We’ve heard that Elin Woods visited her husband Tiger in sex rehab as part of some kind of confessional therapy in which patients are encouraged to divulge all the disturbing details of their infidelity. We’ve also heard that Elin, who has not been wearing her wedding ring, is not quite ready to give up the ghost on her five year marriage despite all the evidence that her husband has been catting around with more than a dozen women, some paid professionals. Now there’s news that Elin is open to some kind of reconnection getaway with Tiger on his luxury yacht. Adding some credence to this story is the fact that Tiger’s yacht, the ironically named Privacy, was just spotted being loaded up with supplies. He’s possibly loaning it to friends and that might mean anything. I’m just hoping this story isn’t true:
Tiger Woods’ campaign to save his marriage is taking a new turn — out to sea. According to a good source — close to Tiger’s wife Elin Nordegren Woods — the fidelity-challenged golf superstar has pitched his wife, Elin, on the idea of joining him on a cruise of the Caribbean on his mega-yacht, Privacy.
This would all reportedly take place immediately after Woods is released from his treatment for sexual addiction at the Pine Grove facility in Hattiesburg, Miss.
The only passengers on the ”second honeymoon” cruise would be the couple and the yacht’s eight-person crew. ”Tiger believes this will be the best way for he and Elin to really reconnect, attempt to save their marriage and get on with their lives,” the source said.
Elin Woods reportedly is leaning toward going.
[From The Chicago Sun Times]
I know that it is up to each couple how they handle infidelity and if they want to work to save their marriage. It’s also technically none of our business if the injured party is willing to forgive and move forward with the relationship. It’s our job to get up in other people’s business, though, so I will say that if Elin was my friend I would tell her to stop seeing Tiger except when accompanied by a lawyer or a mediator. The guy humiliated her publicly and didn’t stop until he got caught. We don’t even know if he did stop seeing other women after he was found out. Every woman deserves better and in my opinion it’s better to be single than be stuck with a cheater, especially a serial one like Tiger. It’s up to Elin, though of course.
Elin is shown below on 1/25/10 in Orlando outside a restaurant. Credit: Fame Pictures. Here’s a link to newer photos of Elin picking up her daughter from school. She’s looking good.
Well, a cruise would reduce the chances of him screwing around. Let’s just hope that there are no blond bimbos amongst the crew to tempt him.
The problem with a private cruise is that, should things get ugly again, only one of them may come back alive.
I love her outfit!
@bella – maybe that’s the plan! 😀
I honestly can’t understand how she could even consider working things out with him. Cheating of any kind is not something I could personally forgive, but I know other people can work past that – however this wasn’t just a one time affair or mistake. This was him have zero respect for her and publicly humiliating her, in addition to repeated unfaithfulness. I’m sorry, but that would just be too much for me to deal with.
And yes, it is Elin’s business as to whether Tiger is worth staying with. But if it was me, there isn’t enough money in the world to make me stay with someone who put my children’s and my health at risk with his constant whoring around; and that’s not even considering the amount of humiliation, public and private, she’s been forced to endure because of Tiger’s self-absorbed nature.
@ Lucy2 – yes, but which one? If she catches Tiger in one of his “ambien hazes” it could be him. But what is niggling my brain is, what if it’s his plan to get rid of her? In his mind, she’s been the thorn in his side, keeping him from doing whatever he wants with whomever he wants (yeah, right! he’s been doing that anyway!), and he probably thinks his mama will take care of the babies (as if Elin’s family would ever let that happen!).
And I’m eye-to-eye with you on the cheating thing. If it was one time, privately, I MAY be able to work through it. But a serial cheater, claiming to love the mistress, and not using protection? NO WAY!
Is her life not any body’s….She has the right to accept or not to accept her husband.
Talking about happiness, what may be happiness to you may be unhappiness to another. Are u perfect? Let Elin decide!!! Am happy she is not your friend, if not you would have ruined her marriage with your wrong and improper advice. WHAT GOD HAS JOINED TGEDA LET NO MAN/WOMAN PUT ASUNDER.
i hardly think tiger is going to throw elin overboard and try to pass it off as a boating accident LOL
@ meme – stranger things have happened. No telling what goes on the mind of a “crazy ambien-sex-haze having” narcissist. He could put on a great show of being contrite, celebrating with champagne, and whoops! she could “fall” overboard. Who’s to say?
