There’s a story circulating around the Web about a soldier who returned from Iraq and found out that his wife was cheating on him when he discovered her lover’s Mii avatar stored on their Nintendo Wii video game system.

Far be it for me to laugh at the breakup of anyone’s marriage — especially a guy who went off to serve in the military — but this is hilarious. And lest anyone be confused, I’m not laughing at him. I’m laughing at his idiot wife who was dumb enough to leave an electronic trail like that. Apparently, when the soldier got home, his friends told him they suspected his wife was having an affair. And when he turned on their Wii, he found a Mii that looked a lot like the guy everyone told him his wife was involved with.

I love technology, and I hate cheaters, so I’m always interested in stories where those two things intersect. We’ve written before about how some states are allowing the use of E-Z Pass data in divorce trials. The bottom line is that in the digital age, you leave a footprint wherever you go. Theoretically, it’s never been so easy to catch someone cheating, especially when that someone doesn’t cover their tracks.

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A couple from California has written a recently published book on how marriages can be saved. Now, the book is published by Focus on the Family and their quotes in a McClatchy Newspapers story are couched in religious overtones. But setting those things aside, these two sound like they have some reasonable advice.

The first thing Joe and Michelle Williams point out is that despite the fact that their book was published by a religious organization, the two of them aren’t clergy. So this is not a couple of ministers telling you what they think God says you should do. On the contrary, these are two very imperfect people. They’ve each been married four times. They had a two-year separation from one another, and Joe has dealt with alcohol abuse.

Religion has been a big key in helping them get their marriage back on track. And that’s simply not going to work for everyone, yours truly included. But they also seem to have some decent real-world advice. They talk about not giving up who you are in a relationship. They talk about sticking with activities you enjoy, even if your spouse doesn’t, which is one thing a lot of people probably don’t stop to think about.

Of course, a lot of people here at FWW are already divorced. But if you’re in the “contemplating divorce” stage, and if you’re a person of faith, this may be a book you want to check out.

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