Either way, all of this stuff from this girl is a complete headache for Cashman and the Yankees.

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I think Cashman's situation would have been the same. None of the problems are coming from his wife.

I admit I don't read Deadspin, don't feel like checking, and could be wrong, but my understanding was that this all began with Meanwell blackmailing Cashman to keep quiet about the affair. She wanted money, and now that Cashman has gone to the cops about the blackmail, she's retaliating with this (which really sounds like an obvious lie and she an obvious crazyperson). So not having an affair probably could have headed off some of this.

Also, another of the (practical) problems with cheating is that a large segment of the population will refuse to carry on a covert affair with a married person, and the segment that is willing to generally has a much higher percentage of crazypeople in it.

I think Cashman's situation would have been the same. None of the problems are coming from his wife.

Yeah, but the "illicit mistress" is always going to get more and bigger headlines than "spurned girlfriend." Just the act of having an extramarital affair is an immoral act so that immediately draws attention and the mistress herself may feel that opportunity for blackmail exists where it doesn't for a girlfriend. "I'll tell the world we have been sleeping together" is a much bigger deal to a married man than to a single one.

I believe her.

I think Cashman's situation would have been the same. None of the problems are coming from his wife.

Not necessarily. Speaking entirely speculatively, the first bit of extortion she might have used was "I'll tell your wife." If Cashman doesn't have a marriage he's trying to protect (ultimately, a failed endeavor), then he may well have cut this crazy ass Brit loose a long time ago.

Edit: Cokes, as appropriate.

None of the problems are coming from his wife

I'll bet you Mr. Cashman would disagree!

I thought I read that he and his wife had been living separately for years. If that's not true, then my prior statement makes less sense.

Percentage of married men who cheat? 40%? 50%?

Percentage of married women?

I believe her.

I do too. Men do all sorts of dumb things around women, including talking up their role in things. I have no doubt during pillowtalk he spilled some #### he shouldn't have. She's desperate and firing all her bullets. It won't amount to anything legally most likely, but IMO it's probably at least rooted in some basic truth.

I thought I read that he and his wife had been living separately for years.

I read this also.

None of the problems are coming from his wife

no, but they WILL be

I believe her.

I do too. Men do all sorts of dumb things around women, including talking up their role in things. I have no doubt during pillowtalk he spilled some #### he shouldn't have.

You're just going to take what she says on face value? And not account for that if he told her things he could have exaggerated?

You're just going to take what she says on face value? And not account for that if he told her things he could have exaggerated?

Eh, it's impossible to know and foolish to speculate on. That said, as I stated in my sentence after that one: there is probably a kernel of truth here somewhere. As to how to parse it out, that's above my pay grade.

Percentage of married men who cheat? 40%? 50%?

Percentage of married women?

I think the best research says it's about 30% for both men and women.

Meanwell, who claims she had an affair with Cashman, told the Daily News that Cashman confided to her that he was grilled

Meanwell? More like medium-well!

Also, names like Meanwell and Cashman are right out of Dickens.

Percentage of married men who cheat? 40%? 50%?

Percentage of married women?

I found a pretty good NYT article from 2008, which goes through the problems with attempting to quantify infidelity via survey, but cites numbers that about 12% of married men and 7% of married women have cheated in the past year. Lifetime infidelity for people over 60 runs something like 30% for men and 15% for women. For 35-year-olds, lifetime infidelity runs about 20% for men and 15% for women. Apparently female infidelity rates are increasing along generational lines.

Percentage of married men who cheat? 40%? 50%?

Well, neither Rickey nor I ever have, so that's 38-48 right there.

Thanks, Matt.

#6 made me burst out laughing. Good one.

Also, another of the (practical) problems with cheating is that a large segment of the population will refuse to carry on a covert affair with a married person, and the segment that is willing to generally has a much higher percentage of crazypeople in it.

Exactly. Your pool of non-crazy potential suitees probably increases by a factor of 10 if you're not married.

Exactly. Your pool of non-crazy potential suitees probably increases by a factor of 10 if you're not married.

That's unpossible. It's like dividing by zero. I think I can speak for all the mens: they're all crazy, even the married ones.

That's unpossible. It's like dividing by zero. I think I can speak for all the mens: they're all crazy, even the married ones.

But there are a lot of different kinds of crazy. You got to pick the one you can live with.

