Cheating and Money

There was an article in the NY Times Sunday entitled, "By Her Support Does She Earn His Infidelity?''

It was about a paper written by Cornell professor Christian L. Munsch entitled, "The Effect of Relative Income Disparity on Infidelity for Men and Women..''

It says that Stay at Home Dads or the Laid Off Dad are five times more likely to cheat than men who contribute an equal amount of money to the relationship. And that men who earn significantly more than their wives are likely to cheat.

Women who earn 75 per cent of the man's income are more likely to have a faithful husband.
Most women tend to be in that category because, fair or not, men tend to get paid more than women for the same job.

The paper says that, "Having multiple sex partners may be an attempt to compensatse for feelings of inadequacy.''

The professor said that only 3.8 per cent of men and 1.4 per cent of women admit to cheating, which is in line of the national average that 3 to 4 per cent of married spouses cheat in any given year. So the overwhelming majority of spouses don't cheat.

Anyway, I am curious if you think it is a problem if a wife makes more than the husband? And I am somewhat skeptical of the theory that money has much to do with cheating.

But I thought it was an interesting topic so I thought I'd pass it along for your thoughts.

FD

Tiger's Better Half

I'm sure most of you are aware of the escapades of Tiger Woods, but the idea of a famous athlete fooling around is old news.

What interests me was the reaction of his wife, who apparently chased his car down the driveway and bashed in the back window with a golf club. You go girl.

And the reports are that a substantial sum was posted in her personal bank account to keep her from walking. And they're redoing the pre-nup. She was to get $20 million if she stayed 10 years. Now the sum will be increased to more than $20 million and the number of years will be cut.

So my question is what would you do. Would you walk now? Would you hang around to collect the $20 plus million and then leave or would you forgive and try to make a go of it? My wife said she'd stick around to collect the $20 plus million.

Also, I have a hunch that being a stunning blonde the way Tiger's wife is may be a mixed blessing. I think most beautiful women tend to get judged only on their looks and I think that can get tiring.

Your thoughts?

FD