Friend of Dorothy? Michael Strahan's wife speaks in court... [Archive] - Dallas Cowboys Forum

Gryphon

06-21-2006, 06:11 AM

HINT JINT HIT 'SACK'
WITH DOC PAL
By MARSHA KRANES and LEELA de KRETSER
http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/hint_jint_hit_sack_with_doc_pal_regionalnews_marsh a_kranes_and_leela_de_kretser.htm

June 21, 2006 -- A bitter Jean Strahan yesterday accused her estranged sack-star spouse of playing for the other team.

Outside court, she said that after she and the Giant split in March 2005, he shared an "alternative lifestyle" with "his best buddy," TV doctor Ian Smith.

"Michael moved in with Ian in his one-bedroom apartment for the next year," she said, after the couple's acrimonious divorce proceedings had ended for the day in Essex County Family Court. "You could say an alternative lifestyle sprouted," she added.

Asked to stop beating around the bush, Jean smiled - and was prevented from saying any more by her lawyer.

Strahan's lawyer, Robert Penza, called the remarks "outrageous" and said "this allegation has been raised in the past by Jean. She has been spreading rumors throughout this entire litigation process."

The defensive end couldn't be reached for comment - but Smith had plenty to say.

"This is the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard," he told The Post.

"Yes, Michael Strahan is one of my best friends, and in a time of need, when he was kicked out of his home and had no place to go, I did what any good friend would do and offered him my couch.

"At the same time, I was planning my wedding to a woman I had been dating for over 14 years, and we are happily married."

Asked to put the allegations to rest, Smith said, "Michael Strahan is very heterosexual, and I am very heterosexual."

junk

06-21-2006, 06:12 AM

Strahan's wife is from North Dakota. Does anyone know which town?

CrazyCowboy

06-21-2006, 06:13 AM

I am giving him the benefit of a doubt and say "hetersosexual"!

Why?

Because Strahan is a Defensive End, however, if he was and Offensive End.......hum?

06-21-2006, 06:13 AM

I would say B.S.

She was :) when she said it.

Sounds like a crazy, bitter woman.

KD

Funxva

06-21-2006, 06:15 AM

Wow, a woman scorned can be a real... mean woman.

SultanOfSix

06-21-2006, 06:16 AM

Funxva

06-21-2006, 06:17 AM

Now that I think about it, an alternative life-style probably did happen...

Alternative to his normal lifestyle which was probably sleeping in a $1,000,000 bed.

Damn, I would have just slept in one of my $2 Mil worth of cars. Probably more room in there than a couch.

Jarv

06-21-2006, 06:35 AM

MarionBarberThe4th

06-21-2006, 07:16 AM

No one tell Shockey about this

:war:

trickblue

06-21-2006, 07:33 AM

Link (http://www.nj.com/sports/ledger/index.ssf?/base/news-2/1150866802162770.xml&coll=1)

Excerpt from her court testimony... The truth, she said, was that she protested when he showed up with Ian Smith, a writer and Channel 7 medical correspondent who she said had introduced him to a Toronto woman who became his mistress.

She said she heard her 34-year-old husband talking on the phone with his new girlfriend that very day. He has denied committing adultery during their marriage.

"This is the man who was setting my husband up with girlfriends, and he was at my baptism?" she said of Smith.

When the twins were born, she said, Michael Strahan brought Smith -- who he knew she did not like -- into the delivery room.

"I said, 'Michael, this is a special moment for us,'" she said. "He said, 'Well, Jean, who is here for me?' I said, 'How about me? I'm here for you.'"

She said her husband and Smith were more than friends. After the Strahans' separation, the football player lived with Smith for a year, even though he could have easily secured his own lodging, she said.

"You could say that an alternative lifestyle sprouted," she said, suggesting that the two men had a sexual relationship.

She was asked to elaborate on the relationship, but Marshall said she preferred her client "beat around the bush" on that issue.

Inside the courtroom earlier, Michael Strahan had chuckled when one of the love letters he was shown looked like it was addressed "Dear John" instead of "Dear Jean."

"I've been accused of that before," he said jokingly.

lurkercowboy

06-21-2006, 07:36 AM

Does anyone think there is something to this?

Yeagermeister

06-21-2006, 07:42 AM

Does anyone think there is something to this?
Who knows but it sounds to me like she's trying to attack his rep.

Funxva

06-21-2006, 07:55 AM

Who knows but it sounds to me like she's trying to attack his rep.
Heh, this just reminded me of a time in middleschool years ago when this girl that liked me got angry because I wanted nothing to do with her. So she told everyone I sexually harrased her.

