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Al and Tipper Gore Separating: How Does Any Marriage Last A Lifetime?

Posted to by Jill Brooke on Wed, 06/02/2010 - 2:26pm

Al and Tipper Gore’s surprise separation announcement has exposed “An Inconvenient Truth.”  In today’s environment, it’s very hard to keep a marriage together for a lifetime.

There doesn’t seem to be much support encouraging the continuity of marriage if you take the temperature of commentators. The New York Times had someone call divorce an iconic baby boomer event.

On one of the morning TV shows, their so-called experts said that it doesn’t matter that Al and Tipper may be divorced since the kids are now older. Hmmm. With rationed time, it now means that elderly parents see their adult kids half as much for holidays and get togethers and adult kids have to choose between parents.

Ironically, the announcement was made at the peak of wedding season when couples will walk down the aisle making the commitment to love each other through thick and thin, sickness and health, richer or poorer.

As one reader wrote, “When young couples see that the Gores (and many others) can't quite make it work, what hope is left for them?"

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Free Teleseminar: How to Date Like a Pro

Register now for April 20th encore event

Posted to by First Wives World on Fri, 04/16/2010 - 9:29am

You know the drill: You meet a man who satisfies some basic requirements (employed, at least a hair taller than you, no more than twice your weight), you sense some potential sparks, and finally decide to dip your toe in the dating pool with him. Fast-forward six weeks, and he's just another name and number gathering "dust" in your phone's list of contacts. Regardless of who decided to call it off, you can't help but wonder: What am I doing wrong?

If this sounds familiar, maybe you need to learn to "inner-view" potential mates and dates like a pro. And that's exacty the opportunity you'll have by registering for a free encore teleseminar with relationship experts Maryanne Comaroto (and FWW contributor) and Eve Hogan this Monday, April 19th.

The first thing you might be surprised to learn is that your situation is not unusual — the average relationship fizzles after six weeks. Why? Well, you'll have to listen to find out. And in the process, you'll also learn the #1 most common mistake people make while dating...and more.

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New Book Urges Wannabe Brides to Settle

Look what happened to Jenny Sanford for following that advice

Posted to by Jill Brooke on Mon, 02/08/2010 - 8:47pm

In an ironic twist, Jenny Sanford and Lori Gottlieb are hitting the bookstores at the same time. In Marry Him - The Case For Mr. Good Enough, Gottlieb says women should be less picky and settle, and now Sanford will be on the same talk shows discussing the consequences when you do.

Sanford's book is called Staying True, written because her husband wasn't True Blue. Of all her revelations, one sticks out in my mind. Jenny Sanford acknowledged that she was never in love with Mark Sanford when they got married. "It wasn't exactly love at first sight," she said. "It was more like friendship after first sight."

The former investment banker from Lezard Freres calculated that investing in a resume instead of a person would reap rewards. She did get to be the First Lady of South Carolina. But she didn't get to be the First Lady of his heart.

They produced successful campaigns as well as four adorable sons. It wasn't enough. It rarely is when love isn't the driving force in the relationship.

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Could Jon and Kate Plus 8 = Divorce?

Posted to by Justin Marshall on Wed, 05/13/2009 - 10:57pm

Kate Gosselin, 1/10th of the family featured in the hit reality show “Jon And Kate Plus 8”, has spent the last three weeks doing a two-step around reporters’ questions.  That’s because her husband, Jon Gosselin, was recently spotted in a compromising situation with a 23-year old teacher, and the media has been desperate to find out how it all adds up.

Now it appears Kate is ready to admit that the couple’s days might be numbered. 

"I don't know that we're in the same place anymore, that we want the same thing," she told People Magazine, in a cover story that hits newsstands today. 

In fact, it seems that Kate and her spouse have been privately struggling for months.

"I've been struggling with the question of 'Who is this person?' for a while. I remember where I was the first time I heard her name. It's one of those things where you can try to make it go away, but there's blaring, red flashing lights,” Kate says.

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Silvio Berlusconi Demands Wife Apologize for Threatening Divorce

Italian PM Reported to be PO'd

Posted to by Justin Marshall on Mon, 05/04/2009 - 2:16pm

Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi hasn’t shown much fondness for apologies, even in the wake of the many gaffes that have plagued his last year in office (such as when he called President Obama “tanned”).  But now he is demanding a public apology from none other than his wife.  Her crime?  She threatened to divorce him.

Actress Veronica Lario, who has been married to Berlusconi since 1990, confirmed Sunday that she is seeking a divorce due to the PM’s habitual flirtations with younger women. She was especially peeved that he recently attended the 18th birthday party of a friend’s daughter, to whom he reportedly gave a diamond necklace.

His attendance surprised Lario, who wrote in a letter to the media that "he never attended birthday parties of his children."

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If You're Cheating, Look Up And Wave!

Posted to by Debbie Nigro on Wed, 04/01/2009 - 7:52pm

Forget the old days of rabid drive-bys to see if your partner is cheating on you. Now you can be your own P.I. and flip out on your  cheating louse from the comfort of your living room. Google Street View just nailed one unsuspecting hubby, and you can bet he won’t be the last.

A guy from Britain told his wife he was going on a business trip. She was home amusing herself on the computer and decided to look up her girlfriend’s house on Google Street View. Uh Oh Mo! There parked in front of her gal pal’s house was her hubby's Range Rover with the big bling hub caps. She then Googled a divorce lawyer.

More than one divorce lawyer has a Google Street View case in the works, and I sense this “new grounds for divorce sport” will pick up steam.

So if you're going to cheat on your other half, be forewarned! In addition to looking over your shoulder, also be sure to look up. Waving is optional.

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Countess Her Blessings

Sordid details emerge in David divorce

Posted to by Debbie Nigro on Thu, 03/26/2009 - 5:48pm

I am going to call the outcome of the divorce case in the news between the 36-year-old Swedish Countess and the 66 year-old CEO with countless millions. She should countess her blessings that her $36 million in United Technologies stock is still worth that much. She should also have no problem finding a new guy who doesn't have a problem being dragged to bed against his will, one complaint from her now ex-CEO hubby.

Married in 2002, it took only two years for Marie Douglas-David to start cheating on George David with a strapping Swedish swordsman (say that three times fast). Poor George hired a PI, finds out it's true, and files for divorce. She uses sex to get him back.

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