First it was Kobe...
Then it was A-Rod...
Followed by Steve McNair...
I hold part of the blame for this situation. No, I didn't cheat with Tiger Woods. But I put him on a pedestal, thinking a man with his background-- raised in a good home by both parents-- would have known better.
I was wrong.
Just like so many professional athletes before him, and I'm sure, many more who will follow him, Tiger Woods is the latest star (can I use the word superstar to describe the highest paid athlete in the world?) to succomb to rumors of infidelity.
Unless you've been hiding under a rock (you can't even use being out of the country as an excuse on this one), you've probably heard about the late night car accident that sent Woods to the hospital before dawn on Black Friday. Woods, playing the ultimate celebrity trump card, has refused to discuss the accident with Florida Highway Patrol (it's his right, I guess), leading to a lot of speculation as to exactly what happened... and exactly what's been happening in the Woods' household.
Turns out, the world's best golfer has been putting in a different hole (oh my gosh, I can not believe I just wrote that...). Everyone from the Huffington Post (a source I would NEVER use at my day job, by the way) to ESPN to the BBC are reporting that Woods has been having an affair with a night club waitress from New York City.
As near as I can tell, the mere mention that El Tigre might hold a candle for both these women-- his wife (on left), Elin Nordegren, and his mistress (on right), Rachel Uchitel-- leads me to believe two things:
What on earth would cause a man-- a man who has more money in his pocket right now than I'll probably make in the next two decades-- to cheat on his wife? What if that wife were a former Norwegian model, with gorgeous blonde hair, long legs, and a chest that begs to be looked at? What if that wife had helped you through the death of your father? What if that wife had fathered your two children-- your two daughters?
I tend to believe that my own DH would never cheat on me. I think he knows better than to wake a sleeping giant. But this incident gives me pause. If a beautiful woman like Elin Nordegren Woods can't keep her husband faithful, what about me? What about you? Are any of our marriages safe?
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Yeah! We're safe. Where the temptation is great, the danger is also great. Mine stays home or at work. We're together just about all the time. Not worried at all that he'd cheat! If we were millionaires who never saw each other, I'd be more concerned.
What a sad story! I really hold strong to the advice of dating after you are married. If you still treat your man the way you did while dating, he will never need to find affection elsewhere. I say that your marriage is safe as long as you keep it that way.
Some guys are just pigs though, and there is never any satisfying them... luckily there are a lot of wonderful guys out there, and I got the best! I am sure yours is up there too. :)
I don't think any of us is truly safe but that goes for the guys also. Wives cheat too! I'm like you though, Tiger would have been at the bottom of my list of cheating husbands!
Very scary huh?! I would like to think that my hubby would never do something like this but I am sure that is what she thought to. I just cant even imagine the pain to go through something like that! Awful!
I must agree...if the ones who "seem" to have it all can't keep it together, then there is no hope for the rest of us. But then I look at my life and realize, if I had money coming out of my ears and my pick of anyone I wanted, it may lead me to stray. I don't like to admit it, but money makes people do crazy things...which makes me thankful that I'm not a superstar (yet).
~Working Mommy
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why do these stars think they are invincible?? but i had to laugh at your aviator glasses comment.... so true, so true!! :)
You made the nav bar!! Wahoo..Did you use the link? Was it easy?
I'm off to enter your giveaway!
I'm thinkin' my marriage is pretty safe..but you just never know..
I think its the ego these celebs get. Our hubbies would probably be very different with millions of dollars and women throwing themselves all over them every day.
Has it been definitively been proven that he's cheated? I hadn't heard that....
BUT, I really think it is an ego and power thing with some of these well-known guys. And they figure they can get away with it (or anything) because they've got money.
I really hate that celebs cheat on their spouses. Why even get married? If you think about it, I bet all celebs are connected by only 1 degree when it comes to sexual relations. It's sick. I gave up hope that a celebrity marriage would last when Ryan Phillippe cheated on Reese Witherspoon. And even with a girl that looks pretty similar to Reese! What's the freaking point?!
No marriage is a hundred percent safe from infedility. However, loyalty is born out of good communication, and good old fashion RESPECT for your spouse! If you can't find that in your relationship, at least let him know you know how to use a tube of super-glue! ;) Or move to Texas...we have alimony!
His wife is definitely more beautiful than the mistress. Of course, that's usually the pattern. A man cheats on his wife with a much uglier woman. Never made any sense to me.
Anyway, I regularly worry about being cheated on. Not that I think the Hubby would cheat on me, but because it happens so easily and so quickly to other men. It's a frightening thought, but like you said, he wouldn't want to wake that sleeping giant :)
Once you've reached a point that everything is attainable--everything is purchasable-- no matter how much it costs it is valueless--the world has become disposable.
when you have all the money in the world, what value or worth does treasure hold? None.
