Tiger Woods, Y'all!

Okay...I am going to share my thoughts on Tiger Woods...take it or leave it. :)

The famous golfer gave his apology speech yesterday...and it was treated like a message from the president! It interrupted our regularly scheduled programming and everything!

I don't see the purpose in making this big of a deal out of his family problems. People screw up and have to deal with the consequences every single day. If I were his wife, would I still be with him? Umm, NO. Definitely not. And I don't think you can even say she is staying for money, because the woman would be rich whether she stayed with him or not. But good grief...if she can forgive him, then I say it is between him, her, and the Lord to sort out what's left of their marriage and try to fix it if that is what they wish. It's none of our business, and I was glad he said as much during his interview.

He apologized to everyone he could think of including family, friends, colleagues, fans, and even parents who had used him as a role model for their children. Sure, it was obvious that someone had coached him on the whole, "Say you're sorry and then stare at the camera for at least 3 to 4 seconds to prove that you mean it...it's like you're looking in the eyes of the people you have let down when you do that...they want to see the hurt in you. Show them." And, he did. I thought he looked like a broken man. Definitely not the self-confident Tiger we're used to seeing.

He says he's been in therapy for 45 days and that he is going back. Good for him. He also said that he is going to put aside golf and work on himself and his family. VERY good for him. Do I think he hates it that he got caught? Oh, heck yes. Do I think he is honestly trying to work on the issues that got him to this point? I think I do. Maybe I am just a sap, or maybe seeing his mom and mother-in-law with tears in their eyes softened me, but he seemed like a man that wanted to try to fix the things he's broken. Either that, or he should look to adding acting to his repertoire. I mean, come on - at this point, if he really wanted to just live a wild and crazy life, he could do it...and if his family meant nothing to him, then he would...but he is staying with his wife (and she's letting him!) and trying to work things out. (Again, I don't think you can say he's staying because he doesn't want to lose however many millions of dollars...she's getting money either way...and enough to last her the rest of her and her children's lives more than likely.)

I am glad that Elin didn't stand beside him and I am glad that he defended her and told the media to leave her and his children alone (and I hope they do). I know he says they are working on their marriage, but I am glad that she chose not to stand beside him, unlike many politicians' wives who have stood beside their unfaithful husbands during their speeches and apologies. This was his mistake (and, really, the word "mistake" seems like such an understatement here), and he had to own up to it like a man. He stood there and told millions of people that he had had "affairs"...notice that "s" on the end. That means plural...the man cheated on his wife multiple times with multiple women. His reason was pretty much that the fame and money went to his head and he had too many temptations surrounding him because of said fame and money. Do I believe that this could be true? Eh, maybe. I believe that he had more opportunity to screw up his life because of the fame, but, come on, Tiger...you also had the free will to say NO, mister.

To sum it up: I think Tiger is scum for doing what he did to his family. S-C-U-M. I don't think I would have the strength to stay with him after being hurt on that deep of a level. And while I hurt for the thousands - maybe millions? - of children who looked up to Tiger as a role model, I think back to other times when parents have had to explain to their children that the celebrities they look up to sometimes make mistakes (when Jamie Lynn Spears got pregnant, I had many Kindergarten girls who were very confused and trying to sort out what it meant...one even said it was "cool" to begin with)...and, lets face it, unfortunately there are times when a parent has to explain their own or their spouse's mistakes or good friends' mistakes to their child. I say that you just use these unfortunate and disappointing times as another opportunity to teach right from wrong, how to cope with something like this, and reinforce the values that you are teaching your children in the first place.

As far as his getting back on the golf course, I say he should go for it...after he has healed his family. He has too much talent to let it go to waste. Besides, it wasn't the golf that made him cheat on his wife...it led to his fame, but it was Tiger the man that cheated...not Tiger the golfer. Just because he can't keep it in his pants doesn't mean he shouldn't go swing it on the golf course!

Tiger...I hope you get your act together for you and your family. May I leave you with a song that I think you should have listened to before your infidelities began...Taylor Swift's "Should've Said No". (I am sure there are many, many more songs that would fit here...perhaps a return trip to Beyonce's spectacular Grammy performance of "If I Were A Boy" and "You Oughta Know". )

And to Elin...make him work for it...I'm just sayin'...