Unfaithfulness discussed in Sweden

In the "free" Sweden the private life of celebrities and politicians is usually not very much discussed or exposed. Apart from certain magazines. There is definately a big contrast towards the US where a marriage is an important part of a PR - facade, and where a sidestep can meen the end of the carreers of politicians, media profiles and other celebrities.

As it has become known that Tiger Woods have been cheated on his Swedish wife Elin Nordegren, daugther of the governor (former Minister of immigration) Barbro Holmberg and the journalist Thomas Nordegren (known from the Swedish radiochannel 1) - source Wikipedia - the private life of an american celebrity has become hot stuff in Sweden. This time it is not any american scandal, but this time a Swedish woman is involved. And therefore someone who Swedish people feel more sympathy for. And, besides, it is not every day a Swedish woman has been cheeted on by a mega-celebrity (Aftonbladet) and also asks for 2 miljard crowns if there would be a divorce (Expressen).

So the phenomenon is suddenly widely discussed by columnists and writers also in the more respectable Swedish press and media. Dagens Nyheter is writing about sex-addiction as a problem where there is also treatment to get.

I hope this will mean a renewed debate on relational problems. The tragic in this particular case is that Tiger Woods does not seem to realize the problem and take responsibility for all the side-steps he has done. Obviously he has built up an entire enterprise in order to cover up his side-steps. Very costsome, bur all is not possible to buy with money! I beleive that a family is one of the greatest riches to find here on earth. Something that has to be stewarded, and something not to be taken for granted. Now, there are always to parts in a relationship. Elin Nordegren does not either seem to have a very good education in how to keep a family together - her parents being divorced and her father Thomas married for the third time. But if you need help there is to get! My absolute convincement is that there are no hopeless cases, if you just want to and try hard. And more should do, not least for the sake of the children!