Funny thing was, I had no idea what that meant at the time.

06-21-2006, 07:59 AM

This thread is hilarious!! I am sure at least half the guys on this board have had at least one crazy, psychotic, ex flame who was petty when the relationship ended!

Those are the same people posting replies to this thread, seeing right through MS's ex. I'm one of them.....

:lmao2:

SkinsandTerps

06-21-2006, 08:35 AM

Sleeping on another man's couch for a year, when you have millions ?

Thats is rather strange indeed.

There have been players that I thought may have a little sugar in their blood in recent years but Strahan wasnt one of them.

Big Dakota

06-21-2006, 08:57 AM

GRIDDER'S CHEAP SHOT STINGS WIFE

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June 8, 2006 -- JEAN STRAHAN, look ing like a million bucks in the grungy divorce court, let out a musical laugh.

"It's Gucci!" she protested about the ecru suit hugging her bod. "I have Chanel."

Moments earlier, her husband, Giant linebacker Michael Strahan - who's pulled down something north of $30 million - described how his wife shopped like a dime-store tart. Ouch.

"Target, T.J. Maxx," were the stores the multimillionaire claimed the couple frequented.

They dined at Houlihan's, he testified. Bought secondhand furniture.

"Kmart," he listed as a store of choice. He knows how to hurt a girl.

The Strahans hit Essex County Family Court yesterday, and like most warring couples, they disagree on the weather. But this marital bust-up is about big money. And there, the parties seem to exist on separate planets.

It started as a love story. But Jean Strahan says things fell apart while she was in the hospital 19 months ago, giving birth to their twin girls.

"We tried very hard to get pregnant," she told me. "I was shocked when he left. He basically moved in with his girlfriend. He abandoned me.

"I've never seen him playing with the kids. I've never seen him hold them."

Jean has claimed her massive hubby beat her up, early in their relationship.

"I guess I loved him," she said. "He said he'd never do it again." The judge ruled that beating allegations can't be used in court.

Michael Strahan, neatly, but not expensively, dressed in a gray suit, testified that his wife was involved in his finances. But she insists he kept her in the dark.

"The part that's upsetting to me is to know you can flat-out lie, under oath, sitting in front of a judge," she.

I tried to get Michael's side, but he changed in an instant from the likable fella on the stand, and became kind of scary.

"Would you please not talk to me," he hissed. "I didn't ask to talk to you."

Jean Strahan says she doesn't know how she'd live without her kids. "They're my world."

Stay tuned.

andrea

Hostile

06-21-2006, 08:57 AM

If I'm on the jury and she's throwing out crap trying to ruin his reputation, with no proof, it doesn't go well for her. Even if it is true. You gotta have proof of this kind of crap. Anger and spite isn't proof.

Yeagermeister

06-21-2006, 09:07 AM

Giant linebacker? :lmao:

sacase

06-21-2006, 09:09 AM

Here's wifey...rather ex-wifey

http://www.nypost.com/photos/news06082006009.jpg

Funxva

06-21-2006, 09:12 AM

Here's wifey...rather ex-wifey

http://www.nypost.com/photos/news06082006009.jpg

That just screams "Gold digger".

Reminds me of desperate housewives just not nearly as hot.

Edit: That also screams "Ice Queen" also.

For some reason the "Yehaaa! Michael Strahan! How Bout Dem Cowboys" commercial just popped into my head.

Big Dakota

06-21-2006, 09:15 AM

Strahan's wife is from North Dakota. Does anyone know which town?

She grew up 100 miles north of me.

Michael Strahan appears to have made a tactical retreat from the battlefield of public opinion after his wife's lawyer landed several telling blows in the tabloid press. Maybe Michael will spend less time with inept mouthpiece Ernie Landante and concentrate on rehabbing his pectoral muscle. I was indifferent to the off-field mess until Ralph Vacchiano mentioned that Jean Strahan is from North Dakota (http://www.nydailynews.com/front/story/290822p-248844c.html). My wife grew up in Bismarck, so I have a soft spot for the women of the North Plains. If Jean fleeces Michael, he probably had it coming.

jterrell

06-21-2006, 09:15 AM

SkinsandTerps

06-21-2006, 09:19 AM

His wife is around 40 (older than him). Thats unusual for a NFL player.

Big Dakota

06-21-2006, 09:20 AM

Sounds to me like he had a girl who he was staying with and was keeping some stuff over at the Doc's so that it could not be used against him in court.

Since he was probably paying for the mistresses place(and would be inhabiting it soon enough) he probably did not want to rush out and buy one.

The only real sad part is that they just had kids.

