1.   Cook recently left his wife, married his secretary after confessing an affair with her, and held onto his job.

2.   Elaine drops Benjamin when he confesses his affair with her mother, but he pursues the young woman to her Berkeley campus and desperately woos her.

3.   Finally, Proctor tries to save his wife by confessing his affair with Abigail, only to find himself implicated.

4.   People confess their affairs on television for publicity.

5.   She allegedly confessed the affair to her parents after they were told by neighbors that she had been seen with Kennedy around town.

6.   The only people to whom one might consider confessing an affair, she added, are a member of the clergy, a therapist or perhaps a lawyer friend.

7.   Charles, for his part, had earlier confessed an affair with Parker-Bowles.