Brad Pitt joins the ranks of Charlize Theron and me by declaring he won't get married until everyone else can, darnit.
Seriously, people: Brad Pitt. I rest my case.
Brad Pitt joins the ranks of Charlize Theron and me by declaring he won't get married until everyone else can, darnit.
Seriously, people: Brad Pitt. I rest my case.
The people you cite are not just pretty, but also independently wealthy. That might have something to do with their lifestyle choices...
The wealthy have an even greater incentive to protect their assets through marriage. If we married and I died suddenly, all you'd get is a lot of comic books.
There are societal and financial benefits to getting married, which rich people do not need. Ex. Sharing health insurance. Wealthy people do not have greater incentive to protect their assets through marriage. If anything they may want to avoid combining resources with a spouse who may later be entitled to that money in a divorce. If you are not wealthy there are more financial benefits to combining a couple's resources through marriage.
First of all, I think it's very cynical of you to assume that morality is an extension of net worth.
Secondly, you've made so many pro-marriage arguments that you're starting to contradict yourself. Brad and Angelina have a child together now. Am I to understand that they're immune to your paranoid notions about parental guardianship? If Angelina dies doing her own stunts on the set of Tomb Raider 3: Secret of the Lost Tomb of Time Zombies, what's to stop Jon Voight from taking little Shiloh, not to mention Angelina's other kids that Brad adopted, away from Brad's custody? (You've insisted, after all, that your parents would surely have that ability if you and I had children out of wedlock.) Shouldn't Brad and Angelina -- who are much more famous than us and whose personal lives are on front pages of tabloids at supermarkets -- be even more concerned that Shiloh will be mocked by schoolchildren for being a "bastard," as you so archaically insist schoolchildren still care about such things?
And financially: if they were concerned about losing money in a divorce -- and we have no reason to believe that either of them is particularly richer than the other -- what's to stop them from getting a prenup and still being able to protect themselves? After all, if Brad dies and his money doesn't go to Angelina, she'll be less wealthy by half -- and that's a much longer way down for her than it is for you.
I'm right and you're wrong. Case-closed.
Maybe we should do a poll on furdell.com of who thinks I'm right and who thinks you're wrong.
Oh, you.
And the logic applies so easily to having children!
Does anyone else find it oddly voyeuristic (and, therefore both exciting and unsettling) to watch Andrew and Julia have this debate online? I'm trying to figure out at what point, exactly, it went from an abstract discussion to where-the-FUCK-is-my-ring. And why does Andrew know so much about the Pitt-Jolie family tree?
Maybe I should clear something up. Andrew and I have had this discussion (in some form or another)many times since we realized that we want to share our lives with each other. This debate is nothing new for us. I have to admit it annoys me when Andrew starts comparing his life choices to that of the rich and famous. Mostly I just like to get on his case. Rest assured, Andrew and I will be annoying each other for the foreseeable future.
Rest assured, Andrew and I will be annoying each other for the foreseeable future. How does that make Andrew's relationship with Julia any different from his relationships with the rest of us?
At checkout today I noticed that Star Mag claims that they got engaged.
First of all, getting engaged is probably legal.
Secondly, at checkout just now I saw that they're on the verge of breaking up. Weird.