After I finished cringing at the transcripts of Tiger’s sexting (“Wear you out”? Ewww. He was always kind of asexual to me) and chuckling at the urgent ending of his voicemail (“Huge. Quickly. Bye.”), my mind wandered to the ever-important topic that women consider when deciding whether our boyfriend can have a new female friend, figuring out how we feel about the woman our ex dates next, and making other important evaluations of which women do and do not represent threats to our relationships:
She's ok, but she's no Elin.
Is she cute?
The consensus seems to be that while Tiger’s ladies were cute-ish, to varying degrees, none of them was as attractive as his wife.
Women are having a hard time making sense of this. I definitely did.
But apparently this “cheating down” (in terms of attractiveness) phenomenon is not new. Whether it’s because a) attractive women are less available to be mistresses b) men care about novelty more than attractiveness, or c) the attraction that leads to cheating has an emotional element more than a physical one, I think it’s significant.
The lesson for women: Although men are visual creatures, they may be a little more complicated than we think they are when it comes to temptation and infidelity. In other (more cynical and paranoid) words, no one is safe!
Thanks for the insight, Tiger.
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#1 by Larry on December 4, 2009 - 12:03 pm
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I do not condone Tiger’s cheating…but it really has nothing to do with looks. Ellen is Tiger’s wife and if she stays with him she will always be Mrs. Woods. She will have that title and all the benefits that come with it (private jet, yacht, money, mo money, lifestyle, etc.) Yes she’s gorgeous but looks alone are not going to stop her man from stepping out. Why? It has nothing to do with her looking better than the rest of those girls. Some men stray (not all guys) because there’s an old saying….there’s no p&&&y like new p&&&y. I don’t mean to be crass but I’m just trying to be real. Not condoning what he did but simply providing ladies with the real…perhaps he got bored, needed more excitement, etc. I mean come on he’s 33 worth close to a billion and has young PYTs throwin everything under the sun at him. It takes a strong man to resist all that p&&&y… Looks have nothing to do with it. It’s simply about bangin’ backs…heads hittin’ the headboard…it’s the thrill….the experience… I mean maybe he can’t grab his wife’s hair and do her doggy style…beat it up…and talk nasty… her head hits the head board and then he’s like get off me….
#2 by JustinCase on December 4, 2009 - 2:22 pm
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This topic reminded me of that Alicia Keys’ song “A Woman’s Worth”. Sidenote: kinda ironic that Keys is a homewrecker too, but I digress.
The average-ness of the home-wreckin hoes Tiger was dumb enough to indulge in doesn’t matter. They fit a need for him. But, after the pre-nup revisions (LOL), everyone will know what his woman’s worth to him. I mean, he’ll find out what his better HALF, his for RICHER or poorer, the au-pair (I mean mother) of his children, his ‘til wealth do you part, his well compensated-for-her-time-(ahem) wife is worth…net worth.
I’m no CPA, but from the following phrases (I took and juxtaposed) from a recent story on the fallout of Mr. Wear You Out’s “transgressions”, it seems that somebody should hire one to accompany him and his wife during those inevitable “marriage” counseling sessions if she stays – you know, in case they decide to charge by the word and not by time. :-/
“it’s going to cost him to stay with his wife…worth $20 million after 10 years…spouse is reportedly being paid a hefty seven-figure amount—immediately transferred [sic] into an account she alone controls”
“the hastily conducted negotiations of the past 72 hours…offered a $5 million payment immediately if she agrees to stay…considered a large payout…agreement is being revised to give her up to an additional $55 million…the revised agreement provides for a staggered schedule of payments spread out over five years that could be worth upward of $75 million…it will vest in another two”.
Follow all that? If you care to read all the balance sheet jargon in context… http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2009-12-03/new-details-on-tigers-prenup/
I don’t know if Elin can golf, but I bet she knew she had a hole in one the day she hit it off with the Cablinasian. She can hire her own au-pairs for life now.
I can’t help but imagine Clooney or DiCaprio laughing as he thinks to himself, next to his model girlfriend of the moment, “Sucker!”
#3 by Jeff on December 7, 2009 - 12:14 pm
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I look at the situation this way… I wasn’t about looks at all. Some women honestly think that they are somehow inherently “better” or less likely to have a man step out on them because they think that they are more attractive than the next woman.
The problem with this line of thought is that it is childish, shallow and arrogant. Physical appearance does not provide any sort of guarantee when it come to fidelity. If a stuck up attitude comes along with it then the luster will definitely fade and fast…at least in the eyes of any intelligent man.
By no means am I saying that Tiger’s wife had this coming and considering I don’t pay alot of attention to Tiger and don’t know either him or his wife, I can’t honestly comment or speculate as to what might have led to him stepping out other than the possible ego that often comes with being a professional athlete and him just losing himself to temptation….
-Just my thoughts