Exactly!! How in the world does an NFL player sleep on a couch for a YEAR and even be able to walk?? The man is big, a couch would kill him. He was just using the doc's address for cover.

dmq

06-21-2006, 09:22 AM

:lmao:

Canadian BoyzFan

06-21-2006, 09:40 AM

I might be in the minority here. On the field Strahan is a beast. However, I have always thought he had a femine quality to him. Although I tend not to believe all of his wife's allegations, it would not surpise me one bit if he was a flamer. NTTAWWT.

Sleeping on a couch for a year.....come on.

Chocolate Lab

06-21-2006, 09:47 AM

Sounds to me like he had a girl who he was staying with and was keeping some stuff over at the Doc's so that it could not be used against him in court. That was my thought, too.

But I'd like to know from Funxva why you think Mrs. Strahan "screams gold digger" just from a picture.

Danny White

06-21-2006, 09:53 AM

Hmmmm... I always thought there was something a little funny (almost queer you might say) about that record-setting sack:

http://sportsmed.starwave.com/media/pg2/2002/0108/photo/a_strahan_hi.jpg

They both just look a little too eager:

http://espn-i.starwave.com/media/nfl/2002/0106/photo/s_strahan_vt.jpg

NTTAWWT

Funxva

06-21-2006, 09:59 AM

That was my thought, too.

But I'd like to know from Funxva why you think Mrs. Strahan "screams gold digger" just from a picture.

Just a first impression, might be the look on her face. Didn't say I was right. :) Though sadly, I probably am. A woman at her age that probably has not worked a job (I don't know, but would you work if your spouse was pulling down 11 mil a year or something like that) in a long time attempting to go back into the workforce with a depleted resume probably isn't in her cards. So trying to get a big payday to live off of seems like what she is going for to me.

SkinsandTerps

06-21-2006, 10:04 AM

Jean and Mike have been together for 13 or 14 years. Thats a long *** time to sustain for a gold digger.

I dont see it that way really.

Funxva

06-21-2006, 10:09 AM

Jean and Mike have been together for 13 or 14 years. Thats a long *** time to sustain for a gold digger.

I dont see it that way really.

I didn't say it started out that way, I just think she may have turned into a bitter woman throughout the years. I'm not saying Mike is a great husband or anything and that she was a #$&*%) but I'm just saying that the picture coupled with the article make her out to be a spiteful, frosty, money monger.

I'm not saying divorce is a bed of roses, and people don't get pissed, nor am I saying that she is wrong in wanting to cash in. I am just saying that this is how she portrating herself in my opinion.

JackMagist

06-21-2006, 10:12 AM

Sounds like a crazy, bitter woman.Ummm...is there any other kind? :p:

*ducks out before WG reads this*

SkinsandTerps

06-21-2006, 10:13 AM

Ummm...is there any other kind? :p:

*ducks out before WG reads this*

WG isnt bitter, but she has a touch of gangsta. :lmao2:

WoodysGirl

06-21-2006, 10:16 AM

WG isnt bitter, but she has a touch of gangsta. :lmao2:As long as you know.... :cool:

On the flip side, I notice you didn't dispute I might be crazy. I may have to re-think your stay here...

:starspin

SkinsandTerps

06-21-2006, 10:19 AM

As long as you know.... :cool:

On the flip side, I notice you didn't dispute I might be crazy. I may have to re-think your stay here...

:starspin

Gosh darn it.

I knew that wouldnt slip by.

Are you sure we arent related ?

In all fairness (IMO), all women are a little crazy from time to time, just like all guys are a little stupid from time to time. :)

Alexander

06-21-2006, 10:20 AM

The questioning of a man's sexuality or sexual prowess is the lowest blow an ex-wife or girlfriend can punch with.

If the allegations aren't true, then it really looks like a pathetic attempt on her part to obtain some sort of financial disclosure.

Fact is most courts are already sympathetic to the female's side in cases like this.

You have to wonder why she would break out the heavy artillary unless something was there. It just seems so desperate in a case where she wouldn't need to be.

WV Cowboy

06-21-2006, 10:22 AM

If he cheated on his wife, whatever he gets he deserves.

That is a pretty low, selfish act in my book.

MichaelWinicki

06-21-2006, 10:22 AM

So Strahan is gay?

Thought so. ;)

Not that there is anything wrong with that. :)

Alexander

06-21-2006, 10:23 AM

So Strahan is gay?

