Well I never thought I would be cheering the actions of Huma Abedin, former Hillary Clinton confidante and keeper, but today is that day. After her estranged husband pleaded guilty to sexting  with a minor in court (Deanna covered it for us here) and describing how he requested that a 15 year old send him nude pictures of herself online, Huma finally reached the end of her tether and filed for divorce from the slime bag in a New York courtroom Friday.  All I have to say is GOOD GRIEF what took her so long??

Call me crazy but if my husband had been forced to resign from Congress due to sexting and then had  repeated that behavior and caused me great professional embarrassment and probably cost me my job I don’t think I would be sticking with him. But then again I would not be working for a morally bankrupt woman with her own serious marital problems and a spouse who has a legendary wandering eye.

Who knows, perhaps that  is one of the things that the two women bonded over. Hills certainly has experience surviving Bill’s “Bimbo Eruptions” and could likely relate to Huma’s  desire to climb higher in political society on the coat tails of her (seemingly) upwardly mobile husband. Unfortunately that is not how this strange, short tale of two star crossed lovers was to play out. From an article in the Washington Post the timeline of their romance and short-but eventful-marriage.

“2001: Weiner asks Abedin to go on a date at a Martha’s Vineyard Democratic National Committee retreat. Weiner was in his second term of Congress and Abedin then a senior adviser for then-Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.)

2008: They start dating during Clinton’s first presidential campaign.

“One of the things that, because we became friendly, I found striking about Anthony was how smart he was, what a great debater he was. He was smart, he was passionate,” Abedin told Vogue in a piece published Aug. 17. “When he wanted to do something that he thought was the right thing to do, he would not give up. The kind of dedication and passion he had for helping people, I found very attractive and inspiring.”

July 2010: They marry in New York. Bill Clinton officiates.

June 2011: A photograph of a man in his underpants appears on Weiner’s Twitter account. He originally said his account had been “hacked,” but he later admitted sending it and said it was a “joke” he intended to send as a direct message. In a news conference, he apologizes “first and foremost to my wife and family.” “I have a loving wife. It’s not anything like that,” he tells reporters. “I treated it as a frivolous thing, not acknowledging that it was causing harm to so many people and would eventually come out.” “Where is she right now?” a reporter asks. “She’s not here,” he replies.

June 16, 2011: Weiner resigns from Congress. His wife does not appear at the news conference.

December 2011: The couple’s son, Jordan, is born.

April 2013: Abedin and Weiner appear in a New York Times Magazine profile titled “Anthony Weiner and Huma Abedin’s Post-Scandal Playbook.”

May 2013: Weiner announces he’s running for mayor of New York City in a family-heavy video. The unspoken message: Abedin has forgiven him. Voters should, too.

July 2013: Weiner holds a news conference confirming reports that the sexting didn’t stop after he resigned from Congress. Abedin is by his side.

September 2013: Weiner loses the Democratic mayoral primary.

May 2016: “Weiner” the documentary comes out and shocks everyone with the unflinching honesty with which it portrays Weiner and Abedin as new sexting revelations break during his mayoral campaign — especially Abedin, who is now one of Clinton’s top aides for her 2016 presidential campaign.

Aug. 28, 2016: The New York Post reports that Weiner had been sexting with another woman, and this time the couple’s toddler son, Jordan, is in the photo.

Aug. 29, 2016: Abedin releases a statement saying the two are separating.”

And now, it ends with a whimper. Well Huma, here’s to you! For FINALLY plucking up the courage to do the right thing!