And we're all crazy too, just ask our wives.

Percentage of married men who cheat? 40%? 50%?

Polls indicate that 90% of all married men cheat, and the other 10% lie about it.

Humans be crazy.

But, I mean, there's "squeeze toothpaste from the top of the tube" crazy, and there's "attempted blackmail" crazy, and I think the most we can hope for in a partner is to get the former rather than the latter.

Although, really, just squeeze from the damn bottom of the tube. It's not any more difficult! And then the whole time you have the tube of toothpaste, you're quickly and easily squeezing out the toothpaste. Come on.

It wasn't toothpaste coming out of Cashman and Lady Friend's squeeze tube.

Although, really, just squeeze from the damn bottom of the tube. It's not any more difficult!

Of course it's more difficult. If you just grab and squeeze the toothpaste comes rushing out. If you squeeze from the bottom it takes a lot more pressure and if you are using the giant Costco-sized tube you don't have good balance so a glob of toothpaste often lands in the sink.

In a completely unrelated note, I am not a morning person.

Solution to the toothpaste problem.

But, I mean, there's "squeeze toothpaste from the top of the tube" crazy, and there's "attempted blackmail" crazy, and I think the most we can hope for in a partner is to get the former rather than the latter.

I don't know. I'm fairly certain my wife would murder me in a bloody and painful fashion if she caught me cheating. That's kind of crazy, but it's a crazy I can respect, and am happy with.

Solution to the toothpaste problem.

I have a simpler version of said, and it is fantastic. Maybe because I'm a supa cheap bastard who doesn't want to waste $.07 of toothpaste per tube.

I have a simpler version of said, and it is fantastic. Maybe because I'm a supa cheap bastard who doesn't want to waste $.07 of toothpaste per tube.

I have the one I linked, although I got it when it was 99¢ and free shipping because I am also a super cheap bastard, and I agree, it is fantastic.

[28] Better solution: everyone has their own tube of toothpaste! A tube costs like $2. Why would anyone share toothpaste?

I dunno. I'm not a good person & don't play one on TV or anywhere else. Of the 5 significant relationships I've been involved in (2 of which resulted in marriage), 4 were with women who were married at the time we began ... relating ... though at least the last 3 were separated from their spouses by then. Still & all, I never cheated on either of my wives. (Which wasn't true of Wife No. 1.)

Small sample size, of course.

Edit: I frankly don't remember how we handled the toothpaste situation. Maybe my foibles in that area explain why I haven't been married in 21-plus years as I type this, with no prospects of that changing.

I have a simpler version of said, and it is fantastic. Maybe because I'm a supa cheap bastard who doesn't want to waste $.07 of toothpaste per tube.

I have a similar version too. Mine has a flat bottom, so you can stand the whole tube up when not in use. It's pretty awesome.

Why would anyone share toothpaste?

Why not? It's not like a toothbrush where it actually goes in your mouth or anything. Besides, once you put your tongue in someone else's mouth, aren't you kind of above the whole sharing-germs-ick thing?

I can't see any reason to keep two separate tubes going unless you both like different brands/flavors/etc.

Solution to the toothpaste problem.

I'm sorry, but you're all nuts. We are humans, biggest brains on the planet. Opposable thumbs. Extracting toothpaste is simply not an activity that requires additional technology. Come on.

Although, really, just squeeze from the damn bottom of the tube. It's not any more difficult!

If only I had a maid to squeeze my toothpaste for me.

Ooops, wrong thread.

Lifetime infidelity for people over 60 runs something like 30% for men and 15% for women.

I'm naive I suppose but I am absolutely stunned at how high those numbers are.

I found a pretty good NYT article from 2008, which goes through the problems with attempting to quantify infidelity via survey, but cites numbers that about 12% of married men and 7% of married women have cheated in the past year. Lifetime infidelity for people over 60 runs something like 30% for men and 15% for women. For 35-year-olds, lifetime infidelity runs about 20% for men and 15% for women. Apparently female infidelity rates are increasing along generational lines.

So... if for argument's sake these are heterosexual infidelities, doesn't it suggest married men and unmarried women are the most immoral, and the married women and unmarried men are correspondingly moral? Either that, or something like a small number of unmarried women are awfully, awfully busy.

That's unpossible. It's like dividing by zero. I think I can speak for all the mens: they're all crazy, even the married ones.

