Why Do Women Marry Men They Don't Love? What the Vrabel & Russini Story Is Really About

I've been quietly watching the Mike Vrabel and Dianna Russini story unfold for the last few weeks. If you haven't been following, here's the short version. He's the head coach of the New England Patriots. She was, until recently, one of the biggest NFL insiders in the business, reporting for The Athletic. They were photographed together at an adults-only resort in Sedona this spring. Both of them are married to other people. Both of them have denied everything.

I went into this curious about the affair. I came out of it stuck on a completely different question. And it's one I think a lot of women already know the answer to, even if we don't say it out loud