Dirtbag who cheated on pregnant wife blames "office piranha"

Getting down in the gutter this morning because I'm sick of politics, sports, and Algore (PBUH) harping about global warming when I'm freezing my ass off.

From the UK:

Once, retail boss Colin had an enviable life. He was in line for promotion, had a beautiful North London home, two children he adored and a loving wife who was expecting their third baby.

Then he hired a 26-year-old secretary. She was to herald the unravelling of his life in the most spectacular way.

Fuelled by alcohol and intoxicated by the fact that this nubile young woman made it crystal-clear that she desired him, he found himself in bed with her after the office Christmas party. It was to leave him nursing the biggest hangover of his life: within six months he was homeless and estranged from his wife and children, and out of a job.

Colin...posing with the beautiful wife he cheated on...

Of course in classic Clintonian style, this cheater looks everywhere else to point the finger when caught with his pants down:

"Office piranha is the right terminology for her," says Colin ruefully today of the young woman he blames for ruining his life. "I was reeled in hook, line and sinker by a woman who deliberately set out to find a husband.

"She knew I was married and that my wife was pregnant, but she still targeted me for herself. She seemed happy to try to seduce me and then destroy my marriage in the hope that I would marry her.

"She came on strongly, and I was incredibly flattered. But now I have lost everything I held dear, and will regret the affair for the rest of my life."

Well, in the words of Michelle Malkin: boo freakin' hoo. Of course there is no way that Colin could possibly have known that the office trollop he decided to hook up with would turn pscyho on him:

The next morning, Clare began bombarding Colin with texts and phone calls, and over the next few weeks pursued him with a vengeance.

"The texts said things like: 'You were good in bed', and despite my feelings of guilt, it felt fantastic to have a woman's attention again.

Having succumbed to the sexual flattery of the office piranha, Colin was foolish enough to agree to meet Clare secretly, and during the next six weeks they had a series of liaisons.

"When I tried to tell her it was over, she would beg me not to go, and cry. She threatened if I didn't leave Ellen and marry her, she would kill herself. Once, she acted as if she were carrying out her threat, running across the road and was almost hit by a car."

So why is this newsworthy? It's not, except for the fact that apparently this is turning into some kind of syndrome in the UK:

Last week, matrimonial lawyer Diane Benussi warned male bosses who unexpectedly hit it off with a female employee that they might have caught themselves an "office piranha" - a man-eating woman who preys on married, high-status men.

And Ms Benussi, who has almost 30 years' experience in the legal profession, sounded her warning after noting an increasing number of cases involving single women chasing the married fathers of their children for financial support.

Many such women, she says, join companies with a large number of male employees with the sole intention of looking for a partner. The office party then offers the ideal environment to trigger such relationships.

Ms Benussi's warning comes too late for Colin, who was divorced by his wife Ellen, 38, nine months ago on the grounds of adultery.

So all of you married guys out there who are thinking of boinking the office bimbo, just remember. It's not your fault...