Thought so. ;)

I hate to say this, but my gaydar has always gone off with him also.:cool:

MichaelWinicki

06-21-2006, 10:24 AM

I hate to say this, but my gaydar has always gone off with him also.:cool:

:laugh1:

ABQCOWBOY

06-21-2006, 10:25 AM

I think it is a mistake to look for rational behavior in situations like this. There may be no truth at all to this or there might be. One thing is certain, in these types of deals, people do not exibit rational behaiver many times. They are not the people you married, nor are they the Sons and Daughters you raised. It all goes out the window and ugly is usually the flavor of the day.

Everything will eventually come out in the wash but at this point, nothing said should be accepted as truth. Everything is subject to change and the whole truth has probably yet to appear.

WV Cowboy

06-21-2006, 10:26 AM

I hate to say this, but my gaydar has always gone off with him also.:cool:
You have gaydar ??

:D

Alexander

06-21-2006, 10:28 AM

You have gaydar ??

:D

Always have. I have worked around fellows like that and after a while, you can spot even the clever ones who try to hide it. :)

Alexander

06-21-2006, 10:30 AM

Everything will eventually come out in the wash but at this point, nothing said should be accepted as truth. Everything is subject to change and the whole truth has probably yet to appear.

We'll never know because I am sure even if Strahan was, he would deny it to the death. You just don't see many players in the NFL admit it, even though I am sure there are more than we all think. Not many are going to come out like Esera Tuaolo did.

Bob Sacamano

06-21-2006, 10:30 AM

Fact is most courts are already sympathetic to the female's side in cases like this.

You have to wonder why she would break out the heavy artillary unless something was there. It just seems so desperate in a case where she wouldn't need to be.

she's from North Dakota, so you know...

BlueStar22

06-21-2006, 10:32 AM

Jean has claimed her massive hubby beat her up, early in their relationship.

"I guess I loved him," she said. "He said he'd never do it again." The judge ruled that beating allegations can't be used in court. If true, ***** you stayed because of the money. Point Blank! Period!

ABQCOWBOY

06-21-2006, 10:35 AM

We'll never know because I am sure even if Strahan was, he would deny it to the death. You just don't see many players in the NFL admit it, even though I am sure there are more than we all think. Not many are going to come out like Esera Tuaolo did.

Well, it's very tough to keep secrets in NY. Especially if your a big time media point, as is the case here. I agree that we will probably never know for sure but I would also have to believe that if Strahan leaned in that direction, we probably would have heard something from the NY media by now. I personally have never heard anything. Perhaps I'm nieve but I'm a believer in the NY Press and it's ability to squeeze blood from stone. I'd probably be inclined to give the benifit of the doubt on this one and chalk it up to ugly divorce and all that goes along with that.

BlueStar22

06-21-2006, 10:37 AM

You have gaydar ??

:D
exactly, I thought only gay people have gaydar...lol:lmao: j/k

....not that there's anything wrong with that.

InmanRoshi

06-21-2006, 10:52 AM

He made our offensive tackles look like his personal gimps last year.

DBoys

06-21-2006, 10:57 AM

I don't see why she would make something like that up.

All I got to say is the gap in his teeth.

ABQCOWBOY

06-21-2006, 10:59 AM

I don't see why she would make something like that up.

All I got to say is the gap in his teeth.

Have you ever been through a divorce?

DBoys

06-21-2006, 11:04 AM

Have you ever been through a divorce?

Nope and I see where you are coming from. The thing is that is a big blow considering his stature. I just find it hard to beleive his wife would say something like that regardless of the circumstances unless there was a little truth behind it. Why would a millionaire stay with a guy in a 1 room apartment.

Sorry man while I understand where you are coming from the whole thing is fishy.

ABQCOWBOY

06-21-2006, 11:09 AM

Nope and I see where you are coming from. The thing is that is a big blow considering his stature. I just find it hard to beleive his wife would say something like that regardless of the circumstances unless there was a little truth behind it. Why would a millionaire stay with a guy in a 1 room apartment.

Sorry man while I understand where you are coming from the whole thing is fishy.

Perhaps but maybe we don't know all there is to know. We are assuming that the other guy is in the appartment when in reality, he may not be staying there at all. It could be a "safe house" rented in someone else's name, used specifically as a place for Strahan to live. Would not be unusual at all if Strahan didn't want his personal situation to become a media event. High profile people do this kind of thing all the time. Doens't mean he's gay. Doesn't mean he isn't but the fact that the appartment is rented in someone else's name and Strahan stays there is not evidence of this by any stretch.

sacase

06-21-2006, 11:32 AM

Perhaps but maybe we don't know all there is to know. We are assuming that the other guy is in the appartment when in reality, he may not be staying there at all. It could be a "safe house" rented in someone else's name, used specifically as a place for Strahan to live. Would not be unusual at all if Strahan didn't want his personal situation to become a media event. High profile people do this kind of thing all the time. Doens't mean he's gay. Doesn't mean he isn't but the fact that the appartment is rented in someone else's name and Strahan stays there is not evidence of this by any stretch.

