{"id":11716,"date":"2009-12-07T22:33:33","date_gmt":"2009-12-07T22:33:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/p=?9"},"modified":"2009-12-07T22:33:33","modified_gmt":"2009-12-07T22:33:33","slug":"soldiers-can-learn-a-thing-or-two-from-the-tiger-woods-situation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/news\/soldiers-can-learn-a-thing-or-two-from-the-tiger-woods-situation\/","title":{"rendered":"Soldiers &#8216;can learn a thing or two from the Tiger Woods situation&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Instead of coming up with all the golfing puns they can possibly muster, soldiers should learn a thing or two from Tiger Woods&rsquo; situation.<\/p>\n<p>Andre Ross, writing for Examiner.com, claims that while the tabloids have a field day with the golfer, it shows the pressures being away from your other half can bring.<\/p>\n<p>What it highlights is that soldiers who are thousands of miles away from their girl need to be strong but, more importantly, true with themselves, otherwise the whole thing will fall apart.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Be honest with yourself and who you are first because, if you lie to yourself, it stands to reason that you have no issues about lying to anyone who stands in the way of your selfishness and desperation,&quot; Mr Ross writes.<\/p>\n<p>Those who are separated from their better half can at least put a smile on her face by getting her a sex toy, which is top of nearly 45 per cent of women&rsquo;s Christmas lists. <\/p>\n<p>Posted by Daniel Ohio<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"ADNFCR-2867-ID-19499480-ADNFCR\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.directnews.co.uk\/feedtrack\/justcopyright.gif?feedid=2867&amp;itemid=19499480\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tiger&rsquo;s plight should be a lesson to soldiers everywhere.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6683,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.5 - 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