Dec 15, 2009
“Ditch the Wife”
Posted by Ariel Cherie
I was at the salon the other day and my hairdresser asked me what I thought about the Tiger Woods debacle.
I honestly didn’t know what to think because I didn’t really care. Sports figures have marital affairs all of the time. Even golfers, I guess. It didn’t shock me that he had an affair. What shocked me was his number. I didn’t know Tiger had it in him!
“Tiger made one mistake,” my hairdresser, Alphonso said.
“He made fifteen mistakes,” I retorted.
“What do you mean fifteen?” he asked.
“Tiger had fifteen girls.”
“People always exaggerate.”
“I heard it was twelve and then fifteen.”
“Okay, I heard twelve too.”
“Alright, whatever. I’ll give him twelve. Twelve mistakes.” (I understand this is all nonsense.)
“No, he only made one, and that was getting married.”
I never thought of that. Was it that simple? When someone has an affair, I always think that the person wronged their spouse because of the cheating. I never thought it was wrong for them to entrap themselves in “holy matrimony” to begin with.
“Tiger was trying to be single while he was married,” Alphonso continued, “so instead of just waiting, he got married anyway. In American society, we’re told to work out our problems. ‘Work it out,’ that’s what they say. He don’t wanna be married! Ditch the wife!”
By that night, Woods had already released a statement saying he was going to take time to… gather himself, I’ll say. This was the statement he released on his website:
“I am deeply aware of the disappointment and hurt that my infidelity has caused to so many people, most of all my wife and children. I want to say again to everyone that I am profoundly sorry and that I ask forgiveness. It may not be possible to repair the damage I’ve done, but I want to do my best to try…
After much soul searching, I have decided to take an indefinite break from professional golf. I need to focus my attention on being a better husband, father, and person.”
I saw the Dateline special on Tiger Friday night, as well as other specials on this mess, and everyone tries to portray him as this family man. but I don’t really remember seeing him out with his kids much. Maybe once or twice, kind of like a Bring Your Child to Work Day, but just because someone has children does not make him a family man. And those family photos don’t count. Anyone can make an appointment for a professional photographer to swing by the house take pics with the shaggy dog. I’m mean out and about pictures.
Should Tiger be married or not? I guess I would agree with Alphonso this one time. He wasn’t ready, or maybe he was a man that wasn’t made for marriage. If everyone reveres George Clooney for being a “hot” bachelor (not me, though, so not my type) then why not Tiger?
At least then with his “indefinite break” he’ll be able to focus on what he wants to do rather than what his people are telling him he should do.
Either way I wish Tiger luck. But I’m still not going to watch golf.
He’s trifling And the wife should divorce him. Unless there’s a good clause in the pre-nup about him having to pay a penalty if he asks for a divorce. See? I’m already thinking about penalty clauses while he’s trying to get right.
here’s another thought: tiger should have signed a prenup that gave him permission to, um, take out his (golf) club whereever and whenever and with whoever he wanted. he still could have found plenty of hotties who would have taken that admittedly insulting/degrading deal for the right to be the one and only official mrs. tiger woods and the mother of his kids. instead, he went against his better judgment and look where it has left him! the fool!!!!!!
Men shouldn’t get married before they’re 36 y.o.
Why are they portraying his wife as Ms. Purity? Is it because she was pregnant and he had mistresses? This is sports…everyone knows the score! Women will fall to their knees in a heartbeat thinking, deluded as always, “I’m going to be the only one”. Talk to the Rev. Jesse Jackson’s wife.
Let it go, and let’s all move on.
Why do we care what goes on behind closed doors, or, is it because individuals are just as miserable as they were? Stop living in “dream land folks; get a life!!!
Pay her and move on.
At the end of the day it boils down to one thing men have been doing this for years and this isn’t anything new, I tend to agree with the hairdresser he should have waited to get married….but then again for what cause even the older ones cheat too!! She isn’t going to leave him she is just gonna learn how to be more discreet in whopping his ass next time..lol and it will be all said and done
Ok, everyone is saying tiger this and tiger that… ok, he cheated, so what. It happens, but what no one is talking about is the dumb ass wife who wants to take the kids and move to another country. Aint that a bitch. Tiger seems to have been a good father, and those that complain about him always being gone, with the fuck do you think, he is a professional golfer and that job is what is going to allow her sorry ass to retire early, never working. And now she wants to take the kids!!! Great destroy the kids to because the kids need both parents, not one who thinks her emotions and feelings have monetary value!! Dumb tiger woods, but the wife… she’s worse for trying to take the kids away from the father.
If that’s true about her trying to take them back to Sweden or Norway or wherever she’s from, then I agree with you Tony, that shouldn’t happen. When there is a problem between husband and wife, and they have children, they should definitely take themselves out of the equation and do what is best for them.
I am delighted that Tiger Woods is back playing. It makes the game exciting all over again.