Hollywood Trend: Celebrities Say “No” To “I Do”
Posted by: Simcha Whitehill
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3:00PM, Friday August 8th 2008
Marriage is so out this wedding season! Only Mariah Carey is doing it, that’s how over it is. After a nuptial-less summer—not even Kate Moss made it down the aisle—we started noticing the new Hollywood trend. Longterm partnerships (sans diamonds, splashy affairs, and cheesy photos) are the must-have Ray-Ban Wayfarers of relationships! After both had failed marriages, hippie generation icons Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell have been going at it, without making it official, for 25 years. In an interview, Goldie claimed their secret to success is, “knowing I can walk out at any moment…that keeps things fresh.” And after going through the pain of divorce, many stars seem to agree.
So who is to say the only way to stay together is with a gold band? Hollywood’s not buying it!
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Kathy Burke
wrote on August 8 2008 @ 03:46 pm: [report]
That’s a great example for young women, pick a man that you think is good enough to be the father of your children but isn’t good enough to be married to.
Our country has truly gone to hell & this is from somebody whose own parents were never married.
If you don’t plan on having kids fine, but if you do please think about how your children will be treated when they reach grade school where children are cruel.
rsanni
wrote on August 10 2008 @ 01:34 pm: [report]
did u really just say that? marriage isnt the end all be all of life as a woman, and the decisions to marry or not marry and to raise children or not are personal ones.
kids are teased in grade school for a number of things. am i to make lifestyle choices because an 8 year old might say something to another? come on, that’s just silly.
miss dee
wrote on August 10 2008 @ 04:56 pm: [report]
Like rsanni said - did you seriously just say that?
Marriage, in its original form, had basically two functions - to legalize a man raping his wife, and to “establish” the paternity of a child. Well, rape is illegal no matter what now, and a kid’s paternity frankly doesn’t matter that much unless we’re getting into messy money issues - and we have DNA testing for that sort of thing now.
So really - marriage is a nice idea. Not knocking marriage. Probably going to get married in ‘09. But ultimately it serves no function - and if you don’t want to get married, don’t get married! If you truly love someone, you’re going to stick by them, gold band or no. And if you fall out of love with your spouse, you’re going to divorce them if you truly don’t want to be with them anymore. Who here has seen so-called happily-married couples split up? Who here has seen common-law partners stick by each other through bankruptcy, cancer, death, and everything in between? Because I know I’ve seen it.
FabulousJoi
wrote on August 21 2008 @ 10:07 am: [report]
If you’re comfortable and fine w/your relationship as it is, then I don’t see the need to run and grab a piece of paper. Marriage isn’t the same that it used to be 25, 30 years ago. People get caught up in the rapture and don’t bother to realize that they actually have to work on a marriage.
harlow
wrote on September 18 2008 @ 11:06 pm: [report]
I agree with what is going on because when you get older people expect you to marry and have children. But I do understand that people get hurt from past relationships and it effects new relationships along with trust issues. Sometimes, it just shows that you do not really need a “man or a woman” to make you happy. Just so you can be accepted into society. People should not be forced into marriages because of that and all “people” in general should be abled to say no to marriage, while this is not the 50’s anymore.