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if I were Erin Woods, I would try to stay with Tiger even if he abandoned me completely at home. I would continue to love him to the best of my ability and to rear my children to be the best they can be. Those other women will come quickly and go quickly. She is his wife and unless she is physically abused or emotionally abused in a personal way (his infidelity has nothing to do with her), she should stay.

I was listening recently to an interview with a marriage counselor who is considered very prominent and successful. She said that the problem with this sort of situation is that the wife may forgive her husband, but she cannot forget all the mistresses and is so grossed out that she has a hard time happily having sex with her husband. The essential trust and love that really lets a wife let go in the bedroom is gone for good, and the mistress is (metaphorically speaking) always in bed with the couple, always a presence to which the couple compares her sexual performance. The lack of sexual cooperation on the part of the wife is what usually leads to divorce a few years after the affair, even if all is forgiven and the husband remains faithful.