I don’t know about her… it’s probably really hard to make a decision, but I couldn’t stay with a man who f**ked around with more than 1 woman. I could NEVER trust him again…. Once? Maybe. More than that?? You are an ASS to think it would EVER change – rehab or not!
@ Ogechi – …Tiger already “ruined her marriage”, so the idea of anyone suggesting she get away from her emotionally abusive husband is actually a healthy one. This blind faith of yours is incredibly dangerous.
There have got to be limits, and when someone’s physical and emotional health is so blatantly put at risk by their own spouse, it’s time to GTFO. Especially for the sake of the kids.
The e-rumour of a one-on-one cruise was propagated way back in Dec and so this was just same e-rumour resurrected… Why did people have to put a fish-bowl look at another family’s life ? Who knows best apart from the couple ? Outsiders might think they were in bad terms, but who knows…perhaps they love each other but is now subjected to fish-bowl pressure as if outsiders want to ensure a divorce will definitely happen … If a divorce is indeed what they want, they won’t be sitting on the fence for so long… Pls let this couple work on themselves without pressure from outsiders…
It won’t be so easy for him to cat around now that he’s been found out. I think at least for now his cheating days are over.. He and Elin are going to reconcile. I’m not so sure they will last for the long term though….that would probably take a miracle. But this is for now.
I’m in the pickle now of supporting a friend who is in a VERY similar situation.
I want to smack her upside the head and say really? But she loves him & I love her and it’s not my call.
I hope she has good friends. I wish there was a handbook for supporting what your girlfriend wants when… you really think that she should want him dead!
she’s so dumb she deserves to be cheated on.
@bella, I figured she’d throw him overboard. I know I’d want to!
Many years ago, someone I know was willing to forgive cheating (twice, that she knew of) and stayed with her husband, still with him today. But ever since, 10+ years, she has never fully trusted him, and has limited what she’s done in her own life for fear of him having the opportunity to cheat again. Frankly, I feel that’s a shitty way to live, and much like I suspect Elin would if she stays with him.
Too many kids are raised in split up families these days, if these two can pull it together, not lord anything (takes two everyone) over the other person’s head and be a family. More power to them, to me it proves they aren’t selfish and are strong.
Too many divorces and no one tries to work it out.
Good luck Mr and Mrs. Woods, I hope you make it!
Elin will be safe on one-on-one cruise because if e-rumour on sex addiction treatment at Pine Groves is true, the patient will need to continue with a 90 days sexless life after leaving the sex addiction centre as part of completion of the entire treatment…
@ Lucy2, I totally hear you on that. My ex-husband cheated on me, and after I left he had his friends calling me, asking me if I’d consider getting back together with him since he was “so devastated” that I’d taken the children and left. I told them absolutely not: there’s no way I could spend the rest of my life wondering what (or who) he was doing every time he was late coming home from work. That wasn’t the life I wanted for myself or my children. And if Elin thinks Tiger’s a good role model for her children, boy, does she have another think coming!
@Bella “The problem with a private cruise is that, should things get ugly again, only one of them may come back alive.” – EXACTLY my thought. Maybe I have watched too many crime scene dramas for my own good, but there is no way in hell I would think it is a good idea to be on a large body of water with some man with such obvious lack of self-control. Big fight = big splash.
Is this getaway so they can address the fact that there is no cure for his NARCISSISM. Relax and get some sun,plus here is an extra $100 million for your time and trouble and for not pulling the plug on me like my sponsors.
@ Jenny, totally! How many honeymoon cruises have there been where only one of the newlyweds returns? I can think of 3 right off the top of my head. And these are people who just got married, not people who’s spouses are serial cheaters!
@bella – this is true. WTF is crazy ambien haze sex anyway?
“More power to them, to me it proves they aren’t selfish and are strong.”
i don’t know about that, lee. i think sleeping with at least 6 women while you are married is pretty damn selfish. i hope she divorces him before he infects her with AIDS or hep C.