That would be all well and good if his buddy didn't already say he let him sleep on the couch. Sorry, still sounds fishy, the man is a millionare he can afford his own spot under a pseudoname if needed.

InmanRoshi

06-21-2006, 11:35 AM

Nope and I see where you are coming from. The thing is that is a big blow considering his stature. I just find it hard to beleive his wife would say something like that regardless of the circumstances unless there was a little truth behind it. Why would a millionaire stay with a guy in a 1 room apartment.

If Strahan openly cheated on her, she probably feels hurt and humiliated and wants to humiliate him too.

I took in my best friend into my 1 bedroom appartment when he was going through his divorce. He had enough money to get his own place, but didn't want to sign a lease, sign a legal contract or get involved in anything long term until his situation was resolved.

He dropped off some of his clothes and stuff so he could shower and get ready for work at my place, but he didn't spend one single night there. He was definitely enjoying his newfound freedom. :) So were the local barflys.

ABQCOWBOY

06-21-2006, 11:37 AM

That would be all well and good if his buddy didn't already say he let him sleep on the couch. Sorry, still sounds fishy, the man is a millionare he can afford his own spot under a pseudoname if needed.

What would you expect the guy to say? I rented this in my name but Strahan paid for it so that he could have a place to boing his mistress? You will believe what you wish to believe. The apparment proves nothing IMO.

WV Cowboy

06-21-2006, 11:42 AM

Like I even care if Strahan is gay or not, .. this thread has already gone on too long.

I don't care if ANY of the Giants are gay, .. or not.

DLCassidy

06-21-2006, 11:48 AM

I don't see why she would make something like that up.

:laugh1:

ABQCOWBOY

06-21-2006, 11:49 AM

:laugh1:

A veteran of the wars I see Cass?

royhitshard

06-21-2006, 11:51 AM

Have you ever been through a divorce?
I have. And as for Michael, I always thought he was gay. I don't have any proof, nor do I care. JMO. If that is what he likes, more power to him.

junk

06-21-2006, 11:52 AM

She grew up 100 miles north of me.

Michael Strahan appears to have made a tactical retreat from the battlefield of public opinion after his wife's lawyer landed several telling blows in the tabloid press. Maybe Michael will spend less time with inept mouthpiece Ernie Landante and concentrate on rehabbing his pectoral muscle. I was indifferent to the off-field mess until Ralph Vacchiano mentioned that Jean Strahan is from North Dakota (http://www.nydailynews.com/front/story/290822p-248844c.html). My wife grew up in Bismarck, so I have a soft spot for the women of the North Plains. If Jean fleeces Michael, he probably had it coming.

Are you in SD? I saw this article too. The guy who wrote it has a wife that grew up in Bismarck. I didn't see a mention of where Strahan's wife is from.

ABQCOWBOY

06-21-2006, 12:00 PM

I have. And as for Michael, I always thought he was gay. I don't have any proof, nor do I care. JMO. If that is what he likes, more power to him.

Giant's fans probably said the same about Aikman. Interesting how that works sometimes.

DBoys

06-21-2006, 12:10 PM

That would be all well and good if his buddy didn't already say he let him sleep on the couch. Sorry, still sounds fishy, the man is a millionare he can afford his own spot under a pseudoname if needed.

My sentiments exactly. I did talk to a friend who is a big Giants fan. He said she has accused him of a lot of things like beating her and none of it was true. She could be a psycho :)

DBoys

06-21-2006, 12:13 PM

A veteran of the wars I see Cass?

All I can say then is you guys should chose your women better.

DLCassidy

06-21-2006, 12:17 PM

A veteran of the wars I see Cass?

Nah, I've been lucky so far <knock on wood>. But I have SEEN enough of the carnage to know just how funny that question was. If you're over 40 you have to know a few guys that have gone through "scorched earth" divorces. There are a lot of mean guys out there, but when the gloves really come off, my money's usually on the woman to push the plunger.

ABQCOWBOY

06-21-2006, 12:18 PM

All I can say then is you guys should chose your women better.

Words have a way of haunting you sometimes. I hope, for your sake,that these do not come back to do so, for you.

DLCassidy

06-21-2006, 12:18 PM

All I can say then is you guys should chose your women better.

