Who would have ever bet they’d see the day when the Clintons’ marriage survives longer than that of the Gores? You just know Bill and Hillary are doing some serious high-fivin’ this week.
Why divorce after 40 years? What on earth is the point? Seems like if you’ve stuck it out this long you can hang in there a bit longer. I mean, once you’re in your sixties that “Till death do us part” stuff is right around the corner. You really want to spend your golden years training someone new?
Come on, Tipper. I know you’re probably still smarting from that convention kiss in 2000 where Al tongued you to your toes and the world let out a collective “Ewwww…” but seriously, the guy has a Nobel Prize and an Oscar. You really think you’re going to do better? You two were high school sweethearts. You’ve never even been out in the dating world as an adult. It’s brutal, Tipper. When was the last time you had to worry about a condom? Yeah, girlfriend, you’ve gotta bag it these days. You don’t know where that thing’s been.
And Al… dear goofy Al. I know you’re hanging with the Hollywood crowd now and those young boobs babes look mighty attractive, but seriously, the inconvenient truth is you’re really a bore, man. Oh, sure, Megan Fox may want her picture taken with you to give to her parents, but she ain’t gonna be warmin’ your globes any time soon, believe me.
The spin is you two have simply grown apart – like that’s a bad thing. I say you’ve got the best of both worlds.
Seriously, kids, you’re breakin’ my heart here. Rethink this divorce business. Just go out and have an affair like everyone else.
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p.s. I dropped your name on Gina's post, Barb. ;)
thank you so much Lisa, that helps a lot. I know he tried to blame me for so much stuff, but like I told all of his family and mine none of that added up to a divorce. I do realize it's his needs, it just hurts so bad to think how many years he's
Some of your advice is good and some is just what’s wrong with our society….Who says Tipper want to date again? or what if she is involved already ? I wish the best for the both of them…they surely gave it a good shot than most.
I don’t know what’s going on with the Gores. But I do know that Tipper is bipolar and that is a burden to bare for both Mrs. and Mr. Maybe it just finally got the best of their relationship trying to cope with the mood swings and irrational thinking. IDN.
And pray tell where did you get the notion that Tipper is bipolar? Did she blab this to the wonderful media? It’s the same NOT OUR BIZNESS! The same folks who wanted Hillary to drop Bill now want the Gores to stay together even though we are not in their lives. It’s a sad day in everyday American life.
Tipper has talked publically about her struggles with clinical depression. Although not the same thing of course, many articles, websites, etc. speak of both in the same vein, so DM’s mixing them is understandable. ALso it appears theres a lot of media speculation about the cause of the split, and that possibility (her mental health ups/downs) has been thrown in there as part of the speculation as well.
You are right of course. It isn’t our business. But then again–they made a public announcement about the state of their marriage so……alas, yes public speculation will certainly follow. And they know that. But apparently they intend to live in such a way in the future that necessitates them making this announcement…..so they picked this path with its inevitable rocks in the road. Public speculation, whether it is our business or not, will follow.
I’m not sure however how you can say “the same folks who wanted Hillary to drop Bill now want the GOres to stay together.” How would you reach that conclusion–based off of what “pray tell”? Who are these “same folks” anyway?
That seems to me to be a pretty big assumption and reach without more evidence to say this.
In the early years of their vice presidency it was discussed how well she handled the disorder. No media blah, blah, blah.
I get most of your post… and agree… BUT an affair really wouldn’t ‘help’. I find after 33 years I get angry less often, but when I do… it’s like an EARTHQUAKE. I think “I do NOT need to put up with THIS.” Fortunately, so far, I calm down and everything works out. Laughter helps. Actually, there are probably things I do which make my husband crazy (although he’s smart enough not to tell me). So hopefully Tipper and Al will not like the being apart, once the anger has diffused. And saying Al’s a bore is counterproductive. Apparently Tipper did not feel that way for 40 years…
It’s satire.
Hi Jayne,
It’s not only satire you’ve written, it’s great and hilarious satire! I got it, and enjoyed it. It’s harmless, tongue-in-cheek stuff. Folks need to lighten up.
Thank you so much, Lisa. Whew! You’ve restored my faith. I think it the future I’ll reserve my more satirical pieces to my personal blog where my readers know what to expect.
Jayne
I am reminded of a scene from a French movie. the conversation is between the wife and her mother.
Wife; “I am divorcing Jacques”
her mother, “It can’t be, you two have been together so long!”
wife, “I no longer love him, the loss of love is very real”
Most in the western world take the vows of “til death due us part” but when those lines were written folks did not have a 70-90 year life span.
I do agree it’s easy for many to tell Hilary; leave him… divorce his butt !”
but now others (same?) folks
suggest Al and Tipper should stay together ….after all, they’ve been together this long!”
folks are always chiming in on what others should do with their lives/ relationships.
should Tipper and Al stay together and remain unhappy for publicity sake?
No, we each get to pursue our own happiness, live our own lives.
think about it, when we vibrant women were teens, divorce, out of wedlock birth,
openly gay lifestyles, living together w/o marriage were all scandalous.
now even many 50ish women embrace these lifestyles because it is convenient or authenticates their lives
I wish both Al and Tipper well.
Suggest you read this from the NYT “Divorce: It’s Not Always About you”
http://roomfordebate.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/06/04/divorce-its-not-always-about-you/?ref=global-home
“A 58-year-old with only a few good years of life to go might decide to tough it out through a less than fulfilling marriage, but if he or she can reasonably expect to live another two decades in decent health — as the Gores well might — then the calculus shifts. For such couples, if they think correctly that they would be more fulfilled outside the marriage than in it, then why shouldn’t they divorce?
In the case of the Gores, they have already accomplished the primary social function of marriage: the bearing and rearing of children. If the children are no longer bearing the cost of their divorce, they should be free to make whatever decision seems right for them.
As a society, we’ve come to accept that people may want to live their young adult lives singly. Why shouldn’t they be able to live their later adult lives singly as well?”
Why they’re choosing to separate really makes no difference to me. There have been many serious articles speculating and analyzing the situation and there will be many more to come.
This essay in no way attempts to present itself as such.