She should not have seeked out the sexual experiences with another man when she had a good husband. .
Edward, a lead actor, was portrayed as an innocent victim in this whole movie. He was stereotyped very differently from usual rich white males in movies; they are almost always the bad guys. He was respectful and dedicated to his wife; he loved her so much he was able to forgive her. He also was not sexually revengeful towards his wife, in other words he did not go and cheat on her. Paul, the supportive lead actor, portrayed himself as a male "slut", that knew how to push all the right buttons. As the "other" man his stereotypes where right on cue. He was what the woman wanted; he was adventurous, charming, sexual, erotic, dominant, handsome and intelligent. Paul was definitely an aggressor, he did not give up. .
The lead actors are like nobody that I know, mainly because not many people allow their affairs to be known. And I know no one that has killed another person. Stereotypically one would assume since they had a nice home and good relationship this would never happen, but we don't know what happens behind closed doors. I don't think social status or occupation has to do with whether or not one has an affair, I think it solely depends on the person.
The lead characters did and would make good parents. Having an affair doesn't reflect on the children, it reflects on the parents relationship. Ed accidentally killing Paul probably is not a good example for his son, but that was not his intentions. But when Connie forgot to pick her son up, that was upsetting because her affair was affecting her son's life directly; she did learn from that experience and that is what stopped the affair. She realized her family should be more important. .
The moral of the story is that just because people seem to have it all emotionally, physically, and economically we are all human and we always want more.