The Marriage Blog Week in Review for March 31 – April 6

After abandoning poor Lyn for a couple of weeks while I dealt with family issues I’m finally ready to resume my share of Week in Review duties. Here’s a recap of what we dished about last week here in Marriage. Monday, March 31, 2008 Lyn shared some interesting thoughts on Hollywood couples and the fates of their relationships. (Or demise as is the case more commonly and which may be a better word.) Tuesday, April 1 It might have been April Fool’s Day but I was not joking when I wrote about the big changes in my little marriage. Lyn … Continue reading

Thoughts on Hollywood Couples

After checking the websites, tabloids, and magazines few can doubt that Hollywood is far from being the place for happy and successful marriages. Regardless of what kind of fame you are talking about, famous persons just seem to have a harder time keeping up their relationships. Recently Bay Watch star and beauty Pamela Anderson announced that she has decided to annual her latest marriage. She was only married for eight weeks and then separated. She claims that the marriage was a result of fraud. This is Anderson’s third marriage. Anderson is far from being the only star that has been … Continue reading

Do You Think Cheryl Burke is Fat?

The general consensus amongst responders in the blogosphere is a hearty “YES!” Mind you the word “fat” as used on these Internet polls doesn’t mean real-world fat, rather it refers to “fat” as defined by Hollywood standards. So here we go again. Move over Tyra Banks and Jennifer Love Hewitt you’ve got company in the celebrity chub club… at least as far as millions of web users are concerned. If you don’t spend much time surfing the net then you likely have no clue that two-time “Dancing with the Stars” champ Cheryl Burke has become the target of thousands of … Continue reading

Will Smith Says Divorce is not an Option

There are many celebrity marriage tales in which the couple splits or files for divorce very soon after marrying. It is almost the Hollywood standard that your marriage should not last over a few years. While several different articles have been written about specific celebrity marriage break ups and why Hollywood marriages do not last, it was refreshing to read an article on one star that is out to make his marriage last a lifetime. Will Smith, actor and singer, has made his commitment to his wife and vows to keep the commitment strong. He says the way to make … Continue reading

Even Rock Star Wives Sing the Blues

One afternoon not too long ago as I was folding laundry I was watching True Hollywood Story: Rock Star Wives. It was sensational. Some of the rock stars profiled included Dee Snider (Twisted Sister), Alice Cooper, Duff Mckagan (Guns N’ Roses, Velvet Revolver), Slash (Guns N’ Roses), and Vince Neil (Motley Crue). Both the wives and the rock stars were surprisingly candid about the trials and tribulations their marriages experienced. What struck me most was how so many of the marriages had encountered every kind of worst case scenario imaginable. And I’m not talking about just one kind of worst … Continue reading