Sanford Dropped "Faithful" From Wedding Vows: Wife

As if, upon discovering the reality of her husband Mark Sanford's infidelity was not bad enough, Jenny Sanford reports in a new memoir that the South Carolina governor actually asked her advice with regards to his affair.

Jenny Sanford, as reported at HuffPo, writes in "Staying True" (to be released Friday) that Gov. Sanford wondered aloud whether he should follow his heart to Argentina to be with his mistress, Maria Belen-Chapur. He asked if he would regret not doing so. She wrote "Clearly those are thoughts I wish he had kept to himself."

Also, In an upcoming "20/20" interview with Barbara Walters, Jenny Sanford noted that Mark Sanford dropped the word "faithful" from the couple's wedding vows. As reported:

Sanford recalls how she made the "leap of faith" to marry husband Gov. Mark Sanford even though the groom refused to promise to be faithful, insisting that the clause be removed from their wedding vows.

"It bothered me to some extent, but ... we were very young, we were in love ... I questioned it, but I got past it ... along with other doubts that I had."