:laugh1:

ABQCOWBOY

06-21-2006, 12:23 PM

Nah, I've been lucky so far <knock on wood>. But I have SEEN enough of the carnage to know just how funny that question was. If you're over 40 you have to know a few guys that have gone through "scorched earth" divorces. There are a lot of mean guys out there, but when the gloves really come off, my money's usually on the woman to push the plunger.

LOL.......

You are wise indeed. What's that old saying about size of the dog in the fight? I agree.

Continued good fortune to you Cass. Sorry to say that I have been through one and it is never a good thing. I have learned over the years not take sides on these kinds of things. It is never easy to tell who is in the right and who is in the wrong. Lines get too blurred. Better to just let it settle itself out and try to stay clear of harms way. JMO of course.

DBoys

06-21-2006, 12:24 PM

Words have a way of haunting you sometimes. I hope, for your sake,that these do not come back to do so, for you.

You guys replied to fast I deleted the post. I assure you they won't because I don't have to play kid games with other people. There is always a choice when you hurt someone and getting back will only make things worse. So if someone breaks up with me or divorces me it is my choice whether I hurt them any further. Doing so will make things much worse and in the end the effects are justified.

Problem with this day and age is responsibility. Nobody is willing to accept fault therefor they think they are justified in making up excuses or hurting someone else.

ABQCOWBOY

06-21-2006, 12:26 PM

DLCassidy

06-21-2006, 12:37 PM

LOL.......

You are wise indeed. What's that old saying about size of the dog in the fight? I agree.

Continued good fortune to you Cass. Sorry to say that I have been through one and it is never a good thing. I have learned over the years not take sides on these kinds of things. It is never easy to tell who is in the right and who is in the wrong. Lines get too blurred. Better to just let it settle itself out and try to stay clear of harms way. JMO of course.

Thanks much- I'm very happily married but I count my chickens one year at a time anyway, it's a crazy world we live in. What you say sounds right to me. I've got a friend whose divorce was so amicable you wonder why they even got divorced. But from what I've observed the other side of the coin is like looking in at the belly of the beast. A really bad divorce can be rougher on the parties than the death of a close relative. And that old saying about "hell hath no fury like a woman scorned"? It ain't no joke. Welcome to hell Mike Strahan.

Alexander

06-21-2006, 12:38 PM

Thanks much- I'm very happily married but I count my chickens one year at a time anyway, it's a crazy world we live in. What you say sounds right to me. I've got a friend whose divorce was so amicable you wonder why they even got divorced. But from what I've observed the other side of the coin is like looking in at the belly of the beast. A really bad divorce can be rougher on the parties than the death of a close relative. And that old saying about "hell hath no fury like a woman scorned"? It ain't no joke. Welcome to hell Mike Strahan.

It appears to me you just needed to control your woman.:cool:

ABQCOWBOY

06-21-2006, 12:41 PM

Welcome to hell Mike Strahan.

LOL......

I imagine they've saved him a seat alright.

Sucks to be Mike right now, I'm sure.

DLCassidy

06-21-2006, 12:41 PM

You guys replied to fast I deleted the post. I assure you they won't because I don't have to play kid games with other people. There is always a choice when you hurt someone and getting back will only make things worse. So if someone breaks up with me or divorces me it is my choice whether I hurt them any further. Doing so will make things much worse and in the end the effects are justified.

Problem with this day and age is responsibility. Nobody is willing to accept fault therefor they think they are justified in making up excuses or hurting someone else.

spouse A: Why won't you just take responsibility for what you've done?

spouse B: How can I take responsibility when it's all your fault?

DLCassidy

06-21-2006, 12:42 PM

It appears to me you just needed to control your woman.:cool:

Control a woman?:laugh1:

ABQCOWBOY

06-21-2006, 12:43 PM

Control a woman?:laugh1:

Once again, I agree. Equally funny.

DLCassidy

06-21-2006, 12:43 PM

LOL......

I imagine they've saved him a seat alright.

Sucks to be Mike right now, I'm sure.

True. But he regroups a bit on the 1st and the 15th.:laugh1:

ABQCOWBOY

06-21-2006, 12:44 PM

True. But he regroups a bit on the 1st and the 15th.:laugh1:

Purgatory, if you will. ;)

Alexander

06-21-2006, 12:44 PM

Control a woman?:laugh1:

:laugh1:

I have always liked that comment.

"You need to control your woman."

All that means is I need to delude myself that I have her under control? So that's how that works.

DLCassidy

06-21-2006, 12:45 PM

Purgatory, if you will. ;)

Is that what they call alimony these days?:laugh1:

WV Cowboy

06-21-2006, 12:45 PM

ABQCOWBOY

06-21-2006, 12:46 PM

Is that what they call alimony these days?:laugh1:

I think it depends on which side of the check your on.

