Comments on: The beatification of Steve McNair http://mamapundit.com/2009/07/the-beatification-of-steve-mcnair/ motherhood, and all the rest of it. Mon, 06 Sep 2010 05:25:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Dewi http://mamapundit.com/2009/07/the-beatification-of-steve-mcnair/#comment-1111 Dewi Fri, 10 Jul 2009 13:50:49 +0000 http://mamapundit.com/?p=1269#comment-1111 He will be remembered for cheating on his wife and getting shot by his 20 yr old girlfriend. That's it. I never heard of this guy before, and know about him for his infidelity with the young women who killed him and killed herself. It's sad for their families. He will be remembered for cheating on his wife and getting shot by his 20 yr old girlfriend. That’s it.
I never heard of this guy before, and know about him for his infidelity with the young women who killed him and killed herself.

It’s sad for their families.

]]> By: Babs http://mamapundit.com/2009/07/the-beatification-of-steve-mcnair/#comment-1109 Babs Thu, 09 Jul 2009 22:59:53 +0000 http://mamapundit.com/?p=1269#comment-1109 Thanks for posting this essay. I knew a number of women in college who had affairs with married men in their 30s, and for this subset, they spoke about their predictably tortured experiences as if they was a rite of passage, they knew other women who did. I did not, by the way. When I was 22, I was courted by a celebrity who was 16 years older than me, with millions in the bank, and it was eerie, the difference in life experience and lifestyle. He was separated from his wife, though. Thanks for posting this essay. I knew a number of women in college who had affairs with married men in their 30s, and for this subset, they spoke about their predictably tortured experiences as if they was a rite of passage, they knew other women who did. I did not, by the way. When I was 22, I was courted by a celebrity who was 16 years older than me, with millions in the bank, and it was eerie, the difference in life experience and lifestyle. He was separated from his wife, though.

]]> By: kagranju http://mamapundit.com/2009/07/the-beatification-of-steve-mcnair/#comment-1108 kagranju Thu, 09 Jul 2009 20:38:15 +0000 http://mamapundit.com/?p=1269#comment-1108 Great essay. Blogged it: http://mamapundit.com/2009/07/gettin-my-sanctimonious-on/ Great essay. Blogged it: http://mamapundit.com/2009/07/gettin-my-sanctimonious-on/

]]> By: sixdown http://mamapundit.com/2009/07/the-beatification-of-steve-mcnair/#comment-1107 sixdown Thu, 09 Jul 2009 20:21:29 +0000 http://mamapundit.com/?p=1269#comment-1107 I wish we could see more empathy and less outrage...this applies to McNair as well as Sanford. We're all good at throwing stones. We're not so good as this. http://www.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/06/25/bregman.sanford/ I wish we could see more empathy and less outrage…this applies to McNair as well as Sanford. We’re all good at throwing stones. We’re not so good as this.
http://www.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/06/25/bregman.sanford/

]]> By: kagranju http://mamapundit.com/2009/07/the-beatification-of-steve-mcnair/#comment-1106 kagranju Thu, 09 Jul 2009 18:57:36 +0000 http://mamapundit.com/?p=1269#comment-1106 I'm reading a lot of beatification, and to be fair, it appears that the man had many wonderful qualities and did many wonderful things for other people. And I guess I will just have to disagree that "many young women consider it a rite of passage" to fall in love with and become sexually involved with married fathers nearly twice their age, and with millions of dollars in the bank... I’m reading a lot of beatification, and to be fair, it appears that the man had many wonderful qualities and did many wonderful things for other people.

And I guess I will just have to disagree that “many young women consider it a rite of passage” to fall in love with and become sexually involved with married fathers nearly twice their age, and with millions of dollars in the bank…

]]> By: Babs http://mamapundit.com/2009/07/the-beatification-of-steve-mcnair/#comment-1105 Babs Thu, 09 Jul 2009 18:55:09 +0000 http://mamapundit.com/?p=1269#comment-1105 Katie, Who's beatifying McNair for this part of his life? Folks are reeling that he had this side. I read an article on CNN.com about McNair struggling with life after football. Imagine having to give up writing, the thing you love and do best, at age 35. So many men and women find themselves in this situation, it's pretty common, many young women consider it a rite of passage. Plus, young women come off as really savvy and sophisticated. It's not like this was a Lolita situation, or he was dealing with someone with cognitive issues. Katie,
Who’s beatifying McNair for this part of his life? Folks are reeling that he had this side. I read an article on CNN.com about McNair struggling with life after football. Imagine having to give up writing, the thing you love and do best, at age 35. So many men and women find themselves in this situation, it’s pretty common, many young women consider it a rite of passage. Plus, young women come off as really savvy and sophisticated. It’s not like this was a Lolita situation, or he was dealing with someone with cognitive issues.

]]> By: kagranju http://mamapundit.com/2009/07/the-beatification-of-steve-mcnair/#comment-1104 kagranju Thu, 09 Jul 2009 17:09:08 +0000 http://mamapundit.com/?p=1269#comment-1104 No, we don't know all the details. But the details we do know are enough for me to say what I am saying: what he did was crummy and wrong, and it says something about who he was in a very meaningful way. But let me reiterate that I am very, very sorry for him, his family and especially his children. -katie No, we don’t know all the details.

But the details we do know are enough for me to say what I am saying: what he did was crummy and wrong, and it says something about who he was in a very meaningful way.

But let me reiterate that I am very, very sorry for him, his family and especially his children.

-katie

]]> By: Debra http://mamapundit.com/2009/07/the-beatification-of-steve-mcnair/#comment-1103 Debra Thu, 09 Jul 2009 16:57:43 +0000 http://mamapundit.com/?p=1269#comment-1103 I think it's tacky to give someone a car for her birthday & then have her make the monthly loan payments. It's true, we don't know the whole story. McNair and his wife could have had some kind of agreement. It's so awful that anyone would think murder/suicide as a solution to problems. There are lots of people hurting here. So sad, regardless the alleged morality issues. I think it’s tacky to give someone a car for her birthday & then have her make the monthly loan payments.

It’s true, we don’t know the whole story. McNair and his wife could have had some kind of agreement. It’s so awful that anyone would think murder/suicide as a solution to problems. There are lots of people hurting here. So sad, regardless the alleged morality issues.

]]> By: Margo http://mamapundit.com/2009/07/the-beatification-of-steve-mcnair/#comment-1102 Margo Thu, 09 Jul 2009 16:39:33 +0000 http://mamapundit.com/?p=1269#comment-1102 I agree with Katie. 20 years old and too young to even buy a drink is a girl. But that distinction is a red herring anyway. She was very young and he was not and they were clearly having an affair. They were both in the wrong but he bears more responsibility as a married father. I agree with Katie. 20 years old and too young to even buy a drink is a girl. But that distinction is a red herring anyway. She was very young and he was not and they were clearly having an affair. They were both in the wrong but he bears more responsibility as a married father.

]]> By: Miriam http://mamapundit.com/2009/07/the-beatification-of-steve-mcnair/#comment-1101 Miriam Thu, 09 Jul 2009 16:33:59 +0000 http://mamapundit.com/?p=1269#comment-1101 Sorry, I think this girl knew exactly who she was messing around with. I also think that women are much more savvy on relationships, and know how to "work" a man; I think that often men are the ones who are not taught how to protect themselves from manipulative women. (zipping up my flame suit) Sorry, I think this girl knew exactly who she was messing around with. I also think that women are much more savvy on relationships, and know how to “work” a man; I think that often men are the ones who are not taught how to protect themselves from manipulative women. (zipping up my flame suit)

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