What are some things these men tell the women the cheat with?
CALLAHAN: Cheating men usually have a “story” about why they cheat: the loveless marriage–no sex, not having intimacy–arguing, staying for the kids, being misunderstood by their wife. The mom and nurturer kicks in for a woman. She will understand him and be there for him–sexually and without pressuring him with the ins and outs of everyday life. If he is a famous athlete, that fantasy is just intensified…that longing to be “the one” he turns to is that much more of an allure. A woman tells the man, “You can talk to me–I will be all of the things that she isn’t.” And even if you were only in it at the start for the thrill, the sex, you can start to get convinced. You think, “He could leave her for me. If he is only in his relationship for the kids, and he is a family man, he will want to be in another family.” The young woman who came forward yesterday with the texts and the voicemails and alleged years of connection with Tiger probably felt she was the only one. She might have been thi
