What Do You Think of Angelina Jolie & Brad Pitt Finally Getting Married in 2012?
@mythociate (21432)
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
April 27, 2012 7:39pm CST
When I saw the headline "Brad Pitt & Angelina Jolie Getting Married" on a People magazine in the rack at FAMILY DOLLAR today, I thought 'Surely this magazine is from 5-or-10 years ago!' (I mean, with all the talk about their living-together, their adoption of foreign orphans; I thought for-sure you've gotta be married to do most o` that stuff!)
But I got up close to the magazine and saw the dateline reading "April 12, 2012." My curiosity was piqued, but not enough to make me forget that 'I am not making "buy People from the store"-money.'
Doubtless I can "Search the Web" (at the top of almost any myLot-page) and find some FREE specifics, but I'm also curious what news you've heard and how that news- and this news-hits you.
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@mythociate (21432)
• Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
21 May 12
Because 1) we would like to consider celebrities our friends, and the only way we can display that friendship is by caring how they're doing, and 2) tabloid-writers supply us with plenty of 'how the celebrities are living' ...
It's a vicious cycle, kind of a 'which came first, the chicken or the egg? (the tabloid or the celebrity-curiosity?)
@suspenseful (40193)
• Canada
28 Apr 12
I am thinking of their kids. They must have gotten teased a lot with their parents not being married. By the way, like you, I thought you had to be married to adopt, but I guess the rules do not apply to celebrities.
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@suspenseful (40193)
• Canada
1 May 12
I suppose that when you are famous, that people start noticing. I think with your case and your parents, they perhaps felt that everyone else is doing it, so why not? Years ago in response to that, we had a saying, "If everyone jumped into the lake, would you do it?" Anyway it is better to be married, the legal aspects as well as removing the fear if one of your parents did something that the other did not like, that he or she might leave. Besides the obvious God created marriage, there is one thing we married (or former married in the case of widows, like me) we were not afraid to have arguments. WE did not have to walk on egg shells or be extra nice in case the other one might leave.
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@mythociate (21432)
• Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
21 May 12
It's kinda like Facebook's IPO and -public stock: it costs a lot of money for a company to go public, but the perks of the arrangement make up for the initial cost.
And (almost off-topic) I don't believe God created "marriage," God created woman to be man's best help-mate (which is also God created all the other animals, tho they were nowhere near as good as woman); and MAN created 'marriage' to-limit one woman to one man each and -remind man that he's limited to one woman too.
@Shannonymous (108)
• United States
28 Apr 12
I don't know, as someone whose parents weren't married, I was never teased about it. There's no reason their peers would even know that. Though I'm sure the fact that their parents are two of the most famous people in the country brings it's own amount of teasing.
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@jadoixa (1166)
• Philippines
28 Apr 12
i also just read the news online recently and i think it is great that they are finally getting married..i wish them all the best..i hope they would be able to stay together more and hopefully we cannot read or hear headlines in the future that they are divorce..i thought they are never going to get married..i was able to read a news i think 3 or 4 years ago that they are not interested in getting married that it is not important..but now that they decided to get married good for them..my best wishes..
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@madcapzany (5)
• United States
28 Apr 12
Whaaaaaatt?!? That was the first I had heard of it, (admittedly I don't pay close attention)but I could swear I heard recently that they were breaking up. I s'pose they won't do any worse than many Hollywood couples, and probably better than many (imagine trying to navigate through marital issues under a microscope like they do...ugh!. I wish 'em the best...and good luck to the kids. Adopted from difficult situations into a whole different type of difficult situation...it will be interesting to see how everyone fares. I wish them all the best!
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@AsianBelle (75)
• South Africa
28 Apr 12
It didn't surprise me when I saw the magazine. Part of me said, oh it's about time, but the other half of me couldn't help thinking that it'll be over in a few years. Hollywood celebrities tend to short-term marriages and I really do not see the big deal about them getting married. It would certainly surprise me if their marriage lasted more than 3 years. I guess we will see.
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@mythociate (21432)
• Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
21 May 12
That's probably why they decided not to get married yet. Maybe when they're in their 90's they'll finally throw caution to the wind and go for it, but for now they're okay 'living together' single.
@hildian712 (8)
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28 Apr 12
That was a good decision, having lived together for a while and gotten kids - i wonder what they had been waiting for? I never understand why marriage is feared so much - anyway, am glad they have decided to jump the broom, but it should not only be for the kids, but also for them.
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@mythociate (21432)
• Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
21 May 12
That's why THEY'RE NOT REALLY GETTING MARRIED YET! 
@vertu007 (683)
• Romania
28 Apr 12
I think it's their decision and that they took it after they were certain it was time. In their line of business people get divorced all the time. Maybe they wanted to be sure before they got married. They wanted to really get to know each other before a decision like that so they wouldn't have to go through a divorce if things didn't work out.
In my opinion they made a wise decision.
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@Shannonymous (108)
• United States
28 Apr 12
I had two reactions:
1) How un-classy is it that several tabloids discussed how devastated Jennifer Aniston must be about the news. Really? She's a beautiful movie star. I think she's probably gotten over it by now.
2) How unfair it is that it was so easy for them to adopt a kazillion babies when most single parents/ unmarried couples/ gay couples have to go through hell and back to adopt.
Other than that, I wish them well.
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@mythociate (21432)
• Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
1 May 12
Actually, they're not getting married ... which--with the current trend of two-celebrity marriages being so short--is probably better for them!
