Let's be honest. We've all read the US Weekly that details Tiger's racy texts to members of the opposite sex that just happened to not be his wife. Do you think that the second Tiger tapped out those messages on his PDA he thought they would be emblazoned in the pages of every gossip magazine for weeks? Not hardly. I doubt that Nevada Governor Jim Gibbons thought too hard, either, before sending the -- alleged -- 860 text messages to paramours on a state cell phone, either. I doubt many people think too hard before sending a text. Unfortunately, this lack of thought is coming back to bite many litigants in divorces.
The February issue of the Matrimonial Strategist discusses the issue of text messages ("Text Messages Providing TMI for Divorce Lawyers") and interviews one New York attorney who recalled the past, when he would hire private investigators to "burst into hotel rooms to catch cheating spouses." Now? Simply pick up your spouse's cell phone or PDA. If it's there, you'll find what you're looking for. And even if you can't find it, your attorney can send a subpoena to your spouse's cell provider and the text messages from the requested time period will be produced. And it works both ways.
The bottom line? Think before you type. Think before you text. Maybe even think before you speak. If it can happen to Tiger, it can happen to anyone.
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