Report: Tiger Woods, Wife in "Intense Marriage Counseling"
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Tiger Woods may have let his family down, but according to a new report, his affairs with Jaimee Grubbs, Rachel Uchitel and other women haven't done enough damage to cause wife Elin Nordegren to leave.
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According to the Chicago Sun-Times, the two "have already begun intense marriage counseling." The therapy has allegedly been taking place at their home "with a counselor who has been conducting sessions several times daily."
The reason Nordegren isn't leaving her 33-year-old pro golfer husband? A "hefty seven-figure amount" of money promised to her if she stays.
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According to the Sun-Times, a source close to the family said she demanded "a total rewrite on the couple's prenuptial agreement" that makes the "incentives" for her to remain Mrs. Tiger Woods more appealing.
The couple -- who have daughter Sam, 2, and son Charlie, 9 months -- have been married five years, and according to their current agreement, they need to remain married for 10 years in order for Nordegren to collect a divorce settlement of $20 million.
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Thus, the updated prenup would likely be revised with a shortened marriage timeframe and a higher dollar amount.
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228Every marriage has conflicts. Marriage counseling helps couples and resolves conflicts and improves their relationships whether the problem is related with extra marital sex or any thing else. Marriage counseling programs includes both partners, but sometimes only one partner is chosen for the betterment.
All of this is so sad. I wish them the best. I don't believe Tiger will quit cheating, since he has been doing so much of it--with multiple women. I guess the biggest surprise for me was the quality of the 'women' he chose. They all seem to be rough looking and working in bars. If that's what he wanted, he should've married one instead of cute Elin.
TIGER COMMITTED SUICIDE!!! OMG!!! TIGER IS DEAD!!1
Elin needs to divorce Tiger PRONTO! Staying in that sham of a marriage with cheating scumbag Tiger sets a BAD example to her kids- that it's OK for men to cheat (and in Tiger's case, a serial cheater- 10 women so far and probably lots more in the woodwork). For her own self-respect and the kids' she needs to divorce Tiger and take him to the cleaners. Once Tiger is divorced he can continue chasing all his ho's!
I think them staying together is sad and disgusting. If his wife does renegotiate a prenup to stay, than how is she any different than the other ladies? Tiger is clearly miserable in his marriage, and she was clueless. As a woman and a wife....how could you stay? "Love is like a cigar. Once it goes out, you can't light it again. It's never the same." Richard M. Nixon
We just saw a commercial with Tiger Woods in it, and my husband and I just laughed. Something tells me this is going to be the reaction his commercials and endorsements get for a long time moving forward. I think there are many more mistresses out there that have yet to come out, or who are keeping their mouths shut. He's a dirtbag, and I hope she leaves him.
I hope he can change and they can work it out, but that wouldl be a long shot. She's beautiful and could get someone better. The longer she stays, the harder it will be for the children to break up the marriage.
GO Elin, get more money. u 2, sk*nks.. maybe these dudes will learn they gotta pay for a**hole privileges.
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I think Elin will probably cheat on him sometime in the future. She'll never REALLY trust him again.
If Tiger and his wife want to keep their personal life private, doesn't the "source" who is spilling all these details realize that only so many people know what is really happening in that house and that the "source" is likely going to lose his or her job for spilling all these details?!
Actually Elin could get a lot more if she left right now just not all at the same time. She would get spousal support because she depends on him to look after her financially and child support for two very young kids, which we're assuming that they would be with her until both are at least 16 years old. They would have to sell their $2.6 million house because it's their matromonial home. If she got a really great lawyer she could get half of whatever Tiger made from 2004 until now, being that they were married at the time. A pre-nump in most cases usually means that whatever Tiger had BEFORE the marriage would be his, but whatever they made during the marriage would be split equally. Either way she is gonna get more than he wants to give her. There really is no winning in the game of divorce!
The point is, you can't seperate what you like from what you dislike in a celebrity sports star. The package is a whole, and any part that is foul ends up spoiling the entirety. There have been sports heroes in the past that inspired a nation. They weren't just pieces of talented meat that were known for their mechanically perfect athletic abilities. They were flesh and blood humans, admirable in every way. Where have you gone, Joe DiMaggio? Or how about you, Jimmy Braddock? Don't we have ANY modern day equivalents of those people, who could inspire us not only as athletes, but as human beings?
Tiger = dirtbag. N.Jones, you clearly had a terrible experience with a bad person. But just because your bad person was blonde doesn't mean Elin is a gold digging loser. Keep your eye on the ball...Tiger is the one lacking ethics/morals that was not a good person. Elin and the rest of his family are victims of his bad, selfish judgment. It's gotta be pretty heavy for him to have ruined his family's lives; it was clearly worth it, right? I mean...temporary pleasure with some fake breasted party girl in exchange for growing old with many amazing memories with your wife and children? I think this is what you call a turning point.
Ok ladies, let's not get up on your soap boxes talking about how men suck. Women cheat just as much as men do, they just don't get caught as often. I personally know more married women who cheat then men. Regardless of that fact, I don't feel the least bit sorry for this gold diggin bimbo. Bottom line, this was a business arrangement from the start, and she probably wasn't living up to her marital obligations. This whole re-negotiation of the prenumptuals is proof. He should restore his image by showing how much of a money grubbing gold digging beyotch she is, and that it was really all just about his money for her. Once he offers her something she'll agree to he should walk away and expose her BS. That would be the smartest move he could make.
According to the comments so far; It's ok to marry for money, to beat your spouse, to publish it so you can get more money, to take a marriage into the public light because it's a male, and he deserves to be taken for everything and abused. Such an intellectual posting so far. So, if I had a rich wife who cheated on me I should beat her enough that she is scared enough to wreck her car, take the kids, publish it and take all of her money. Nice people. Let it go people. How about we all look into your daily lives?
i just choked on tigers wood
This marriage should end now. There are two sides of any case. It's not a happy marrriage. Why keep it? If Tiger is happy with Elin, he will not seek any other happiness.
Woods is a f*ckwit and deserves everything that is coming to him, including a divorce. Those women he was with are trash ugly...
quix: If Elin divorces Tiger, she would 'only' get 1/50 of his fortune according to the old contract. That doesn't sound like a 'fair' marriage to me. If she intends to stay, it's a good time to renegotiate that contract. Who wouldn't?