User blog comment:Fimber/Why I understand Uther's reasons for banning magic - and why no one is a saint on "Merlin"/@comment-24.26.233.208-20120707142059/@comment-4814726-20120707180427

Becuz he's a man. That's what men do when they're bored with their spouses. Almost all the great leaders of history were cheating hearts. He said so himself he did it while gorlois was away and vivienne 'grew lonely'. (so yeh, it's her fault) Besides, men are also emotionally constipated so they have a hard time with feelings even when they're not medival kings.