Kinda surprised the Tiger Woods situation hasn't been talked about before now, but I guess we ALL have better things to do.

I'm NOT saying ALL men cheat, because I don't believe that. What I'm saying is that from what I've seen in my own relationships and others over almost 44 years, only death (or prostate cancer) stops a cheating man from cheating again in his relationships.

I've seen men stop drinking, beating women, doing drugs, and gambling, but I've NEVER once seen a man stop cheating.

And one more question, is there something in the air these days where all these famous and married so called "sex addicts" seem to be so common? Sex addiction my a$$!!!!

I don't know whether Tiger can stop cheating or not, but does it really matter? If I were his wife, I would be so incredibly angry at him for what he has already done that I would not wait around to find out!

Seriously-I think once you have cheated it is easier to cheat again, it was a deal breaker for me in a previous relationship because I could not trust again, although there weren't any kids involved. I think now with kids I might look at it differently depending on what the cheating was-i.e. one night stand vs long term relationship.

But I am with you on the sex addiction thing-seems like a cop out to me....my husband says if that is true, most men have a sex addiction!!

I think many women, especially those married to successful/wealthy men, make this choice every day. I thought about this because its seems so common these days and because it's been frequently stated that successful/well-paid/powerful men cheat far more than poor/lower middle class men. And Mommd's tend to attract and be attracted to successful/well-paid/powerful men.

Me, I'm of the Jenny Sanford elk, certainly NOT a "Tammy Wynette" woman!!!

Ya know, who freaking cares, if his wife Erin or whatever wants to put up with his shizzle oh well...of course these high up guys get away with whatever...but someone is willing to put up with it.

Ya know I kinda have a "who cares" response to 99.99999 % of what I see on the net, LOL!!!

Maybe it's simply that smart women don't date/marry men who cheat or more likely IMHO, they would rather deal with it in silence.

I thought the wife was outta there. And I do think she'd rather deal with it in silence (I mean, she's never given an interview, not only about this but EVER). She just wasn't exactly given the choice... Did you see the press conference? Could he have come across as any less sincere?

PS - my husband is still a big TW fan. He's standing by his man, LOL. I told him he better not try to pull the same thing or I'm doing the Elin thing except I'm not hitting the car windows with his golf clubs, I'm going straight for his head. :p

LOL docmomof3, I love your husband's candor! I'm with you though! I have a laziness addiction myself and that's why my house is always a mess.

Well really, if a wife has been cheated on and chooses to stay, what incentive does he really have to stop? Seems like the first one is the toe dangle to test the waters.

I can honestly say that if I cheated on my husband and he didn't leave me, I would find it difficult if not impossible to respect him, an inherent component of attraction for me. (arguably the cheating would indicate this was already true but for the sake of argument assume not. lol).

Great point!

Let me preface this by saying that I do NOT condone violence of any sort in relationships. But when I was about 18, a woman who had been married 50 years told me that how I react the first time a man is physical with me sets the tone for how physical he will be with me in the future. In her case, 1 week into her marriage back in the 30's, he slapped her and she proceeded to beat the hell out of him with a frying pan. She said that was the first and last time he ever laid a hand on her.

So I guess how you react the first time something happens applies to a lot of situations.