February 13, 2012
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Elin Nordegren plans to divorce her husband Tiger Woods and spend Christmas away from the disgraced billionaire golf star following the infidelity scandal which has put his career on hold, according to several media reports.
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Now Elin can comeback to the gloom, where she belongs..
I am sure that Elin has done nothing that demands forgiveness either. Swedish women are perfect, just ask one, she'll tell you. Good luck, Tiger.
as if she is not going to get enough.....
I am sure she was just wishing for a slip up like this so she could get her grubby hands on as much moola as her dirty "slut" (that swedish word that means other things in english) hands can grab and getting children just makes it easier to get his money....
I am sorry but after watching Hollywood fru on tv I really think that they go and meet the millionare just to either live a lavish lifestyle or take their mans money away as soon as they slip up
I myself am behind tiger woods 100 percent and would like to tell him that! he is a champion golfer and a nice guy, yea he screwed around but hey tiger would have had a hell a lot of women trying to seduce him and i beat you he could have a hell of a lot higher tally than 14 if he really wanted to!
and on top of that the slappers that shagged around with him are more than likely just in it for financial gains anyway
man women suck!!!
for the rest:
masogynists anonymous 08-72C5872
she should crash him, make him miserable, take EVERY SINGLE penny!
I can't believe there are people defending him! And what "big plan"? who would ever want to go through this hell?! who would like to expose their kids like that, make them suffer and all?!
you think she should be charged with assault for hitting him with a gold club? or really? because i'm sure you would have remained perfectly calm if you found out your spouse is a sex addict and has been bangging strangers. Psh, I'd rather hit my husband with a gold club than be such a hypocrite.
Hmm, I never thought that knowing that no one is ever the perfect partner and that there is always room for blame in a failed relationship makes one a masogynist. Thanks for the information. I will call right away and get the help I need.
It's interesting that the skanks and whores that Woods hooked up with are getting a free pass in all of this. Here we have epic failure in the character department. Woods being a world class champion scumbag should not obscure that fact that these skanks and whores are indeed skanks and whores.
I'd rather hit my husband with a gold club
why not just walk away from him????????
but no be a typical swedish woman do whatever you want even physical assault because no one will prosecute them.
so gimenapuppo you support spousal abuse, physical abuse and domestic violence as long as it is all coming from the female
http://img2.allposters.com/images/impo/ST3389.jpg
I can't believe there are people here defending Tiger and slamming Elin. You people are as pathetic as the guy you're defending.
Also, can the Swedes stop lying to the rest of the world that Sweden is filled with beautiful women. I'm from New York City and Sweden has nothing on New York (Black women, Brown women, women that actually have behinds instead of pancake a$$es)
Swedish women are the most brokedown, no having body women I've seen in my life. And their faces if not ugly are average at best.
Elin if your reading this dont believe the hype. Stay with Tiger if he will have you.
Elin walk into this marriage knowing the benefits and travails of being with a very rich man. She is there for the money and glory it brings. She is not an innocent bystander.
I'd say, renegotiate the prenup as high as possible, stay with him, let him fool around, stay with the kids, and when Tiger dies, she has everything.
Why go back to cold and strange Sweden?
She can be living anywhere she wants and enjoy the lifestyle she strive for. For an ex-nanny, it's not too bad!
She should take the kids and the money and let Cheatah have his harem. Comparing her to Hillary is crazy, Hillary stayed for her career, it had nothing to do with staying with her man.
As far as Swedish women, they are hot in their 20's but they hit some type of genetic trigger that very quickly turns them in to 50's. Must be too much sun and too many cigs... I understand why Thailand is so popular with Swedes, the food is good but the babes are better.
1.She was a nanny and she married a much richer guy. She should have said no when Tiger proposed obvioulsy because he had several hundred million more than her at that point. Clearly she was not equal to him in any way,I would understand if she was the women`s world champion in darts,curling,or at least throwing paper balls in beer bottles from a large distance for example.
2. He cheated on her many times. Big deal,if she really loves him she should stay with him. Show me a man who wouldn`t stay with his wife after he found out she sucked a dozen cocks after they got married.
3. She cannot divorce him because she would not get as much as she hopes she would. She`s much better off by putting up with this for the rest of her life.
"I thought Swedes went there for the boys. "
No, actually they go there to meet feminine women, whores or otherwise, which you cannot find in skankinavia.
He kicks major ass in golf, has a hot babe wife and consistantly nails the hottest skanks.
Tiger is THE MAN for a CAPTAIN MORGAN POSE!!!
Elin should divorce his ass. No one deserves that! As for chasing him with a golf club, what wife wouldn't go ballistic after hearing all that? She deserved her momentary lapse of bad judgment!
Go Elin! Divorce his ass! There are better men out there, golf pro or not!
Funny how you girls condone gender violence, double standards ?
