DEBATE: Will Elin Nordegren Divorce Tiger Woods Because of His Cheating?

By now unless you are blind, deaf and have no friends, you have heard that Tiger Woods, the world’s #1 golfer and arguably the best golfer of all time was recently caught cheating on his wife Elin Nordegren.  There doesn’t seem to much dispute about whether or not he committed adultery, although how much adultery remains in question as woman after woman comes out of the woodwork to add to Tiger’s list of “transgressions“.

You know we here at U Say, I Say would have something to say about this, especially considering how much attention our Steve McNair debate generated.

So in light of the degree of the transgressions committed by Tiger, Sital and Adam debate the following question:

Will Elin Nordegren divorce Tiger Woods because of his cheating?

So read both Adam and Sital’s takes below, then log your vote.  We’ll send out the results in about two weeks time.

Will Lamar Odom and Khloe Kardashian Last at least Two Years?

Lamar Odom and Khloe Kardashian have been dating for a little less than two months.  Surprising both family and friends, they have decided to wed despite their short time together.  This has led many to wonder their true intentions and sets the scene for another U Say, I Say debate.

The question:  Will Lamar Odom and Khloe Kardashians marriage last at least two years?

DEBATE: Go to a Fantasy Football Draft or to a Friends Wedding?

Tony and Jessica have been dating for 2 years and are in a happy long-term relationship.  Jessica’s friend, who Tony is also friends with is getting married in the fall.  Unfortunately the wedding is planned on the Saturday of Tony’s annual, in-person fantasy football draft with his buddies from college.

Tony knows he should go to the wedding; he and Jessica have been together for a while and there will be a lot of people there that know them.  On the other hand, he has been playing in this football league for years, even before he was with Jessica, and would hate to miss out on the annual ritual (not to mention end up with a bad team!).

Should Tony participate in his draft or go to the wedding with Jessica?

Little Known Reasons Why He Won’t Marry You

Ahh, the big ‘M’. No book, article, magazine, website, radio play, musical, speech or casual conversation about dating and relationships would be complete without a consideration of Holy Matrimony, would it.

Well then.

The answer to this time-honored question is really a bit of a two-parter. As far as the dating part goes, it breaks down like this: we’ll date you for a long time for all the expected reasons – because we’re attracted to you, because we love you, because we like your company, because you laugh at our jokes, because you’re pretty, because we like your ass and because your hair smells good. Even because, well, we really can’t imagine life without you (whether or not we admit the fact). Sound good so far? Nothing unexpected there hopefully.

On to part two.

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I know what you’re thinking: if the dating is so good, what’s with the lack of intention to get married? And the answer is just that…well…marriage is so final.

Yes we love you, yes we want to stay together, but to voluntarily pledge eternal commitment to one woman is, for a man, to do something that flies in the face of our deep impulses to spread our seed far and wide - impulses that have been shaped by millions of years of evolution. That doesn’t mean that we don’t want to or can’t stay faithful to just one woman, it just means…that we don’t want to have to promise to out loud.

Don’t forget that ultimately, marriage is no more than a social ritual. No doubt it’s an important one, and one that exists in many different cultures, but it’s no more than that. It’s not going to make a bad relationship into a good one, and once the last thank-you card has been written nothing will have changed.

If you’re wondering why men aren’t as keen on marriage now as they were a couple of generations ago, remember that getting married used to mean that you could start having sex.

This meant that people tended to marry very young (and still do in many midwest states)! The fact that most of us are now happy to ‘put out’ before entering into the bounds of holy matrimony is, not to put too fine a point on it, something of a game-changer.

To complete the picture, one must also point out that the statistics irrefutably show that marriage is in decline. People marry comparatively late in life now, and around 50% of all marriages end in divorce. Do we really want to start something that appears to be doomed to failure from the get-go? Could marriage have had its day? Do we even need it anymore?

Finally, if you’re reading this, maybe you’re a woman who’s been in a relationship with a man for some time, and maybe you’re asking yourself, why hasn’t he asked me to marry him? Why isn’t he giving me what I want?

Well, you could ask yourself, are you giving him what he wants? Like, say…a threesome with you and your bestie?   No, thought not.

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DEBATE: Did Steve McNair Deserve to be Shot?

Steve McNair, a 36 year old former Pro-Bowl quarterback for the Tennessee Titans and Baltimore Ravens was having an affair with Sahel Kazemi, a 20 year old bartender at Dave & Buster’s.

The two were having an affair for approximately 5 months and appeared to getting serious.  According to reports, Steve promised to leave his wife and Sahel posted her furniture for sale on Craigslist in the hopes of moving in together.

Their relationship turned tragic when both Steve and Sahel were found shot dead on the couch of Steve’s condo.  All evidence points to Sahel having shot Steve while he slept and then shot herself, in the hopes of falling into his lap.

Investigators speculate that Steve was not only rethinking the decision to leave his wife but that he also had a second mistress in addition to Sahel.  More details are available here.

Question for debate: Did Steve deserve to be shot under these circumstances? Read more

DEBATE: Should Taking Someone’s Last Name Be a Deal Breaker?

Dan, a Boston-born patent attorney in his late 20’s and Susan, a fashion designer in her mid-30’s who owns her own company, have decided to get married after a passionate 6 months of dating. When they subject of Susan taking Dan’s last name came up, Dan insisted on it.  Join the debate!