But there are a lot of different kinds of crazy. You got to pick the one you can live with.

And we're all crazy too, just ask our wives.

But they're women!

Humans be crazy.

But, I mean, there's "squeeze toothpaste from the top of the tube" crazy, and there's "attempted blackmail" crazy, and I think the most we can hope for in a partner is to get the former rather than the latter.

Although, really, just squeeze from the damn bottom of the tube. It's not any more difficult! And then the whole time you have the tube of toothpaste, you're quickly and easily squeezing out the toothpaste. Come on.

Funny that a reasonable guy like you would be so off on something basic like this. Until you get waaay close to finishing up the tube it doesn't make any difference. It's only when there's just a little left that you need to pay attention towards working that little bit up from the bottom of the tube towards the top. It's not like it goes anywhere or becomes unobtainable if you don't always work from the bottom

I don't know. I'm fairly certain my wife would murder me in a bloody and painful fashion if she caught me cheating. That's kind of crazy, but it's a crazy I can respect, and am happy with.

I'm not sure I even consider it crazy, given how vicious, violent, and destructive cheating is in a marriage. At least it is to the cheatee, in a marriage where one of the participants has been led to believe the marriage is a loving, sacrosanct, til-death-do-us-part commitment. From the SSS with which I'm familiar, the cheated-ons would rather have died, and the scars are deep and permanent.

In the battle between the sexes I'm a devout pacifist, have never hit a woman and never came close to it, but when I read about someone of either sex taking a beating after being unfaithful I can't get worked up over it.

I mean, I'd much, much, much rather have the #### beaten out of me than be married and cheated on.

I mean, I'd much, much, much rather have the #### beaten out of me than be married and cheated on.

Even worse, if you are a man, that makes you a "cuckold". It just sounds humiliating..."he's been cuckolded". <shudder>

...a large segment of the population will refuse to carry on a covert affair with a married person...

I'm not sure this segment is that large.

I'm not sure I even consider it crazy, given how vicious, violent, and destructive cheating is in a marriage. At least it is to the cheatee, in a marriage where one of the participants has been led to believe the marriage is a loving, sacrosanct, til-death-do-us-part commitment. From the SSS with which I'm familiar, the cheated-ons would rather have died, and the scars are deep and permanent.

In the battle between the sexes I'm a devout pacifist, have never hit a woman and never came close to it, but when I read about someone of either sex taking a beating after being unfaithful I can't get worked up over it.

I mean, I'd much, much, much rather have the #### beaten out of me than be married and cheated on.

Yeah, I agree with you. That's why I'm OK with her occasional irrational jealousy. She seems to think I'm a lot more attractive to random women then the reality I've experienced.

Either that, or something like a small number of unmarried women are awfully, awfully busy.

Well, I can't speak for the other unmarried men, but...

Also, names like Meanwell and Cashman are right out of Dickens.

And Gigilo is right out of Jackie Collins.

If only I had a maid to squeeze my toothpaste for me.

Doesn't ARod require the clubhouse attendant to do that for him?

Although, really, just squeeze from the damn bottom of the tube. It's not any more difficult! And then the whole time you have the tube of toothpaste, you're quickly and easily squeezing out the toothpaste. Come on.

Brian Cashman thinks you need to squeeze the objective tube.

Where does putting bowls upside down on the bottom of the dishwasher rate? Is that more crazy or less crazy than squeezing toothpaste from the middle or top of the tube?

Also, there's a REASON you squeeze from the bottom, especially if use Aquafresh with "ribbons." That #### mixes up into an unsightly mess. I want my toothpaste to look just like it looks on the commercials when I put it on my brush.

Brian Cashman thinks you need to squeeze the objective tube.

Worst. Pickup line. Ever.

Of the 5 significant relationships I've been involved in (2 of which resulted in marriage), 4 were with women who were married at the time we began ... relating ...
Not sure if that is worse than diverting the Mississippi River to flood a neighbor's property or recording the entire content of The Movie Channel, but the BBTF Honor Committte may have to weigh in.

If only I had a maid to squeeze my toothpaste for me.

So Powerball went well did it?

If only I had a maid to squeeze my toothpaste for me.

I think you need to ask the agency for "full service" if you want that.

Either way, all of this stuff from this girl is a complete headache for Cashman and the Yankees.

Ray, you almost say this as though it's a bad thing.