therange wrote:
I'm sure many of you, if not all of you, are aware of the Tiger Woods scandal...how he cheated on his wife with about 10 women, told them all he didn't even like his wife...cheated with one of them during this bachelor party.
My reason for wanting women is nothing like that, but I guess I feel guilty for wanting women because when a woman hears about something like Tiger - a seemingly innocent looking guy - how is she supposed to trust any guy, especially when he wants a physical relationship?
Yes, but that business of telling them he didn't like his wife -- that's typical behavior for a man who's cheating -- usually it's how their wife doesn't understand them, or their marriage isn't close, etc. I've had men use that on me in the past, and women who have been around a while get to know it's a line. It's a way to excuse their cheating and get the other woman to sympathize and not feel guilty herself about being with a married man. "Oh, his wife doesn't love him, or isn't right for him. Poor guy!"
There are men who can't seem to be faithful to one woman. Some are honest about it and seek a polyamorous lifestyle, but others want the security of a woman who's always there in the background for them to go home to. They want the best of both worlds.
Distrust exists because there are people who cheat, lie, and so forth. I think it's healhty to be a little cautious in all dealings with people we don't know. I tend to be naturally sort of suspicious -- maybe because I started out not picking up on signals and getting fooled a lot as a kid.
Knowing some men do this never made me distrust all men, though. And it doesn't make me think the men who do it are completely "bad" either. Something is at work with them, and I'm not sure they always have it figured out -- it's sort of a compulsion I think.
Some early experiences with being fooled, and learning lessons caused me to be more careful, all my adult life, about getting to know someone before I made certain choices regarding them.
But you know, with a big celebrity like that, there are also women who get a big thrill and ego rush out of getting attention from him, I'm sure. It wouldn't have taken much research for them to figure out he was married. They chose to be with him anyway.