Wake-up call for cheating husbands

By Zawadi Lompisha

If you have been keeping abreast with international news, then you have read the scandalous story of Tiger Woods, the renowned golfer who is in trouble over infidelity. Matters came to light after somebody called the cops to say there had been a car accident in his neighbourhood and on their arrival, the cops found it was none other than the famous Woods.

His wife had come to the rescue in unclear circumstances, but the story so far is that she had to break a window to help her wounded husband out of his car. Apparently he had tried to climb over some obstacle with his car, but this failed. It is still unclear what he was escaping from, but the saying "hell hath no fury like a woman scorned" seems to be a good pointer.

The minor traffic accident took a strange twist when a certain woman came out in the tabloids screaming that she had been having an affair with Woods for quite some time.

She alleged that the super star must have been busted by his wife and was running for his dear life. I, at this point, put in my detective nose into the accident and deduce that he must have been trying to get as far away as possible from his agitated wife.

A pertinent question comes to mind when I think about the woman who broke the news. Why does she think it is such a grand thing to announce to all and sundry that she has been having an affair with someone’s husband?

A saint

Does it now make her a saint because she has come out and confessed? She is as much a villain as the guy is and I wonder what she hopes to achieve from all this. My guess is, given the Western culture, she will soon have signed some mega deal with some publishing house to ‘tell her story’ and make good money. Where are the wives to tell her to shut up and stop muddying other people’s water? Why is the focus only on the husband with egg in his face? A few days after this, Woods came out with a feeble attempt at an apology. He expressed great remorse at what he had done and said he regretted the hurt he caused his wife. So why would you want to jeopardise a relationship with someone who you know is fully in your support? And why do you date someone who is out to destroy the people and things that matter in your life; who will happily declare it to the world without a care for you or the consequences of that declaration?

He also asked for his privacy to be respected and to be allowed to mend the damage and seek healing in the privacy of his home. In response to his plea for privacy I agree that no husband or wife is perfect and that mistakes are a part of marriage life.

Pushed to a corner

What I have a problem with is this: Would Woods have owned up to his wife if the heinous woman had not come out with her story? Is he not shedding crocodile tears because he’s been pushed to a corner? Do you know how devastating it is for a wife to suddenly discover that for the last two and a half years her husband has been in the arms of another woman?

When you are a celebrity, you must expect us to be there in your success as well as your failures. If you mess, we will hang you out to dry because that is what you deserve.