:laugh2:

Funxva

06-21-2006, 12:47 PM

:laugh1:

I have always liked that comment.

"You need to control your woman."

All that means is I need to delude myself that I have her under control? So that's how that works.

ANybody watch the tv show "Yes Dear"?

There was an episode where the main guy character educates the other main guy character about taking a dive when his wife gets into an argument.

So funny.

DLCassidy

06-21-2006, 12:47 PM

:laugh1:

I have always liked that comment.

"You need to control your woman."

All that means is I need to delude myself that I have her under control? So that's how that works.

It's kinda like a leash with an unlimited cord.

Funxva

06-21-2006, 12:49 PM

My friends may desert me, parents may write me out of their will, my kids may disown me, my boss may fire me this afternoon, but I guarantee my wife and I will always be together.

I'd bet my life on it, ... literally.

She was 16 and I was 17, I am 52 now.

She is part of me.

Sounds corny, but that is the truth of it.

I have gone through bad things, and will go through more I am sure, but divorce will not be one of them.

Hear hear bro, I understand completely. I'm 26 but I've been married to my wife since I was 19. She is 7 years older than me, but we are still going strong. I know we will not get divorced either.

Stable marriages are hard to come by more and more these days. A friend of mine I know (Who went through a rather bad divorce) blames it on the "femi-nazi" (his words) movement and the "womanizing of men since the feminist movement began." (Again, his words.)

DLCassidy

06-21-2006, 12:52 PM

I think it depends on which side of the check your on.

:laugh2:

No doubt about that. I was just talking with the wife of a friend who is going through a divorce at a graduation party (naturally he wasn't there) and she delighted in talking about how she plans to redecorate the house the way "she" wants now. If she didn't have a cocktail the venom would have been dripping down her chin.

WV Cowboy

06-21-2006, 12:54 PM

Hear hear bro, I understand completely. I'm 26 but I've been married to my wife since I was 19. She is 7 years older than me, but we are still going strong. I know we will not get divorced either.

Stable marriages are hard to come by more and more these days. A friend of mine I know (Who went through a rather bad divorce) blames it on the "femi-nazi" (his words) movement and the "womanizing of men since the feminist movement began." (Again, his words.)
I, myself, feel that men are not fulfulling the role that God intended for them to fill within the marriage.

Not in all cases I am sure, but many men aren't manning up and being the spiritual head of the household.

No surprise when those marriages hit hard times.

ABQCOWBOY

06-21-2006, 12:54 PM

No doubt about that. I was just talking with the wife of a friend who is going through a divorce at a graduation party (naturally he wasn't there) and she delighted in talking about how she plans to redecorate the house the way "she" wants now. If she didn't have a cocktail the venom would have been dripping down her chin.

Yeah, it's an amazing thing to behold. Unfortunate is all I can say. All you can do is hope that there are no children involved.

WV Cowboy

06-21-2006, 12:59 PM

All you can do is hope that there are no children involved.
Divorce is a terrible thing, and everybody involved are affected negatively, but you are right, the children take a pounding when parents split apart.

Alexander

06-21-2006, 01:03 PM

Divorce is a terrible thing, and everybody involved are affected negatively, but you are right, the children take a pounding when parents split apart.

Especially when the petty parents use the children as tools.

I see it happening all the time.

DLCassidy

06-21-2006, 01:05 PM

Yeah, it's an amazing thing to behold. Unfortunate is all I can say. All you can do is hope that there are no children involved.

Again very true. It's truly sickening when you see kids being used as pawns in a permanent game of "gotcha". Ok, that's enough depression for me. One final comment on the thread topic: I don't know and I don't care either way whether Strahan is gay but the fact that his embittered and soon to be ex is lobbing that particular grenade makes me skeptical.

Chocolate Lab

06-21-2006, 01:09 PM

http://67.15.60.36/~happynovisad.com/film/40year_old_virgin/40year_old_virgin2.jpg

"Know how I know you're gay? You have Gaydar."

:p:

DBoys

06-21-2006, 01:11 PM

spouse A: Why won't you just take responsibility for what you've done?

spouse B: How can I take responsibility when it's all your fault?

:lmao2: :lmao2:

royhitshard

06-21-2006, 01:41 PM

Giant's fans probably said the same about Aikman. Interesting how that works sometimes.
Very true.

DBoys

06-21-2006, 01:49 PM

I, myself, feel that men are not fulfulling the role that God intended for them to fill within the marriage.

Not in all cases I am sure, but many men aren't manning up and being the spiritual head of the household.

