I've just stumbled upon the (rather famous) story of the divorce of Niall Ferguson and his wife of 13+ years. Long story short, high profile historian and activist Furguson dumped his wife of 13+ years who supported him while he was getting his footing (in fact she was his boss at one point) for a younger and arguably more "accomplished" woman (Dutch MP, activist, politician who also needed protection bc she was getting death threats), leaving behind 3 kids... oh, and before that he had at least 8 known affairs in 5 years:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1249095/The-history-man-fatwa-girl-How-David-Cameron-news-think-tank-guru-Niall-Ferguson-deserted-wife-Sue-Douglas-Somali-feminist.html

I am bringing up this story to try to understand similar urges in men from an RP perspective. Would you say that this guy was simply a jerk and a bad man, cheating on his wife once she started aging and lost her job due to a riding injury (her SMV/RMV down) and he started getting prominent (his skyrocketed)? Or could his wife have avoided this outcome by attempting to raise her own RMV (hard with SMV at that age... she was 7 years older than him)?

These kinds of stories make me (a mid-20s woman) nervous to be dating an attractive HVM with high career potential because it seems to be a pattern that they start wandering if they get super successful, especially in their 40s. I've seen this story play out several times already, including in some of the accomplished HVM I know in my own life (whether family friends or uni professors).

What is your take on this as RPW? Also interested to hear input from any men!