It doesn't have anything to do with how good looking the "other" woman/man is, how talented or rich or educated; it has to do with how much value you place in the woman/man you have.
First, thank you for leaving a comment on my blog!
I shall return the favor by posting my thoughts on yours. I don't think anyone is safe from a cheater. My previous marriage failed because my ex just couldn't keep his eyes and hands in the cookie jar, he wanted the cake too. I caught him, not once, not twice, but SIX times. I was done trying to save a marriage that was obviously a one way street. Sadly, I did some research to figure out if it was me, or if it was him. Turns out, it's him. It's the adventure and need of being a man, by their own definition. Unfortunately, it's not solely their responsibility - it's the other party's as well. It's a fantasy they like to play. Some people, men AND women, can't see or fathom why anyone would want to cheat on someone they love - it's like why some people cannot fathom why anyone could be gay. Similar theory. It sounds like you have yourself a faithful husband!
I don't think any marriage is ever safe from infidelity. But I'm jaded.....,
I really don't care to speculate on the goings on in the Woods' home. We have no idea what either of them are like to live with or what is or isn't trouble in the marriage.
It's all hub-bub and pure speculative crap at this point.
Let's leave them in peace to sort out what would be difficult to sort out without the eyes of the prying world on them.
What is it about guys always wanting what they 'can't/shouldn't' have???
I don't have any worries about my hubs cheating on me with another woman - his obsession is antique cars, so I just have to keep tabs on our savings stepping out on me...
That said, my hubs is the same way with the cars as most men are with other women - he just wants the ones he doen't have, can't afford, etc. He's never happy with what he's got!
I think alot of these celebrities go through something that us "regular" folk don't understand. There seems to be something that comes with that status that makes people feel like they can do whatever they want. I'm not saying that it makes okay by any means, but it's like they lose their minds and ability to think before doing something when being famous is a factor.
Love the pretty nav bar by the way! ;-)
Yeah, I've been listening to all the reports and thinking, here's another case of the media trying to make something bigger than it is.
I don't know. I want to believe it was just a misunderstanding, but who knows. I don't tend to believe the infidelity reports, but maybe it's b/c, like you, he's on a pedestal in my house. My family is a golfing dynasty, so Tiger was like a god to me. Heck, my mom used to say she wanted me to marry him!
Time will tell I guess.....by the way, why is the Huffington not good? Great to get inside tips from the pro! ;-)
Well, there is no proof that he did or did not cheat on his wife. I think it is sad that people are so obsessed with celebrities and won't give them their privacy. They are people too!
Also, I'm sure his wife treats him like a normal guy at home. He's not superstar Tiger Wood to her. He's the guy that she wants to take out the trash and dry the dishes. If he did cheat, it's likely because he wants a woman to hold him up on a pedestal. And to his wife he is her husband, not the most famous athlete in the world. Everybody needs to give the poor guy a break. Nobody will ever really know what goes on behind the scenes in anybody else's marriage. That is between those two people. I do hope that he did not cheat, though. Marriage vows are not meant to be broken.
I was surprised about all this too. I also held Tiger Woods on a pedastal too. It stinks that he turned out to be a crappy role model. There's already too many of those out there.
None of us are safe. But, beauty is only skin deep and we have no idea what she's really like beyond the obvious bangin' outside. lol However, that in no means gives him license to cheat. Cheating is a no-no-no-no-no.
I have to agree that my heart sunk a little when I heard that TW (might have) cheated; I guess I thought he was above that kind of behavior. But I also have to say that I don't think what a woman looks like has anything to do with why men cheat. A guy doesn't go somewhere else for perfect hair or even big boobs. He goes because something within HIM is not right.
Hi! Thank you for coming by my blog earlier and for the comment! I am glad that I am not the only one, lol!
As for Tiger, I really am shocked by the news. I really did think that he was a "great" guy. Hopefully, something will come out that will clear it up and make sense. I do trust my DH and feel that my marriage is safe. However, I also think that a marriage is alot of work and that you need to show your spouse love & respect and not take them for granted too :)
Have a great week!
PS I enjoyed reading your blog and am signing on to follow it!
One small correction: Elin is Swedish. When I was living there, the Swedes would always mention that one of their girls had married one of the most important athletes globally. The only reason I mention that she was not Norwegian, is that Swedes get upset when you confuse them with Norwegians. It's a pride thing, I suppose. Like mixing up a Canadian with an American. Anyway!