I dunno. Silda is a smart cookie, and very tough. I doubt anyone is forcing her to do what she doesn't want to do. I don't like the idea that she's not doing this for her own reasons-- maybe her kids, or her divorce settlement, or her other ambitions after this.

Like Hillary.

But would not going to the press conferences really hurt their ambitions? I can see how it could hurt the kids, but I don't see how it could hurt her divorce settlement (if she decides to go that route). If I were in her shoes, I think I would rather be with my kids.

Life is far too short for bad coffee.

Too true. And while I'm not planning to shell out the money for, say, a pound a Blue Mountain, there's a Caribou Coffee around the corner and it's not much more expensive than Dunkin' Donuts.

That is cool (the garlic zoom). I'm not a big gadget person, although I did buy a Mouli Persil and a Mouli Julienne on my last trip to France. Those are more of a nostalgia item for me though.

there's a Caribou Coffee around the corner

Every time I drive past Caribou Coffee, I sing the Pixies.

No, seriously.

"Cari-boooooooooooo!!!"

I am pretty sure wife of a politician is never in my future, that said, in the situation, I would offer btw 1) not going to a press conference or 2) going to press conference and kicking him throughout it.

One of the food blogs I read did a review of the Garlic Zoom about a week ago and said it's fun to use, but is a total bitch to clean. (Dear kitchenware manufacturers everywhere: NOT EVERYONE LIVES IN THE SUBURBS AND HAS A DISHWASHER. KTHXBYE.)

However, LOVE:

Knife people want to turn their sharpest knives on the gadget people resulting in a colorful and satisfying plume of blood and a cascade of the ever-intensifying screams, but do not ultimately do so for fear of somehow damaging the blade.

Every time I drive past Caribou Coffee, I sing the Pixies.

I go past Caribou Coffee almost every day, and most of the time I still hear a little "Cariboooooooou!" in my head.

Every time I drive past Caribou Coffee, I sing the Pixies.

Me too. Or rather, three.

if I was ever one of these public wives, I would NOT go to the damn press conferences.

At least she didn't even attempt to smile. I'd go to the press conference if it got me a signed agreement on the terms of the divorce.

But would not going to the press conferences really hurt their ambitions? I can see how it could hurt the kids, but I don't see how it could hurt her divorce settlement (if she decides to go that route).

In my view, she's too smart not to be acting in her own interests, even if we don't know exactly what those are. If you want an unlikely hypothetical for how it would affect her divorce settlement, she may have to stay married for 21 years for a big payout, and she's staying married. If you want a more likely explanation, (again, IMO) there's no upside to publicly displaying anger or shame here, and acting hysterical might derail any chance she has to go back into private practice, where discretion is everything.