Elin’s outfit was really nice! Hopefully she makes the right decision.
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@Bella, I know!!! I can think of a bunch of “Lost at Sea”, “Trouble in Paradise” or “Scuba Tragedy . . .or Murder?” Dateline type specials/stories too!!! And that is just among “normal” average Joes. If I were Elin – Hell.To.The.NO.FREAKING.WAY!!
@ meme, I have absolutely no clue, but it’s what his mistresses claim they had with him on a regular basis. Guess us “little people” are just missing out, huh? 😉
Who knows what the heck is really going on.
Maybe she is examining every possible way, so if she does decide to leave, she can do so with a clear conscience.
Life is hard, I don’t judge her.
@ Jenny, ITA. Elin’s putting herself at risk, and her children too. Can you imagine if something happens to her on this cruise and the children are at the mercy of Tiger? He’s already shown a blatant disregard for the health of his wife and their children – unprotected sex being the worst of his lack of concern – so I can’t even imagine who he’d deem acceptable as a child-care provider for the kids.
Our Secretary of State Hillary clinton hubby Bill humilated her publicly for 25 years Yet people voted for her to be our president. Why do people admire her?why is she not considered spineless and weak for standing by her man?
@Kim:
You made a very good point! The Clintons may not have a “storybook marriage”; however, they seem to have a “very admirable” partnership that has served them both well over the years.
Perhaps “a publicity partnership” is the foundation of Tiger and Elin’s marriage and they are trying to make it work more or less for business reasons. If this is true, it might explain Tiger’s numerous infidelities because this is a “business” arrangement not a “romantic” relationship. Whatever the reason may be, I wish them nothing except the best. If they can make it work, more power to them!
The thing about being married to a cheater is this: they are such SMO-O-O-O-T-H (that’s smooth) liars is it scary. Knew I would never trust one thing that came out of his sorry mouth. One strike and he was out.
Oh, and there IS Karma.
Why is this even a e-news item ? Whether there is any cruise in Privacy yacht is nothing any fanciful for outsiders to give an opinion on … Is it the tabloid/media has nothing to say these days !
@Ogechi, i have told you time and time again, stop with that long suffering mentality of yours, i only hope you marry someone really good, if not you will go right ahead and stay with a guy who beats you up everyday, till he kills you, then your headstone will say….” And there lies a woman, who stood by her husband!”…
Just because, you are married toa man, doesnt mean you should put up with all his crap…. That being said, Elin knows best, she just wants to stick it out for the money, because seriously…….cheating with 14+ women is just total BS!!
They have children together and they deserve the hope of being raised by both their parents whether the world approves or not.
Maybe Tiger will have an “accident”. I’m sure that’s her plan.
Does anyone know what the recovery rates for sexual addicts are?
Sometimes I think our society just looks for things to label as addictions.
My question: How much are they planning on paying to staff to go on the the most uncomfortable cruise known to mankind?
When will the light bulb go on, why in hell would you want to get back with a piece of shit who has had about screwing around with low life whores, I’d take the son of a bitch for $$$$$$$$$$ and settle down.
Once a cheater always a cheater.
May be Tiger should get some advice from Mel Gibson
Debbie
@sudini & slymm27 LOL…
I was told by women who are still married over 50yrs that more than these things happened but diligence and prayer made their marriage work. I didn’t say dt Tiger behaved well but i said, he erred and apologized, he is seriously working hard to make his marriage work. We shld support them but not discourage them. If they want to make it work, we shld all pray for them. Divorce is not a solution!!!Honestly children in broken homes are not models. I am not praying for a cheater husband but if he cheats, i will not run away or divorce him,…I wld ask him why, his explanations will determine but remember MEN DON’T JUST CHEAT. I will marry somebody i deeply love so that at the end of the day, LOVE WILL COVER ALL HIS SINS. But physically abusive husband???that one is different plz!!!Where i come from, it is an abomination for a man to hit a woman.
Again i wish Mr and Mrs Woods a happy married life.
I think it is a wonderful idea. The other women should know that he loves his wife and if it was not for them they would have still been together. Let the other women stop chasing him for whatever reason.
Each one deserves a chance. Who are we to judge.