Al Gore Getting A Divorce

willhaven said:
Of all the marriages, over half end in divorce. How many of the rest do you think are truly happy?

I think it's a rarity that a couple stays happy until one passes away.
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But then if you're unhappy and stay together, one of you dying is something both of you can look forward to in your shared golden years.
 
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Tricky said:
Speaking as a child of parents that should have been divorced, you are dead right about that. There comes a time to peacefully go your separate ways.
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Agreed, my parents were together around 21-years. Five of them may have been happy, but I'm not sure since it was before I was born.
 
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Tipper wanted no truck with him, no longer would she let Al drop his load in her, and for his part.. well, he'd forgotten how to dig 'er.
I'm not one to believe in rumours, but a plant says there are whispers she ran off with a Derrick; who's a real site.
 
plumjam said:
But then if you're unhappy and stay together, one of you dying is something both of you can look forward to in your shared golden years.
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I don't give two shakes about poor Al and Tipper, but your comment is fantastic.
 
But they seemed so happy together!
 

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Cain said:
But Gore planted one on her during the 2000 nomination... and everybody thought Bill and Hillary wouldn't last... Watch, Gore's gonna be porkin' either an environmental lobbyist or Hollywood producer.
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He's gonna have a threesome with Sandra Bullock and Elin Woods.
 
willhaven said:
Of all the marriages, over half end in divorce. How many of the rest do you think are truly happy?

I think it's a rarity that a couple stays happy until one passes away.
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well, yeah...mind you internet research makes that "passing away" bit easier....
 
Possible last line from Al to Tipper:

"The world is getting hotter, but you aren't. I'll be capping my emissions."
Tipper to Al: "Too bad I caught you in that cap and trade last month with the melting arctic ice queen ... "

On a more serious note ... this sucks. I am a fan of marriages that work and last. :( (Mom and Dad will be married 57 years this September)
 
willhaven said:
Of all the marriages, over half end in divorce. How many of the rest do you think are truly happy?

I think it's a rarity that a couple stays happy until one passes away.
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It's important to keep in ming that 50% of PEOPLE don't get divorced, 50% of MARRIAGES end in divorce. People who marry many times skew the statistics. So for instance, my parents have been married for 35 years. They only get counted once. My husband's father, however, has been divorced 3 times, and his mother 4 times. So even though they are only 2 people, they have 7 divorces between them, and each of those divorces gets counted statistically.

The way you view marriage (that is, whether or not it is happy) I think largely depends on where you live, and the kinds of people you associate with. When I lived in the deep south, a lot of people I knew got married right out of high school. You're young at that point, you don't really know who you are. I saw many marriages break up, or not be happy ones. Also, there is much more social pressure for the woman to stay home with the kids, which leads to financial hardship, which also strains marriage. Also, being in an area with a poor job market and little value on education, where most people are poor unskilled workers, also of course adds to financial hardship, even when both people are working.

But here in Massachusetts, people WAIT to get married. People get married after they've finished college, then grad/law/med school, have gotten established in their career, etc. My husband and I were married at 24 and everyone thought it was so young, in fact we had a lot of friends and family members who really urged us to wait longer before we tied the knot. Also, it's a lot more rare for a woman to not work outside of them home (unless she's married to someone wealthy, or is an older woman). People are also more educated here, which leads to higher paying jobs. So that combined with having a two person income lessens financial strain. Massachusetts has the lowest divorce rate in the country. I know very few divorced people here. Most married people I know are fairly happy. And even the ones I have found who are miserable married, typically were people who were miserable alone as well. They're just miserable individuals in general.

Though I should add that we have a lot of old Catholics here in Massachusetts who just won't get divorced no matter what.
 
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CBS News blames the divorce on .... wait for it: George W. Bush.

Attkisson recalled “it's been ten years since that oddly public passionate kiss at the Democratic convention. That was followed by Gore winning the popular vote for President but losing the electoral vote. Family friend Sally Quinn says that may have done the marriage irreparable harm.”
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He's been having an affair with ManBearPig...

I'm so cereal...
 
KingMerv00 said:
Blaming the election is a little different than blaming Bush, wouldn't you say?
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Such distinctions are lost when partisans are involved.

Reading the link I'm not surprised people are Republican when they rely on **** like that for their information.
 
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