....... Tiger Woods .....

[**Bingo_Bob**]

So I am not a golf fan by any means but I can appreciate what he has done for the sport. I can't respect the man. I have heard incredible stories of him being a tearable a**hole with an ego bigger than the planet. But beyond Tiger, have you ever had temptations of infidelity? I would hope for this discussion to stay in a gentlemanly direction. I'm sure all men will face temptation at least once in their lives. What keeps you faithful?

[Topgumby]

My wife is as good a shot as I am.

[SlyGI]

Nope, never been tempted to cheat on my wife.

Now, when I do see a beautiful woman, I can't help but to glance (only when my wife isn't around). I'm only human.

And, yes, I have fantasized about other women (Jessica Alba or whatever).

I also expect my wife to admire the occasional beautiful dude walking around, but not act on it.

And, I don't know, but I would hope that she fantasizes about Sean Connery or whoever women are supposed to fantasize about. Sure, I'm good looking, but I'm not GREAT looking.

[Phog Allen]

My wife is as good a shot as I am.

Well...there is that.

Regards, Todd

[WhosYerBob]

Tiger was one of the very few public figures - sports, celebrity, whatever - that I admired. No longer. I've been completely dismayed by the recent revelations in the media and feel very sorry for his wife and children.

As for myself, I've always been monogamous since I was able to start dating. That doesn't mean I'm blind to other attractive women, but it does mean that they're hands-off to me. Period.

[knlgskr]

I don't make promises I cannot nor do not intend to keep.

Never cared much for sports nor were athletes my heroes; had better things to do & better people to emulate.

Mark Twain said Golf was a way to ruin a good walk.

Most outstanding athletes have been pampered to the extent that they believe what has been said/written about them and therefore they are not subject to any restraints whatsoever nor do they think they should they be. Many are my color; most are not my kind. I quit playing games when I was a "kid".

[Angus Young]

I think I am like almost all men when I enjoy seeing or talking to an attractive woman. However nobody forced me to get married it was my own choice. I work away from home, month on month off, so I could probably cheat and never get caught if I wanted to. The reason I got married is because I love my wife and don't want to be with anyone else and I think the keystone to any marriage is trust. Remove trust and the whole thing will fall apart and if you can't trust yourself to be faithful then you can never really trust your partner. If you don't think you can be faithful then you are not ready for marriage IMO. As for Tiger; I think the man is an idiot. He could have stayed single and slept with 300 women a year if he wanted to and nobody would have cared. I don't understand why he got married if he still wanted to sleep around but maybe he felt the wholesome family image would sell more merchandise.

[wedwards]

If you have never been tempted, and i mean REALLY tempted, then you cannot (IMHO) say that you wouldnt do what Tiger did. You might seriously believe you wouldnt succumb to temptation, but its very easy to think that - a completely different situation when you are there in the moment and have become emotionally involved over a period of time. I speak from experience, which almost cost me my marriage.

All the publicity about Tiger proves one thing - he is human. I dont condone what he has done, but the media presents a VERY biased picture of him at this point. I choose not to judge until I hear both sides of the story and then pick the truth, which is usually somewhere in between.

[gstep51]

Sounds to me like he was "REALLY tempted" allot.

[chainfire]

I feel like I was lucky to find one woman to put up with my crap...why would I possibly screw that up by going to look for others?

[Protocol]

My wife and I are trying to have children. We're both at an age where that can be problematic.

If we do have kids, I can't ever see cheating on them. And make no mistake about it. Cheating on their mother is cheating on them.

If we don't, there is always the fact that I have given her everything I own (physically and spiritually). If I cheat, I walk away with nothing.

[njpaddy]

Been married 40 years. If even your wife can't trust you, what good are you? I'm not a golfer or fan, but always had a lot of respect for Woods until I went to the 2000 PGA Championship in Louisville. What a total jerk the guy is. The other golfers are out early, signing autographs & talking with fans. Woods comes out at the last minute, ignores everyone and refuses autographs. Occasionally he would grab a hat that some kid was holding out, sign it as he continued to walk, then just wing it deep into the general crowd. Don't know if the kids ever saw their hats again. As far as I'm concerned, he finally got his just deserts. Karma's a b****.

[wedwards]

I feel like I was lucky to find one woman to put up with my crap...why would I possibly screw that up by going to look for others?

In your current situation, you definately wouldnt. But what if that situation changed, you rarely saw your wife, and when you did all that happened was you fought/argued. If that situation was not resolved, eventually, over time, you would most likely seek companionship elsewhere (well, if not you, most people would).

Being an avid golfer, I have noticed that Tiger used to travel with his wife, but in the last few years that seems to have stopped. In Tiger's line of work, where you have relatively short periods of serious mental stress, followed by longer periods of downtime. When you have downtime, you need to find something to do to wind down. I know which activity I would prefer , however if SWMBO is not around for 70% of the time (or maybe more), you are putting yourself in a very vulnerable position.

I understand that Tiger's pristine image has been tarnished and that has lead to a lot of fans feeling let down, but only Tiger and maybe his wife knows what really happened and where things went wrong. Who knows, for all we know, his wife might be a complete psycho...point is, we dont know the full story, so we shouldnt judge.

I am probably not expressing myself very coherently about this...

[azmark]

My wife carries a gun at work....nuff said.

[Kouros]

Tiger Woods was no shock to me. He's a competitive narcissist with a big ego and high sense of entitlement.

[jazzman]

To quote a great John Hiatt song,

"If all men are equal
This must be against the law
'Cause I can't help but feeling
I'm one up on my brother when night falls"

That, plus the fact that she's quite accomplished in karate, and can break a cinder block with one hand.

[riooso]

To bad really. I feel sorry for him really because he probably is not going to end up very happy. I have been married 30+ years and unless he gets it together he will never know what having a soul mate is like. I can tell you there is nothing like it. My wife is, most of the time , my rock.


Later,
Richard

[SmoovD]

I will not cheat because I vowed that I wouldn't. And a man is only as good as his word.

[SlyGI]

Part of the Key is not to put yourself into a position where cheating may be an issue. Sure, Tiger is under lots of stress for short periods of time and he spends a lot of time away from home.

But, you can minimize your chances of sleeping around by putting yourself into positions where you don't have access to other women. Because I'm married, I even go to the extent of trying not to even touch other women.

Now, if you are sleeping with all these other models and fancy stars, you don't just find them at the local grocer picking up some soda before watching movies. You meet them at the country club, and probably go to a show or private dinner. I would NEVER go to a private dinner alone with someone who wasn't my wife.

Now it is being said, and this may or may not be true, that he was calling call girls, sleeping with wait staff from a Waffle House, and giving girls diamond jewelery and expensive watches. To me this is inviting infidelity. He wanted to sleep around, it wasn't just "oh, I'm on the road and lonely and I'm having marital problems with my wife." This was planned, even if only half of this is true.

He wanted out, he should have ended the relationship before he slept around.

As an earlier posted said, Tiger originally had his wife and family on tour with him, then they stopped showing up. At that time he should have made a decision, fix what is wrong with my marriage, or get out of my marriage. But, it seems like he didn't fix or get out. That is where his epic failure will happen. Well, maybe he's learned what when wrong and wont repeat it in his next relationship.

[psychlopath]

Hmm..I had someone step out and see another on me.

After that, I know I couldnt ever do that to someone else.

I paid her back by giving her my house, paying off her car and giving her over half my income for 18 months.

That'll show 'er.