However, she didnt handle it well, her emotions got the best of her. After she found out then she should have immediately contacted a private investigator and attorney. Then very sweetly suggest they should nullify or amend the prenup. Then when everything is lined up, come down so hard that Cheatah wished a 3 iron was all he had to worry about.
I can see it now. Viargra - Now YOU can have Tigers WOOD.
"What's with all the trash talk about Swedish women? You do realize that it makes you look really pathetic, right?"
No sir, quite the contrary, I've dated thousands of women around the world and the most homely, boring, tired looking by far are Svensk kvinnor (Swedish woman). Likewise, I fail to see how my opinion is pathetic, still, you may be a queer, docile, effeminized Svensk män, and I'm not.
@Bench or is it bitch
The only people who make a fuss about area codes in New York City are women and homosexuals.
Which one are you?
@Topic
Tiger should have never married; on the other hand, this female sure helped him pull in those endorsements. Michael Jordan should have schooled him to always have your hoes sign "shut your mouth contracts were only F-ing".
O'well
Don't bother to make any sense on this blog, except for the usual few decent comments, this particular group of posters has no decency.
There is more common-sense found in a bucket of rocks.
enough with the gold digger story. all 'em girls including elin and tiger are gold diggers. the girls crave tiger's money, tiger loves scamming the corporate world. the lure of money temporary blinds women and men to reality.
Santa stopped at 3 Ho's get it-Ho,Ho,Ho
Sorry I couldn't resist it.:o)
That makes him less than a man.
He's just a scumbag with an awesome golf game.
People want them to fall from grace clearly. Really good spirit at this time of year. Sad. This is the kind of garbage story sells a lot of advertising space. Period.
Merry Christmas/holidays everybody + the Woods
Pathetic.
And since you all seem to have a lot of spare time on your hands can you perhaps explain to me what exactly makes a woman boring?
I find Elin to be absolutely stunning. And I feel deeply sorry for her, despite money. Any woman who has to find out that her husband has been having sex with at least 14 skanks throughout the course of their marriage would be deeply deeply humiliated. i would want to just die. I think she is handling all this pressure rather well. Especially as a Swede who likes to keep things private.
And as for all these stupid comments about her being "uneducated" and "just a nanny who was changing diapers", they are obviously unaware of the Swedish way of doing things. Many many Swedes work and travel after highschool to get to know themselves better and figure out what they really want to do before rushing head first as an 18 year old into college, like Americans do. Also, many Swedish girls travel abroad to live as Au Pair in other countries to learn about another culture and become profficient at another language. These people who are calling her "just a nanny" are obviously the ignorant and unenlightened ones here, not Elin. She was only what, 21, when she met Tiger? This is so enfuriating that people are attacking her and degrading her like that, as if she is the one in the wrong here.
What exactly did Elin do to deserve some of these posts? Last I checked she married this man, had his children, raised them while he traveled the planet and I can't think of a single time she brough attention to herself with interviews or otherwise. Tiger is not the victim here.
Look, none of us are angels but Elin deserves to have the right to make this decision without ramifications. Tiger blew it. We are forgiving society and he can come back but this will take time and won't be the "instant gratification" he sought with pancake waitresses. Time will tell if he's man enough to work on regaining acceptance.
From my perspective, Elin has done everything right and I for one hope she can get past this and move on with her life in a peaceful manner. With or without Tiger.
Sorry for the long post. Happy Holidays.
I completely agree with you.
I hope both Elin and Tiger Woods can regain their berings in life regardless of where they choose to go. The kids need both Elin and Tiger to be involved in their lives. If divorse ensues then both will still need to be civil to each other during child conversations.
In terms of the money involved... they are stagering sums. I would have thought that the prenuptial would preclude a 50%/50% division. I hope that Tiger will be the gentleman and throw in a generous amount so that she can move on to her next chapter in life. Or better yet...send me a million or two!
Geez one can forgive but to forgive for 15 different women. c'mon. I'd go after him myself with a gulf club if my ex had 15. but he had 1 and that was one to many. he and his f@ggot boyfriend now live in the house my inheritance fixed up. Talk about a gold digger. I'm still fighting to get it back.
Elin hold you head up high with dignity & be sure to get tested for STDs. God only knows what diseases 15 sluts could be carrying.
I beleive in a marriage there should be Love.When trouble comes in..I beleive Love should supercede...Elin or Tiger Wood both are at fault.But the truth is that Elin has been thinking of divorcing him ,before he confessed or probably using that oportunity of his Mistakes against him to swindle him of his money....Tiger wood on the other is a Man that stood up for his mistakes and accepted it and i believed he is ready to change for better.For him to accept his mistakes and asked for forgiveness.Can Bill Clinton do that.
i believed no one will accept that immorality from her Man.
As a matter of fact Elin should grow up if she truely LOVED wood from the beginning and FORGIVE....If she is not having hidden agenda on her MENU....And as a Man...Wood should learn a great lesson from his mistake....
But the whole story about asking for a divorce....I BELIEVED SHE IS A