I think he was just trying to flag down a waiter for another bottle of wine.  We ended up dancing in the next room with my wife's manager and husband.  There was a DJ and women dressed to the 9's.  A great time was had for all. 

But this big event this year was seeing my next door neighbor's wife, Lady X (I withhold her name for obvious reasons), with a man that was not her husband!  My wife and I were entering into one of the side rooms at the silent auction that they have every year when we came face to face with X and her new boyfriend.  Honestly I didn't even recognize her (in true Dennis fashion) but my wife did.  I looked up at the tall guy to get a close look at the culprit that was escorting her.  It was a funny moment for all around.  The look on the beau's face, the stunned initial silence, the shocked look on X's face; was a made for TV moment.  After the intial silence X decided to come clean.  She told me that she was divorcing her husband of many years, moving in with her new beau, putting the house on the market ("Oh, and you'll see a for sale sign in a couple of days..."), so on and so on.  I started thinking about the yard sale that might be coming up.  Hmmm... he has a nice trimmer and edger that might be on the sales block!  After she came clean we reacted like it was no big deal, ("Oh how very nice to meet you!"  To the boyfriend.  "Oh we're going to miss you so much!  Remember July the 4th?  What a great time we had!"), wished them well and moved into the auction room.

This brings me to the today's point of the blog.  My neighbor Mr. X (husband of Mrs. X) came to be more than an aquaintance with me.  We talked about sports and the yard.  Always chatted each other up in passing.  I liked him!  Should I mention anything about seeing Mrs. X to him?  Divorces can be messy afairs of course.  Lots of things in the balance; cars, furniture, house, all forms of possesions.  My values and sense of fairness come into play.  Woman cheating, moving out, forcing a divorce, etc.  What I tell my neighbor X may help him with his break!  Should I get involved when I know she will be taking him to the cleaners?

How well do you need to know a neighbor to get involved?  Should anyone get involved at all.  Should I tell a friend of the neighbor?  You tell me.