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We've written before about wedding ring coffins, a tiny coffin, perfect for giving your ring a proper send off and perhaps for giving some closure to your divorce.
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There has been some speculation as to whether Hollywood celebrities take marriage as seriously as the rest of us "normal" folk, and not only that, but some also speculate whether they use marriage/divorce to gain publicity.
I think that, like everything else in life, there is probably no black or white here. There are probably some celebrities who do take their marriages seriously. There are probably some celebrities that divorce and go through the same motions and emotions that all of us "normal" people do.
And there are probably those that don't.
Case in point: I think anybody would be hard pressed to say that Britney Spears's first marriage was something that she thought seriously about. And how about the marriages of Angelina Jolie, Pam Anderson, and Renee Zellweger? Probably not something they took too seriously, considering the outcomes.
But then there are those that do or did. Paul Newman, Johnny Cash, Will Smith, amongst others. Get my point?
I don't like judging people, even when those people are celebrities, and if I've learned anything thus far it's that we all have our own set of circumstances that have brought us to where we are.
Not being a celebrity myself, I can only imagine how hard it is to maintain a "real" relationship under such scrutiny. I wonder how I would feel if it were my boyfriend or husband plastered on the cover of US Weekly under a headline that proclaims "Is He Cheating?!" I wonder how I would feel in a relationship having virtually no privacy and knowing full well that — at the very least — the media can't wait for us to break up.
And, if celebrities do use breakups to gain publicity, well then one might say, good for them. I mean, we do buy it.
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Chances are even greater that you have at least one tragic dating story. I think on average we each have about a dozen. A friend of mine joked the other day that it would be nice if all men had a computer chip inserted in their wrists that stored all of their relevant dating information, like how many kids he has, whether he pays his child support, whether he's ever been married, whether he's still married, whether he's a cheater, liar, alcoholic ... you get the idea. We would all be armed with scanners and when a man approached for a date — or vice versa — we could give them a quick scan, read their stats, and make an informed decision. Ahh, if only it were that easy, huh?
Well, it just might be. Enter Don't Date Him Girl, a social network consisting mostly of women, where you can find advice on all things regarding sex, love, relationships, dating, marriage, etc. But that's not all. Perhaps the best part of this site is their "search" feature. It's kind of like Google, but better. You can search for men by name, location or keyword and see if another woman has had an experience with him and posted a reason, or in some cases numerous reasons, why you shouldn't date him. The profiles range from sad, like this one to hysterically sad, like this one and there are even a few celebrities in the mix. Click here for Jude Law.
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