No surprise when those marriages hit hard times.

Yeppers!

People are so afraid of talking to someone and telling them the truth. If there is no communication there is a bunch of misinterpretations going on. Sounds like you have a very healthy line of communication with your wife!

Without it the marriage is dead.

Jarv

06-21-2006, 01:51 PM

RCowboyFan

06-21-2006, 01:52 PM

:laugh1:

I have always liked that comment.

"You need to control your woman."

All that means is I need to delude myself that I have her under control? So that's how that works.

Well in my case, My Wife wants me to believe that I completely control her. Yet strangely I can never get her to do the right thing :D

But its true, A man cannot control a Woman neither can a Woman control a man. YOu can pretend to though ;)

RCowboyFan

06-21-2006, 01:53 PM

Sometimes it depends on what you comunnicate...lol

Amen brother :lmao2:

WV Cowboy

06-21-2006, 01:56 PM

Yeppers!

People are so afraid of talking to someone and telling them the truth. If there is no communication there is a bunch of misinterpretations going on. Sounds like you have a very healthy line of communication with your wife!

Without it the marriage is dead.
I can't explain why my marriage is like it is for us, or how we got to this point, other than we are crazy about each other.

Neither of us are perfect, (well she may be) but both of us have learned to overlook the little things I guess.

Plus we have followed God's principle's over the years for the marriage relationship.

I consider a 35 yr relationship a great performance, and like some athletes when asked about their recent great performance, they give God the glory, ... so do we.

Alexander

06-21-2006, 01:56 PM

But its true, A man cannot control a Woman neither can a Woman control a man. YOu can pretend to though ;)

Oh, I don't know about that.

Men are simple creatures and are quite capable of being controlled if certain basic requirements are met.

WV Cowboy

06-21-2006, 01:58 PM

Well in my case, My Wife wants me to believe that I completely control her. Yet strangely I can never get her to do the right thing :D

But its true, A man cannot control a Woman neither can a Woman control a man. YOu can pretend to though ;)
Why would one spouse want to "control" the other ?

That can't be a good thing.

RCowboyFan

06-21-2006, 02:05 PM

Why would one spouse want to "control" the other ?

That can't be a good thing.

Don't you see the smiley there...

Yeah, trying to control one is not good obviously, thats my point.

WV Cowboy

06-21-2006, 02:09 PM

Don't you see the smiley there...

Yeah, trying to control one is not good obviously, thats my point.
Sorry, I really didn't mean just you, several posts said something about that.

DBoys

06-21-2006, 02:20 PM

Sometimes it depends on what you comunnicate...lol

:lmao2:

RCowboyFan

06-21-2006, 02:24 PM

Sorry, I really didn't mean just you, several posts said something about that.

Ok, np, but I think in those instances too, all of them were kidding too. At least that was my understanding from reading their posts anyway.

TobiasEagle77

06-21-2006, 05:30 PM

http://events.tfn.com/bs2003/images/speakers/strahan.jpg

5Stars

06-21-2006, 05:45 PM

http://events.tfn.com/bs2003/images/speakers/strahan.jpg

Ya know, with all that money he spent on cars, you would think he could afford a little drive to the Dentist's office! :eek:

:star:

BlueStar22

06-21-2006, 06:34 PM

Well if Petiti wants to piss Stahan off, I guess he could just call him a fruit.

WoodysGirl

06-21-2006, 06:37 PM

Giants | M. Strahan criticizes his estranged wife in divorce court
Tue, 20 Jun 2006 23:55:09 -0700

William Kleinknecht, of the Newark Star-Ledger, reports New York Giants (http://www.kffl.com/team/26/nfl) DL Michael Strahan (http://www.kffl.com/player/1275/nfl) criticized his estranged wife in divorce court Monday, June 19, for spending $96,000 on their 10-month-old twin girls in one year. The expenses included $26,000 for clothes and $22,500 baby pictures. Strahan was testifying on the second day of their divorce proceeding. He said he was also miffed by $8,600 spent on holiday gifts and $6,200 that went for "children's equipment."

Jean Strahan argues that a prenuptial agreement between the couple entitles her to 20 percent of his earning during their marriage and half of their joint assets and has asked Judge James Convery to award her $14 million. Michael Strahan (http://www.kffl.com/player/1275/nfl) testified the two had a verbal understanding that the prenuptial agreement became moot when he made her a joint holder of all his bank accounts and a full partner in his investments. Michael Strahan (http://www.kffl.com/player/1275/nfl)'s lawyer, Robert Penza, said Jean Strahan is entitled to half the couple's joint assets, valued at some $7 million.